Canada to speed up plans to toughen security laws: PM Harper

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8. I agree that religion had a part in this.

It gives cover to a whole lot of bad behavior. And yeah, an unsound mind mixed with extremist religion makes for a toxic cocktail. But the mental illness part is the main point I think. How many violent shootings are because of religious beliefs (abortion doctors shot etc..) and those with no religion but mental illness involved (fired from job, conspiracy nut, bullied at school, or just plain whacko for no perceivable reason). I'd say the latter incidents far outweigh the former.

And what i object to most is my Prime Minister giving the impression that it is a pure "terrorist" attack. I don't even think it qualifies as a real terrorist act if that is defined by being orchestrated by some overall group, that will usually take credit for it after. But ok, if someone wants to define terrorism as causing "terror" then I'd say fine, although you'd also have to include all acts of war as well. US troops kicking doors down during the Iraq invasion at 4 am and dragging out the father and sometimes even shooting some of the family members, or drone bombing villages with children and families today.

Because if the PM were to accent the "mental illness" at all, he may just be pressured to put more resources into that, which is the furthest thing a Con wants to spend money on. After all he has already ridiculed the opposition leader for even suggesting we should look at finding out the root causes of home grown terrorism.