Glaucus said:
No, that's not how I see it. Although there were some stupid comments made by Americans when these guys were first arrested, the Canadian government has openly dismissed charges that Canada is full of al-Qaeda sympathizers. In fact, the RCMP went out of they're way to deflect any fingers pointed at muslims when one officer foolishly said it was "difficult to find a common denominator". If anything, the most interesting part of this whole story is that the terror cell was infiltrated by a Canadian Muslim. This shows that Canadian Muslims see themselves as Canadians and that Canadian law enforcement trusts Muslim Canadians. Seems to me as the complete opposite of what you said.FluffyMcDeath said:
What exactly do you mean by your last sentence here?
I can't really agree with this. Conspiring to commit mass murder is itself a crime. Once they set a plan and start buying materials to execute the plan they crossed a line. Even if they later were to change their mind and decide against it, they'd still be guilty in my books and deserve the full penalty of the law. They may be upset with what's going on in Afghanistan, but planning to kill innocent civilians isn't going to fix this. If they instead organized a peaceful protest that would have done much more for their cause. Now they can rot in jail.
