XPost: can.politics, bc.politics   
   From: David@block.net   
      
   On 4/12/2015 5:18 PM,  wrote:   
   >> On 4/12/2015 4:31 PM,  wrote:   
   >>>> On 4/12/2015 2:36 PM,  wrote:   
   >>>>> Harper is using the same damned tactics that George W Bush used on his   
   >>>>> dumb citizenry to provoke fear and stimulate support for a war   
   >>>>> overseas.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Note the number of times we've had 'bomb threats' in Canada before   
   >>>>> - and   
   >>>>> none of them were attributed to 'terrorism'.  Harper is working the   
   >>>>> stupid.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Canadians need to show that we're not going to fall for that kind of   
   >>>>> manipulation in this country.  Vote Harper out on Oct 19, 2015 - or   
   >>>>> sooner if he wishes.   
   >>>>> _________________________________   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> CHATHAM, Ont. — The Canadian Press -  Sunday, Apr. 12 2015   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Ontario man charged after allegedly phoning in bomb threat to   
   >>>>> Library of   
   >>>>> Parliament   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Police in southwestern Ontario say they’ve arrested a man who   
   >>>>> allegedly   
   >>>>> threatened to blow up the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Chatham-Kent police say they were contacted by the RCMP on Friday to   
   >>>>> follow up on an alleged threat made by a man in Chatham, Ont.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> They say the man allegedly made a phone call to the Library of   
   >>>>> Parliament and said he wanted to blow up Parliament as part of a   
   >>>>> “revolution” against Parliament Hill.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Police say they arrested a 49-year-old man without incident on Friday   
   >>>>> afternoon.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> The man is currently in custody and is facing one count of hoax –   
   >>>>> terrorist activity, and one count of uttering threats.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Police say the matter is still under investigation.   
   >>>   
   >>> On 4/12/2015 3:22 PM, David Johnston wrote:   
   >>>> I don't think it counts when he's actually charged with a terrorist   
   >>>> hoax.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> What's a "terrorist hoax"?   
   >   
   >   
   > On 4/12/2015 3:56 PM, David Johnston wrote:   
   >> To quote the relevant law:   
   >>   
   >> Hoax Regarding Terrorist Activity   
   >>   
   >> Hoax — terrorist activity   
   >>   
   >> 83.231 (1) Every one commits an offence who, without lawful excuse and   
   >> with   
   >> intent to cause any person to fear death, bodily harm, substantial   
   >> damage to   
   >> property or serious interference with the lawful use or operation of   
   >> property,   
   >>   
   >> (a) conveys or causes or procures to be conveyed information that, in   
   >> all the   
   >> circumstances, is likely to cause a reasonable apprehension that   
   >> terrorist   
   >> activity is occurring or will occur, without believing the information   
   >> to be   
   >> true; or   
   >>   
   >> (b) commits an act that, in all the circumstances, is likely to cause a   
   >> reasonable apprehension that terrorist activity is occurring or will   
   >> occur,   
   >> without believing that such activity is occurring or will occur.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> In other words, "phoning in a fake bomb threat"   
   >>   
   >> But the point is, this trivial bullshit is not going to alarm the   
   >> public and   
   >> thus has no political utility nor is it intended to.   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   > Exactly.  How the hell does the government defend a bomb hoax as   
   > "terrorist activity" when it could well be perpetrated by a kid 8 years   
   > of age?   
      
   It's not terrorist activity.  It's a false threat of terrorist activity.   
     A hoax.  Of course the only reason why this is a separate offense from   
   other death threats and public nuisance complaints is because these days   
   the authorities have to freak out so heavily when they get such a threat.   
      
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