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The Day a Terrorist Came to Our National Parliament 

10/21/2014

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An attack on our Parliament. Impossible! Incroyable!
The end of our innocence? The result of forsaking our peacekeeping image on the world stage?
Or a single man, frustrated because his passport was revoked, he couldn't get somewhere important - you make do.

A dead soldier in a kilt, who expected a boring day, and should have had it.
A nation in shock. We cancelled a hockey game.

Oh Canada, my backwater country, where I am more likely to see a bear than a man aiming a gun. That's okay.  I'll take the bear.
Or don't I have that choice any more?
Here is the choice I do have: I will not see a man with a gun when I look at a person who doesn't look like me.

Tomorrow, Canada will be boring again.
We'll talk about the weather. The NHL will resume our hockey games.
When I walk in the woods, I'll watch out for bears, especially in the spring when they're hungry.
And when I pass someone dressed differently from me, I will see my neighbor.
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Liz Dexter link
10/22/2014 08:33:27 pm

"And when I pass someone dressed differently from me, I will see my neighbor." I am very glad to see people saying that out loud - the backlash aimed at ordinary people that often comes from such events is horrible and does not help.

Know that people around the world, such as this family in the UK, were watching in dismay and sending out thoughts to your lovely and peaceful nation yesterday, and continue to do so.

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Jane Ann McLachlan
10/23/2014 02:57:00 am

Thanks you, Liz. I'm touched by your caring. May we all strive for peace instead of revenge.

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