And the silence continues
Nothing from the seven afore-mentioned big-name bloggers: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7].
But I found many lively and honest discussions in forums and comments sections by ordinary Canadians who are asking the questions I raised in the previous post.
This is THE story of the summer, if not the year, since it encompasses so many things.
- Is immigration getting out of hand? Should we focus on the Chinese and recent immigration status of the murderer?
- Is Islam "creeping in"? Are the methods of Islam getting into the mainstream? Will we be seeing more beheadings by what appear to be non-Muslims? Look at this recent story, from this Sunday, of a Greek man who beheaded both his girlfriend and her dog. Was the Greek man influenced by Li's murder?
- Are there Muslims from non-Middle Eastern or non-South Asian origins - i.e. Chinese, Indonesian, Malaysian - whom we don't suspect to be Muslim, but who will invariably show signs of their background?
- Should Canada re-instate the death penalty?
- What is the cost of traveling around the country without the means for self-defense? Or anywhere, for that matter? If someone had been carrying a gun, would the murder have reached the horrible level that it did?
- Can Islamic-style killers - suicide bombers, beheaders, etc. - be deemed mentally unfit to stand trial?