"Nobody said "Do Nothing". We are doing lots of things and it's helping. What more is there? Bomb innocent Syrian human shields in an attempt to scare these people? Turn away the vulnerable looking for help? Ban religions? None of those would do anything more than exacerbate the problem. You cannot scare people away from these crimes when they're willing to die to accomplish them.
There will be more we do, but it'll help incrementally. You cannot be totally safe, this was always true and continues to be so. We used to feel like you could, but the current scourge of terrorism has only lifted the veil to what was always there. Call that fatalism or pessimism, fine. But real solutions will take time. Rash military campaigns have very literally caused this problem, they will not solve it"
What exactly are we doing that's "working"? What is deterring islamic terrorists from their goals?
Amen. And by reporting on it, discussing it, arguing about it, politicizing it, and legislating about it, we give the perpetrators more incentive to commit these acts.
Awareness is vitally important to the citizenry, are you proposing we zombie walk with out collective heads in the sand? No, the public must be made aware of this so that they can collectively decide on how to proceed. Don't legislate it? The state needs the power to collec intelligence in order to conduct pre-emptive raids/disruption for public safety.
Ban immigration? Of course not, but have strict screening and veracity checks on new Canadians. Bomb innocent Syrian human shields? Who suggested that? Laying on the hyperbole nice and thick.
You can't scare people away from these acts of terror, you're right, but you can absolutely hamstring their ability to do so.
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