When I heard that some people were arrested for making a bomb in Toronto I thought that Mila Jovovich was filming another movie here. Then, to my utter lack of surprise, I learned that some guys wanted to blow some shit up. (They should still arrest Mila next time she comes here. Did anyone else see that Final Fantasy movie? It was awful. Raccoon City my ass. That was City Hall.)

The only thing about this thing that surprised me was that the TTC was not on the list. These guys must be the only people in Toronto who don’t want to blow up the TTC. Talk about your culture war.

So the reactionaries have been all over the news and the radio. As I write this I’m listening to some putz demanding that everyone report all suspicious behavior to the police. Yeah. That’ll work. Like the cops don’t have enough to do without every old white person reporting every young black guy.

As if that isn’t bad enough, some jackoff went and smashed all the windows in a Mosque. I have no idea what that’s supposed to accomplish. Are the Muslims now like Old Man Johnson, who won’t give you your ball back when it goes into his yard. Are Christians going to start running up to Mosques with a flaming bags of dog shit, ring the bell and run off to giggle behind some bushes? I means, grow the fuck up. Get a girlfriend or something.

This is a law and order issue and it’ll be dealt with by the justice system. If the western world is going to survive it’ll have nothing to do with terrorists or guys who smash windows. It has to do with how we deal with these things. Unfortunately the trend always seems to be to restrict freedom. But, it looks like, in this case, the system works. And they’re still innocent until proven guilty. I like that. It’s the sort of thing that lets you sleep at night.

Terrorism is not the first or even the toughest challenge we’ve faced in Canada. It won’t be the last. (Right now the Oilers must withstand the mighty onslaught of the Hurricanes.) As populations increase so do the amount of people who want to blow things up. As firepower gets better, so does their ability to blow things up. Population keeps increasing and firepower keeps getting better. So you do the math. We’re all gonna blow sky high one day. With luck, we’ll die of cancer first.

I guess I’m saying: have a drink and keep your head. You’ll know when it’s time to panic. And when that time comes don’t panic – try to help out. And have a drink. You’ll need it.