Change in Canada?? Only for the worse...

Submitted by J.S. (Canada), Sep 12, 2006 at 15:53

Here are some comments found published in the "letters to the editor" section of our city paper:

Sept. 10, 2006:

..."I pose a question to the logical Christians out there: Would it be fair for me to presume that Christianity is a peaceless religion because of the actions fo the born-again crusader George W. Bush?" "Most of the blood spilled today is due to state terrorism (and those states are mainly Christian) and not independent militias." "George Bush and Osama bin Laden are two peas in a pod...they are both ruthless.. they have annihilated women, children, and seniors." Or, how about (also published on Sept 10): "Christinaity has a history as stained as that of Islam, perhaps more so." Or on Sept 11, 2006: "...we have the dangerous rhetoric of the ultra right-wing forces in the U.S. (the current Bush administration) that speaks of an 'Axis of Evil'...in other words, the West is once more engaged in a holy war...cococted by the White House...one more deceptive fiction in support of the invasion and occupation of a Muslim country -- the real purpose...desire for oil..." blah, blah, blah. Then, there are, of course, the obligatory cartoons of GW Bush to accompany the "letters to the editor."

And if the local newspaper is not singing the praises of Islam's mass murderers, then there's the CBC -- whether it's an Iraqi-born reporter providing a sympathetic portrait of a homicidal terrorist residing in an Israeli jail because he bashed in the head of an infant and murdered other hapless Israelis -- it's recounting (on the eve of Sept 11) a host of conspiracy theories and suggesting that these theories are quite probable. Indeed, according to a recent poll, over 20 percent of Canadians express a belief in conspiracy theories to account for 9/11.Thus does the CBC "educate" the Canadian public -- or give sympathy to homicidal murderers and grant terrorists the cloak of "innocence."

But then I also watched CNN's Christiane Amanpour's reportage entitled, "In the Footsteps of bin Laden." The psychopath, Azzam (that's bin Laden's "spiritual" guide), Amanpour characterized as "charismatic, deeply spirtual", while Osama was described by another fellow as "very calm, serence, almost like a holy man." Amanpour reminded me of a gushing, adolescent school girl who has a crush on a rock star and wishes only to "follow in his footsteps."

Thus, I would conclude that any moral "values" have (that's thanks to Islam!) slumped to new, all-time lows -- the Canadian dhimmis admire their Islamist leaders and heap scorn on Americans. (And, I might add, there's nothing "logical" about this -- it's grounded in other factors -- I believe psychological ones.)

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