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June 04, 2006
Canadians avert attack.
My co-workers have been asking why Canada was attacked. To them it’s incomprehensible; Canada, the sentiment runs is not engaged in Iraq, and therefore ought to be safe. If you buy into the Bushian logic that Iraq is the War on Terror, this would make some sense. But to believe that would be to believe that This war has been going on since roughly March 2003, or perhaps September 2001. Al Qaeda has been at war for a lot longer...
As much as I hate to agree with certain right-wing elements, it seems to bear repeating: Al Qaeda hates us because we are free. They don’t hate democracy, or the statue of Liberty, or our constitution. They hate our freedom. Specifically, they hate the freedom of the 51% of us who are female. They hate the freedom of the 20% of us who are atheists. They hate the freedom of the 10% of us who are gay. They hate the freedom of those of us who are Jewish. They hate my freedom to be an outright and outspoken pagan. Separation of Church and state? They’re against it...
They hate the freedom of human beings to be human beings. To live, love, laugh, cry and be merry, however they are called to experience this life. They don’t believe that there is more than one correct way to live*. They believe in a one-size fits all shapeless garment cut to the specifications mentioned in a specific book most of Humanity doesn’t believe in. The Canadians have a system which encourages its citizens to find their happiness. The enemy hates that. And so Canada got attacked...
*’An it harm none’
Posted by Andrew at June 4, 2006 11:06 PM