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Home My WebLink AboutClinton News Record, 2014-11-05, Page 44 News Record • Wednesday, November 5, 2014 www.clintonnewsrecord.com Clinton News Record PUBLISHED WEEKLY — EST. 1860 53 Albert St. P.O. 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Our military and police can only do so much to contain it. Now the conversation is moving towards what new laws we can pass. We're not so sure we need new laws - we just need to use the laws we have on the books. Vigorously. Last Monday a CSIS director speaking at a Sen- ate committee explained that they don't have the resources to track all terror- ist sympathizers. We also learned a couple weeks ago that the RCMP had around 63 investiga- tions into 90 suspected extremists who have returned from abroad or are planning to go overseas and haven't done so yet. Here's a suggestion: charge them with the laws they're currently breaking. Charge them with treason. The Islamic State has instructed its followers to kill Canadians. "Kill the disbeliever whether he is civilian or military, for they have the same ruling," Abu Muhammad Al-Adnani said in a recording. So the Islamic State has declared war on us. Some of our countrymen are pathetically heeding this call. In April, Calgary man Farah Shirdon Mohamed made a video- tape of himself burning his passport while proclaim- ing, "We are coming and we will destroy you." Sounds pretty treasonous to us. Disagree? Take a look at the law. Section 46 of the Crimi- nal Code of Canada out- lines what counts as high treason: "levies war against Canada or does any act preparatory thereto" or "assists an enemy at war with Can- ada, or any armed forces against whom Canadian Forces are engaged in hos- tilities, whether or not a state of war exists between Canada and the country whose forces they are." This can come with a sen- tence of life in prison. And hopefully in this case life means life and they throw away the key. The Islamic State is call- ing for assaults on Canadi- ans. Anyone who has gone abroad to train with the Islamic State has assisted an enemy that is expressly intent on killing our citizens. They should be rounded up and charged as the crimi- nals they are. An emotional response Tara Ostner The Clinton News Record If you are a fan of Jian Gho- meshi and the CBC radio show that he used to host, Q, the past week and a half has probably been difficult for you. I was a very large fan of the show and so to witness the whole debacle recently has been hard. Am I still a fan of Ghomeshi? I'm not so sure anymore. I suppose that this will be determined in the com- ing weeks and months. It all started on October 26 when CBC announced that it had severed ties with Gho- meshi. CBC didn't say why they were parting ways with him in its initial announce- ment but only that it was a difficult decision. Then on October 27 Gho- meshi filed a 55 million dollar lawsuit against the corpora- tion. The lawsuit claims that CBC fired Ghomeshi for unbecoming behavior and because he practiced rough sex. While Ghomeshi admit- ted that he indeed practices rough sex, he insisted that the women involved always con- sented to it. Then, in the days following these events, numerous women from across Canada have put forth allegations that state that Ghomeshi hit, choked and beat them. More importantly, they all state that their involvement was not consensual. I will admit that I was one of the many Canadians who responded with a knee-jerk reaction. I responded emo- tionally and defended Gho- meshi at once. But how could I not have? I, like thousands of others, have adored the broadcaster for over a decade now. His sensitive, insightful and introspective nature, sharp intellect and superb interviewing skills are just a few qualities that for so long placed him in a league all of his own. I couldn't for a sec- ond imagine that he was capa- ble of sexually harassing and abusing women. In addition to immediately defending Ghomeshi, I also immediately attacked CBC. I thought, how dare they? How could such an esteemed agency act so shortsighted and puritan in today's day and age? In fact, this column origi- nally contained very different content and took on a very different tone when I first began to write it. However, as the accusations continue to mount from more and more seemingly respecta- ble and educated women, I have begun to back off of my, at first, unconditional support of Ghomeshi. These very serious allega- tions are making me rethink your sincerity, Jian Ghomeshi, and this is something that I surely never thought that I would say. While my heart is still telling me that you're innocent, my mind is telling me the opposite because it knows that even a gentle nature such as your own likely cannot negate these kinds of powerful testimonies. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR The News Record welcomes letters to the editor. All letters must be signed and include a daytime phone number for verification purposes. Letters can be sent care of the Internet at clinton.news@sunmedia.ca, sent via fax at 519-482-7341 or through Canada Post care of The Editor, P.O. 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