Treason • Re: Savagery
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Wreck Beach
I have noticed that certain members in this thread have begun to resort to insults and lesser forms of conversation and debate; I would remind the membership of
Canadian Content that there is a forum,
Wreck Beach, which would be a more appropriate place for conversations that would carry on down that path. I would ask that we please make an honest effort to restore a degree of decorum in this thread, lest the warnings of
Haggis McBagpipe be realized, and the thread locked.
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Treason
I don't understand why the word
treason would come to mind,
Sassylassie. High treason, in Canada, is restricted to crimes that are committed for the purpose of overthrowing the
Government of Canada (or of a province, of course) through force, certain acts to harm
Her Majesty the Queen of Canada, attempts to levy war against Canada, aids an enemy of the
Canadian Forces at a time of war, or conspiring to do either of the forementioned.
aeon appears to have done none of the above and, therefore, charges or implications of treason are unwarranted (and incorrect). Please review Sections 46, 47 and 48 of
An Act respecting the Criminal Law (the
Criminal Code of Canada) for a more comprehensive explaination.
Click here to read these sections of the Act.
Cliquetez içi pour lire ces sections de la loi.
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To the Topic at Hand
In my opinion, Muslim extremists, Muslim moderates, and the remainder of the populations of the Western world have each played important parts in some of the problems presented by the present situation. On the part of Muslim extremists, terrible acts have been committed, acts which I would hope and wish are never again committed on the face of this Earth — but acts which have nonetheless been committed, and certain actions are warranted to counter or prevent such attacks.
On the part of Muslim moderates, some would say that the moderate persons of this faith have not expressed a strong-enough objection to the acts committed by their extremist counterparts — yes, perhaps there should be a certain degree of blame to that effect. However, we must keep in mind that as moderate Muslims, perhaps their faith is not the most important thing on their minds. For many moderate persons (such as myself in relation to both my Protestant,
and Catholic background {it makes things interested, at least}), actions of the more extreme factions of religions oftentimes do not relate to their moderate counterparts — simply because they are, by nature, moderate.
As for the remainder of the Western world, much blame has been placed on Muslims entirely, with no respect for the division between moderation and extremism — this part of the problem is the fault of the Western world, for inadequately educating itself on the situation. Alienating moderate Muslims from civil society is not the answer to any of the issues before us now, and yet this seems to continue to happen — more particularly, in more rural areas of both Canada
and the United States of America.
We need to work together to get through this.
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Sources
1. Click
here for the
Department of Justice Canada.
