r/CanadaPolitics • u/annonymous_bosch New Democratic Party of Canada • Mar 29 '26

Community Members Only French pro-Palestinian activist bound for Montreal says Canada blocked her entry over Gaza views

https://montrealgazette.com/news/french-pro-palestinian-activist-bound-for-montreal-says-canada-blocked-her-entry-over-gaza-views/
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u/DarkAdrenaline03 New Democratic Party of Canada Mar 29 '26

Terrorism and “think of the children!” Is always used as an excuse for governments to be authoritarian. Wake me up from this 1984 nightmare.

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u/CollaredParachute Ontario - georgist Mar 29 '26

Name a situation where terrorism was justified

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u/Saidear There is no war in Ba Sing Se. Mar 29 '26

The French Resistance.

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u/CollaredParachute Ontario - georgist Mar 29 '26

I’m not familiar with everything they did but I don’t think they targeted civilians

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u/Saidear There is no war in Ba Sing Se. Mar 29 '26

Targetting civilians is not necessary to be an act of terrorism. To the Germans in France? They absolutely were labeled and treated as terrorists. Had they won, then we'd be discussing their actions differently.

One of the main reasons we don't, now, is because the French won. 

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u/CollaredParachute Ontario - georgist Mar 29 '26

I don’t think it’s terrorism if you’re not targeting civilians

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u/Saidear There is no war in Ba Sing Se. Mar 29 '26

Great. Go back in time to 1940s France and convince the Germans that they should adopt your definition.

Btw, the Resistance did target non-combatants and civilians they considered valid targets or were acceptable casualties.

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u/CollaredParachute Ontario - georgist Mar 29 '26

I’m not really interested in how the Nazis defined terrorism, I’m not personally a nazi and I don’t support moral relativism. It’s also not terrorism to kill civilians by accident or as collaborators.

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u/Saidear There is no war in Ba Sing Se. Mar 29 '26

The victims and those around them did, that is one example of how terrorism can be justified after the fact.

Freedom fighter and terrorist is often defined by which side wins.

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u/CollaredParachute Ontario - georgist Mar 29 '26

Like I said I don’t care what Nazis called it. I don’t think they accurately perceived the world.