In
light of the recent killings of Corporal Cirillo and Warrant Officer Vincent,
some have taken to referring to their murderers with the T-word or in a few
cases, even the J-word.
This
needs to stop. In a twisted way, using
the T-word or the J-word is how they probably want to be remembered. I’d suggest using the C-word.
Criminals.
These
were two individuals whose lives were in disorder who reached out to a religion
and then committed a heinous act. Did they
do these acts because of their new found religion? I don’t know.
Years ago they might have shaved their heads and gotten swastika tattoos
or before that worn white bed sheets to try and scare people.
But
we didn’t use the T-word to describe those people.
And
we didn’t use the T-word to describe the person who gunned down three RCMP in
Moncton NB… we shouldn’t be using it now.
Maybe
we should use another C-word to describe these acts.
Cowardly.
In
St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, the attacker waited for two hours before striking two
members of Our Forces leading to the death of W.O. Vincent. In Ottawa, Cpl. Cirillo’s murderer stepped
out from behind the National War Memorial and fired two shots fatally wounding
Cpl. Cirillo and firing a third shot at Cirillo’s guard partner.
None
of these soldiers were armed.
Cowards.
And
that brings me to yet another C-word.
Canadian.
In
the aftermath of these killings, we did what Canadians do. In Ontario, people lined the sides of the 401
and the overpasses to pay tribute to one of our fallen, Cpl. Cirillo. In Quebec, the family of W.O. Vincent is
reaching out to the family of his assailant.
In Cold Lake Alberta, Canadians came to erase the graffiti left on a
local Mosque by some other cowards.
This
is the Canada I know.
These
are the Canadians that I choose to stand with.
In
the mean time I’ll go about living my life pretty much the same way I did
before these attacks. I’ll leave hiding
in closets to other people.
BC
