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In the book I'm reading right now, (see my above comment to Hal) Nawaz estimates that 25% of Muslims worldwide agree with violent jihad and that we shouldn't expect much help from "conservative Muslims", since they do not agree with the violent jihad, but will fully support and fight against any gender equality, etc.

I'm just reading "Islam and the Future of Tolerance" by Sam Harris and Maajid Nawaz. Nawaz describes the variety of lines of thought amongst Islamists, and outlines what he's doing to combat it. I'm not finished it yet, but it's interesting so far, a different perspective, coming from a Muslim trying to reform AND change the backward thinking of so-called moderate Muslims at the same time, which he feels is essential - he feels the religion needs reforming AND that moderates need to stop the backwards thinking - both at the same time.

We should never ever be accepting refugees from america. They should be stopped at the border, have their health checked and sent back.

The more Islam Canada imports, the more Islam ALL CANADIANS will get...like it or not. If you disagree with Islamification of Canada, you're a greasy Islamophobe and a racist...as Islam is now a skin colour.

So what? Our immigration system is not designed as a social program for the world's poor or downtrodden. It's supposed to be designed to do what is in the interest of Canada, and that's it.

Sure thing...defender of the faith.

Yeah...that's just crazy talk. Obama tapping phones ? That's just crazy !

Bill Clinton was impeached....he was not replaced by a Democrat or Republican.

I reject your opinion re: Islam. I've read the Quran and a pile of Hadiths. I didn't misread them....

You must really hate yourself. I really don't know how you expect people to take you seriously.

Says the Troother.

Islam is your friend.

So when is the stoning of adulterers happening? That should be fun, eh?

Since the actual problem over the last century is the 700% increase in population - and China is the ONLY country that has done a bloody thing to check their contribution, this is one instance where we really SHOULD be more like China.

LOL!!

If you feel that way, then please send me all your money. It has no intrinsic value to you so I'm sure you won't miss it.

Alright...give me all your money.

At what point can you look at a group and claim that they accept or even "like" something? For example, how many hockey fans have to accept or like fighting for us to say "hockey fans accept fighting as part of the sport"...50%...60%? When I see 15,000 stand and cheer a fight at a hockey game, I would be comfortable saying that "hockey fans accept or even like fighting in the game. In the case of Islam, when you see stats that show high 80% or even 90% acceptance of certain ideas, I'd say that a high enough number of Muslim acceptance of stoning, hatred of homos, rape, misogyny, FGM, hatred of western beliefs etc. that I can comfortably claim that "muslims have a stone age backward philosophy".

Reason and logic are no match for a true zealot. And if you disagree you are as good as a Nazi.

9-11 conspiracy theories are pretty repugnant. Everybody knows Islam did it.

The best option is Canada and the US get on the same track and end this charade that we are "better" or "morally superior" than the US when it comes to taking in illegals. We have the same issues. We may not use the same choice of words but the pith and substance of the issues are the same and how we handle them can't be at cross purposes. I see no friggin difference in Trump and Trudeau bottom line when it comes to having to face this issue. One is ignorant and blunt about it the other smiles behind phony gritted teeth posing. Either way, limits and structure to what can and can not be accommodated and how to screen and manage it are coming.

When you look in Queens, make sure you really quiz the locals. No telling where they hid the towers. They'll say they haven't seen them since 2001...but we know they're lying.

Good one Dog. I hadn't seen it before. Nothing like a well done cartoon to get the point across.

The Greatest Country In the World... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrCeCS_kNLI

Found the WTCs yet? Perhaps in Queens? Well...have you looked??

Anyone believing that Canada has all of these carefully protected freedoms and rights has been watching far too much American TV. Remember, this is the party when last in power jailed a man (Andy McMechan) for the horrendous crime of selling his own barley - when it was clearly identified and agreed in court that it was not against any law in Canada. It was our current Minister of Public Safety who masterminded this theft of his freedom. BTW: that was IMHO living proof that the so-called "charter of rights and freedoms" is completely pointless. Note that there was not a single member of the legal profession in Canada with the brains and balls to stand up to such a travesty of justice.

You guys who try to put your own spin and psychological assessment on this reality, you're sooooo not on the same page! You can blab about irrationality, over-reaction, and give all the stats of getting killed in a thousand different ways by comparison - you're still not getting it - tourism is down in some hot spots, due to terrorism! You're the ones over-reacting with the issue of this thread, and giving irrelevant responses. Why do people "over-react?" when you could die just sitting on your couch, choking on a chip - who knows why. Maybe, people don't want to be reminded of a news clip they saw on tv as they stroll on the street of Paris. Maybe the romantic song "Under the Bridges of Paris" had taken on a new meaning - "how would you like to be, hiding under the bridge with me?" Or, the song "The Last Time I Saw Paris," evoke this graphic images we saw on tv. We've got Under The Bridges of Paris song - and it's a very romantic song. But when I hear it now, somehow it doesn't sound like it used to. The time of "innocence" of that song is gone, and it's replaced by stark evil reality. Even the news report on the video above damage tourism, "St Fritz Cafe - Parisians enjoying their Friday evening were sitting ducks for the terrorists." Ahhh! These two oldies has to go to the Nostalgia Thread! Definitely!

The issue is so complex, it does not easily break down into black and white, left and right, etc. Canada has a long history of being exclusive in immigration. Few seem to remember the head tax and exclusion act barring virtually ALL Chinese immigration, and the fact that it was still nearly impossible for Chinese Canadians to get their families together until 1956 (one of my best friends and his Mother managed to get here in 1954 to join with her Canadian citizen husband - a rare exception). We mimicked the Americans in detaining Japanese families and stealing their possessions in WWII. One might remember that we didn't exactly accommodate aboriginal Canadians very gracefully either. Since then, we have welcomed people from just about everywhere in the world, with a few exceptions, but always those immigrants managed to fit in with what we seem to recognize as some sort of "Canadian values" the just grew here along the same lines as most of the rest of the Western world. If we really mean to do justice for displaced people, we should be funding camps for them to be able to return to their homes when conflict ends. We should be promoting birth control for starving Africans and helping them to develop sustainable agriculture and a host of other things. The only people (IMNO) who should be coming here are genuine refugees - who can not return to their homes for many good reasons. What we seem to have instead is a great deal of economic refugees who are using every excuse to come to the front of the line that we normally have in selecting those who have access. To add to that, those fleeing one brand of theocracy are dragging with them the very thing that they are leaving for one increment in a range of values that are very, very different from what we have come to accept - since it is Canadians collectively that have evolved the status quo as it stands. It may be abhorrent to the politically correct but this is still supposed to be a democracy. The question of who/what/how/how many immigrants get into Canada and how they are to be received is so important, it is something that should be decided by the public. I would only be satisfied if this was made a plebicite or some other process of direct democracy. I don't care WHAT party is in power, the politicos can only seem to be slaves of their partisan dogma. This is about the very definition of what we want Canada to be, and it should be the actual words of the people that are being heard.

Here's your nonsense https://www.rt.com/usa/obama-internet-wiretap-surveillance-009/

No, it wasn't it was someone within the military that got an e-mail by mistake, and BTW, back in 2013-14 Obama brought in "going dark" which the gov't could wiretap and show no evidence of it through computer companies.

Stop ranting. You are sounding desperate and pathetic.

They'll certainly be voting Liberal in Canada.

No, I'm not confused.

If only the EU obeyed its own rules and applied the Dublin-rule this kind of nonsense wouldn't happen about refugees travelling through countless countries until they find the one they prefer the most.

Good choice.

This is another example of how I am more of a conservative than you. I'd rather see the ones giving me a downvote... so I could wreak my vengeance upon them!

The only people who have confidence in our immigration system are those who know very little about it, or who don't care who we let into Canada, as long as they're not White.

Anyone else recall lefties being sneered at and looked down on for being lazy and pampered when raising these sorts of concerns?

I've seen young people laugh their asses off at Ayn Rand movies. The Fountainhead comes to mind.

Go figure.

So does this mean Mexico will have to build the Wall out of American cement?

I can see how Trump and many of his cronies would peddle the amendment as being necessary for efficiency. Trump and his board of executives probably regard Congress and the Senate as little more than shareholders so.

I guess he's signing the Wall into existence tomorrow. It appears the take away from Trump's illegal voting thingy is that even he doesn't think his election was legitimate.

Speaking of new fans you gush like lDeepwater Horizon. Why didn't you vote for him again?

True but I suspect all we've seen from environmentalists so far is their bark. Better hope their bite isn't contagious.

With any luck this will be a fairly distinct line in the sand between environmentalists and screw-the-environmentists.

Sounds like Trump also blew the doors off 30 years of free trade dogma by stating that cars sold in the US should be made in the US. Can't wait until every other industry in the US starts clamouring for some of that too along with the same helping heapful of tax and regulatory cuts, that US auto makers are looking forward to. Story

I think we've come to the point where America's show of cowardice, dishonour and lack of principle is will only inspire more aggression in the world.

Luckily for us, Canada isn't Turkey. -k