Attack on Canadian Parliament...

[JohnnyAnger]

^ But he wasn't a Muslim, so it can't be a terrorist attack.

 

[gsdx]

"We will always stand together."

 

[pat grimshaw]

"We will always stand together."..

Yes, the Future Is Ours.

 

[Vitamin]

Probably racism. Most of the Canadian victims had descended from immigrants from India. The terrorists blew up the wrong Canadians for us to care?

I remember it.

Most North Americans only only remember terror attacks that happen on their own soil. We Americans remember Oklahoma City, and 9/11, but Beirut and Somalia have been mostly forgotten by all, save for some military and State Department personnel.

 

[pat grimshaw]

Touche. The double standard is appalling.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Commissioner Bob Paulson said in a statement they have "persuasive evidence that Michael Zehaf-Bibeau's attack was driven by ideological and political motives….Paulson said his mother told police that her son had wanted to go Syria. Susan Bibeau later denied that in a letter published by Postmedia News, saying her son told her he wanted to go to Saudi Arabia where he could study the Qu'ran.

She would say that, wouldn't she.

http://news.yahoo.com/gunman-canada-attack-prepared-video-himself-234721558.html

 

[MorrisseyX]

Most North Americans only only remember terror attacks that happen on their own soil. We Americans remember Oklahoma City, and 9/11, but Beirut and Somalia have been mostly forgotten by all, save for some military and State Department personnel.

Exactly this was a huge moment in Canadian history a shocking incident. Canadians we are a proud people but sorry Air India isn't our problem it wasn't on Canadian soil. This terrorist attack took place in Ottawa directly on our soil so it matters more to us.

 

[gsdx]

Ovation for Sergeant-at-Arms Kevin Vickers when Parliament resumes:

 

[Vitamin]

Exactly this was a huge moment in Canadian history a shocking incident. Canadians we are a proud people but sorry Air India isn't our problem it wasn't on Canadian soil. This terrorist attack took place in Ottawa directly on our soil so it matters more to us.

The idea that war respects borders has been proven false time and time again in history.

 

[bankside]

When Canadians are flying home to a Canadian airport, it matters to Canadians if they are blown up. It matters whether they are blown up over Canadian airspace, or at the airport, or over the ocean.

That people forget this is due to two effects: the passage of time. How many of you were even old enough to watch the news in 1985? And racism. Most of the victims were brown Canadians and lots of them had accents.

 

[kallipolis]

The idea that war respects borders has been proven false time and time again in history.

Worth repeating............................

 

[Telstra]

You're sad because it hasn't happened before?

It has happened before, in 1984, when paranoid schizophrenic Denis Lortie killed three people and wounded 13 in the Quebec National Assembly building in Quebec City. See Denis Lortie (Wikipedia).

The legislature’s sergeant-at-arms, René Jalbert, talked him down and was awarded Canada's Cross of Valour for his actions.

The YouTube clip's narrator calls it Canada's National Assembly building. It isn't. It's the Quebec legislature building.

This is amazing.
I haven't seen this footage before.

 

[gsdx]

HAMILTON - Thousands of people lined the streets of Hamilton on Tuesday to pay respects to a soldier described as a "kid at heart" who was gunned down as he stood ceremonial guard in Ottawa in what the prime minister called a terrorist attack.

Cpl. Nathan Cirillo's coffin, carried atop a gun carriage to Christ's Church Cathedral, was accompanied by members of his regiment as well as scores of soldiers and police officers marching to the sounds of muffled drums.

In a homily, Rev. Canon Rob Fead called Cirillo "Canada's son" and said the tragedy of his death had helped bring the country together.

"We gather this day in faith and in hope," Fead told mourners. "His bravery, his sacrifice, is not in vain."

In a message to Cirillo's regiment, the Queen expressed sorrow at his death under such "grievous" circumstances.

"I send my deepest sympathy to all those affected by this tragedy, in particular to members of Cpl. Cirillo's own family," the Queen, who is the regiment's colonel-in-chief, said in her note.

Near the church, people lined up four deep to watch the procession, many of them holding Canadian flags and balloons emblazoned with the Maple Leaf. At one point on the route, a group of young women sang the national anthem, drawing cheers and applause from the crowd.

However, as the casket went by, silence befell the street save for the mournful strains of bagpipes or drumming.

Hundreds of bouquets and wreaths were piled on the steps Lt.-Col. John Weir Foote armoury, along with written tributes to Cirillo.

"Reservist Cpl, Nathan Cirillo — we will never forget your sacrifice," one read.

Others left toys and treats for Cirillo's dog.

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/funeral-today-hamilton-cpl-nathan-cirillo-soldier-shot-080333178.html

 

[pat grimshaw]

It is also true that foreign acts of terrorism often involve military installations or consulates or embassies. Somewhere in the mental accounting, most people make distinctions between civil society being targeted versus agents of the State. Forgotten may not be so much the case as the events go on the large pile of history where event after event accumulates.

Yes, you're right. You have campaigned long and hard on this, and other, issues.

BTW; I see today that CCTV cameras have recorded two hours worth of Zale Thompson stalking his two policeman victims in order to get the best Jihad.