Posted by Larry Hoover on June 7, 2006, at 15:37:52 [reposted on June 12, 2006, at 6:27:39 | original URL]
In reply to Canadian Terrorists...., posted by Jay on June 7, 2006, at 15:04:45
> But the alleged terrorists, it seems, remained blissfully ignorant. They let themselves get snared in an RCMP sting when one of the 17 allegedly placed an order for three tonnes of ammonium nitrate fertilizer, a substance that can be used to make bombs.
It doesn't matter how incompetent they are. If nothing else, they must be made an example of. Some criminal law is all about deterrent. This is a prime example thereof.
The RCMP did not conduct a sting operation. They protected us from plans laid out entirely by these men themselves.
3 tonnes of ammonium nitrate is thrice that used to bring down virtually an entire office block in Oklahoma. I don't think Timothy McVeigh really understood the significance of what he was doing, either. And *he* was trained in explosives by the military.
One doesn't yell fire in a crowded movie theatre. One does not use the word bomb anywhere near an airport. And one does not purchase ammonium nitrate fertilizer, with even the most ill-concealed plans for its use, for anything other than enhancing plant growth.
Being poorly organized terrorists is no defense. No defense at all. These young men deserve whatever comes their way.
Lar
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