| elisheva: [img]smilies/wave.gif[/img] I also read the article this morning. And yep... I live in Montreal. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
And as a Montrealer this act of terrorism aimed against school children is very upsetting to me. [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img]
But I am very proud of all the politicians and religious leaders, Christian, Jewish and Muslim, who have stepped forward to denounce this crime.
Yep... I am Canadian... as as the anthem goes... am willing to "stand on guard for thee"... and part of standing on guard for my country, in my opinion, is to openly denounce those who use terror and violence in order to further any political goal, as well as those who commit hate crimes against any racial, or religious groups.
Abducted Bookworm: By my memory there was at least one arrest vis-à-vis the riot at Concordia. A perennial agitator, who seems to love to get attention by being arrested, was arrested several months afterwards. The same guy was also banned from the campus for 5 years. Oh and this guy wasn't a Concordia student.
Concordia held their own hearings, which I believe were student run... and by my memory several "cough cough... students" were banned from the campus along with some non students. To much complaint from the usual complainers. Sigh.
I agree with you though that the handling of the riot at Concordia was too lax. In my opinion, the guy who was arrested and those who got banned, got off way way way more lightly then they should have. From my point of view, that laxness did convey the implied message that violence in the name of political/racist whatevers is okay. Sigh.
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