Shirtback

My mind went there too.

caretaker

Alleged shooter in Quebec City mosque attack admired Trump, far right - Montreal - CBC News
Alt right, Trumpist, troll.

Edo

oh so the likes of Anders Behring Breivik. Not exactly a terrorist but the "Lone Wolf" type eh

caretaker

Fake news: Meet the alternate-reality version of the Quebec City shooting - National | Globalnews.ca
This is the sort of person Trump is giving White House press credentials.

magnumpi

From what I have seen on TV and read I agree this is not a terror attack, and should be tried as a mass murder with no chance of parole if/when found guilty.

Shirtback

Definitions of Terrorism and the Canadian Context - Memorializing the Victims of Terrorism

magnumpi

Yup, not terrorism just a young male with issues.

caretaker

It's a hate crime, even if it doesn't fit the strict definition of terrorism. It's very similar to Dylan Roof killing African-American church-goers. Maybe in the US he'd do life, but not here, you know what the scale is. If he got 6 consecutive life sentences he wouldn't get out but that won't happen. He can't use the usual defenses though, nobody to blame but himself for being a hater, no section 8. There's going to be an outcry over why he wasn't on anyone's radar. Proponents of increased surveillance of social media will make their case. Gun control lobby will have something to say. The Bill C-51 debates emphasised how a major problem was lack of communication between departments, but without flagging Bissonette anywhere there was no information to exchange.
When trying to sniff out radicals who may be targeting ethnic groups, political science students would probably not be the first people they look at. Ed Snowden showed us the methods used by the NSA to spy on the public through the internet, but how many millions would they have had to look at before coming up with Bissonnette?

magnumpi

I should have said Hate crime, that describes what he did perfectly

Shirtback

I'm not sure we (the public & the media) know enough yet about why he did this/What led to this, to be able to "define" whether it's terrorism, a hate crime, "young man with issues" etc.

There appear to be elements of all the above, possibly.

I'm trying not to judge/form opinions based on media reports based on alleged info from now unavailable social media accounts.

As a side note: I'm not too impressed by the clerk of the court who allegedly "confirmed" the names of the suspects (as mentioned by media) .

JonboyE

And if he was Muslim?

magnumpi

He still be a young male with issues Duh !