Reading about the recent arrests of 17 men who were allegedly plotting terrorist attacks in Southwest Ontario, this brief line by RCMP assistant commissioner Mike McDonell at the end of the article caught my eye:

“They can be inspired through the use of the Internet, though library, through books and through their own proselytizing to each other and recruiting and radicalizing individuals.”

Maybe I should have a category called “Irresponsible Comments By Canadian RCMP Officials”?  I mean, if you’re going to cite libraries as an inspiration for terrorists, you might as well hit the entire list and mention television, music, movies, video games and possibly stage plays.

You might as well complain about cars causing traffic accidents, bowling causing school shootings and barbeques causing food poisoning.

To twist the NRA slogan, “Books don’t kill people. People kill people.”