Reply #13: well ... not

[iverglas]

Some of the freaks
arrested in Canada were arrested for "teaching terrorism".

The suspects and charges are detailed here:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/toronto-bomb-plot/suspects.html

No "teaching terrorism" there.

Anti-terrorism Act, amending the Criminal Code, now Part II.1 (sections 83.01 ff):

http://www.canlii.org/ca/sta/c-46/

Definition of "terrorist activity":

http://www.canlii.org/ca/sta/c-46/sec83.01.html

“terrorist activity” means

(a) an act or omission that is committed in or outside Canada and that, if committed in Canada, is one of the following offences:

<long list of specific offences>, or

(b) an act or omission, in or outside Canada,

(i) that is committed

(A) in whole or in part for a political, religious or ideological purpose, objective or cause, and

(B) in whole or in part with the intention of intimidating the public, or a segment of the public, with regard to its security, including its economic security, or compelling a person, a government or a domestic or an international organization to do or to refrain from doing any act, whether the public or the person, government or organization is inside or outside Canada, and

(ii) that intentionally

(A) causes death or serious bodily harm to a person by the use of violence,

(B) endangers a person’s life,

(C) causes a serious risk to the health or safety of the public or any segment of the public,

(D) causes substantial property damage, whether to public or private property, if causing such damage is likely to result in the conduct or harm referred to in any of clauses (A) to (C), or

(E) causes serious interference with or serious disruption of an essential service, facility or system, whether public or private, other than as a result of advocacy, protest, dissent or stoppage of work that is not intended to result in the conduct or harm referred to in any of clauses (A) to (C),

and includes a conspiracy, attempt or threat to commit any such act or omission, or being an accessory after the fact or counselling in relation to any such act or omission, but, for greater certainty, does not include an act or omission that is committed during an armed conflict and that, at the time and in the place of its commission, is in accordance with customary international law or conventional international law applicable to the conflict, or the activities undertaken by military forces of a state in the exercise of their official duties, to the extent that those activities are governed by other rules of international law.

"Counselling" the commission of a criminal offence is not "teaching terrorism". So no, Virginia, and before there's another outbreak of denunciation of Canada's freedom-of-speech-hating ways, I just wanted to clear that up.

That said, I support the limited laws we do have in Canada prohibiting the incitement of hatred against certain identifiable groups.