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Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee
Sorry I’m honestly trying to understand where you’re coming from here but apart from how she is no longer the Australian Prime Minister can you please explain why you think what she said was so bad? What was bad about it?
I think all groups that contain radicals should have oversight. While “spying” is a weird term here I dont think oversight for radical groups is necessarily a bad thing is it? Also I would be surprised if there wasn’t quite a bit of oversight of radicals already anyway to be honest.
I’m not sure as Canadians we want Sharia law kicking around here either do we? Doesn’t really seem to align with Canadian values?
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The part I find offensive, besides all of it, is that it appeared right after 50 people who were minding their own business were killed by an Australian who believes this email word for word. In that sense it is supporting and providing justification for right wing extremism and terror.
The specifics of the email are also pretty frustrating. We have had laws against Sharia law, and all religious tribunal courts, in Canada since 2005. We've had a duty to accommodate all religious freedoms since I think 1988 and while there have been some disagreement with what that means, by and large we manage quite well. We're threatened by muslims in 2019 in much the same way we were by commies in the 1950's.
And the ultimate irony is the real threat. You're worried about terrorism? Start spying on white guys and monitoring small town bars. Right wing terrorism far outweighs Islamic terrorism in North America and it's largely because people get riled up but these kind of divisive email tropes.
I might be wrong but from the responses the email is getting, it has achieved its goal of making white people mad at different people.
