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Re:Why Canada's anti-terror bill is unnecessary and dangerous by leereeves on Friday February 27, 2015 @12:04PM (#9119908)
Or the way the Canadian government dealt with the October Crisis in 1970, deploying the military and arresting 497 people, most without charge or bail.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_Crisis

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Re:Why Canada's anti-terror bill is unnecessary and dangerous by afterburner on Friday February 27, 2015 @02:48PM (#9120888)
ehhh... this doesn't sound so extreme given the FLQ kidnapped and killed a Member of Parliament, and kidnapped a foreign diplomat, after, over many years, planting a hundred bombs, including a large one at the Montreal Stock Exchange which hurt over 20 people.

The alternative could have been a permanent increase in military presence.

That said unjustified arrests are extremely stressful for the victims (those being arrested for no cause), so I certainly think that's terrible too.

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