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“I was one of you.”

So you say, Abu Anwar al-Canadi or John Maguire, in your video warning, before calling on Muslims in Canada to sharpen their knives or prepare their explosive devices.

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Then we shall respond as the polite Canadian. Sorry it didn’t work out, John. Sorry you grew up in the greatest country in the world, with one of the best standards of living, with free health care, with clean water and fresh air, with good schools, with the freedom to think and say almost anything, with economic opportunity, with the ability to worship any God, join any group, vote in regular elections, protest anything, and yet it was all wrong. Sorry it wasn’t enough.

“How can you stand to live among them peacefully?” you ask. “According to Islamic principles, you are living in a land of war.”

Sorry, if we missed that part. Sorry about the bombed-out buildings behind you in the video and the gun you’re holding. We shall try to remember, on silent nights, surrounded by loved ones, we live in the land of war.