Sorry to be repetitive but some things are just worth repeating. So I will once again cite that great philosopher/New York Yankees catcher Yogi Berra when he famously said: “It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future.” Mr. Berra’s sage advice notwithstanding, many people foolishly think they can predict the future. Some do it […]
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When you try to think of London and terrorism, what comes to mind? I’d wager the 7/7 attacks in 2005 and any number of similar incidents. Or that fact that the UK Security Service has identified 23,000 radicalised Britons they worry about. What I would be surprised at would be if your immediate thoughts turned […]
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Sometimes a bomb is just a bomb
OK, so what were YOU doing at 545 Friday morning? Sleeping soundly I sincerely hope. As for me, I was getting ready to go on a Toronto talk radio programme to weigh in on an incident at an Indian restaurant in Mississauga Thursday evening when two men wearing disguises left a bomb that exploded, wounding […]
When I was growing up in London (Ontario) there was a famous quasi-mythical family that lived near the town of Lucan, about a half-hour away, in the 19th century. The Donnellys, or the ‘Black Donnellys’ as we were taught about them, were Irish immigrants who were killed by a mob in 1880 in a feud […]
Remember the ‘refugee crisis’ of a few summers ago? We all were riveted by the pictures of hundreds of thousands of desperate Syrians, Iraqis and many others, risking their lives in overland journeys or even more perilous sea voyages, fleeing danger and violence in their homelands to start a new life in Europe. Some countries […]
July 1 is of course an important day for Canadians. We may not wear our patriotism on our sleeve as often as out southern neighbours in the US, but July 1 – Canada Day – is an exception. Average Canadians drape themselves in the national red and white flag, paint maple leaves on their cheeks […]
Terrorist acts are often heinous in nature. People targeted at a club in Orlando (or Istanbul) dancing the night away. Passengers on a city bus in Tel Aviv. Young political activists on an island in Norway. When we are happily doing whatever it is that we like and we are felled by indiscriminate terror and […]
It is really hard to come up with a definition of terrorism that all agree on. Every country seems to have its own version and while there are of course similarities there are also differences and some of these may have legal ramifications. Then there is the non-legal definition: i.e. what the average person thinks […]
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Initial thoughts on Brussels
As I have stated many times I am not a fan of speculation in the absence of facts. All we know so far about the heinous act of terrorism this morning in Brussels is that three bombs went off and that at least two of the attacks were suicide. Belgian police and security forces are […]
I bet some of you are wondering why this blog post is being written, in light of the title. Surely, you are probably saying, there is no contest. Iran meddles in the affairs of other countries, supports terrorist groups like Hamas and Hizballah and is trying to acquire nuclear weapons. And then there is that […]