^I do think it's pretty arbitrary at this stage. That set of values isn't shared by all Canadians when compared, to, say, their identification with so-called French or British or US values, which vary somewhat but aren't really all that much different in principle. I'm probably more American on freedom of expression than Canadian; I'm more Canadian than American on the role of government, etc.
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Originally Posted by Buster
In a random population from Islam dominated countries you can reasonably expect true extremists to be in the 10% range.
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First, this is obviously inaccurate no matter your definition simply because the range of people who hold any set of views in Muslim majority countries varies wildly country to country, so there's no baseline.
Second, what does "true extremists" mean? Does it mean people who are willing to be suicide bombers? How about people who support suicide bombing but wouldn't do it themselves? How about people who think violence is awful and unjustified, yet want Sharia imposed over all countries? How about people who want Sharia, but only want it to be imposed on Muslims? How about people who practice Sharia principles but don't want them imposed on anyone?
Third, this is obviously not a random population sample. What the effect of that is, I don't know.
This is, all told, an unhelpful line of inquiry.