Stepping Stones

Well, I thought Canada was a bit immune or at least above the over the top, paranoid and knee jert reactionism of the media in the United States. In a radio broadcast (on CBC) I heard a commentator refer to terrorism as a phenomenon fueled by access to the Internet. It wasn’t just the usual reference to terrorists or terrorists want to be’s learning how to make bombs by googling dynamite etc.  It was a clear statement that the Internet is contributing to young born in Canada Muslim’s learning to be terrorists via the Internet.

“He says young Canadians from immigrant backgrounds are becoming radicalized through the internet and are looking for targets at home, not abroad.” The men responsible for the 2005 transit bombings in London were from immigrant families, said Hooper. This is a CISUS expert (Canada’s Spy Agency) who is making these racist and exnophobic statements.

Here is the full article. I hope this is not the beginning  of a witch hunt and the same kind of fear mongering that is taking place in the U.S. What bothers me is the vilifying of the Internet as if it was an evil and deadly place that  needs controlling. Yes that old saw keeps coming up!