Canadian Terrorism

Seventeen year old Travis Biehn was arrested last week and charged with making a terrorist threat against his Philadelphia area high school. It is alleged by other students that the Grade 11 student scrawled a threat on a washroom wall of Central Bucks East High School. After his arrest many students accused Travis of being overly sympathetic with other nations. And openly proud of the virtues of Canada, while being less than enthusiatic about the endeavors of America. When Travis first appeared in court to answer the charges, he was wearing the same clothes that he had on when he was arrested. His wardrobe included a T-shirt that read, "Proud to be a Canadian" as well as other references to Canada. Nothing on the shirt could be deemed to be "anti-American". The prosecutor in the case, Diane Gibbons, made a big deal of the fact that Travis was a Canadian and while the police are still working on possible motives for the threats, District Attorney Gibbons said that Biehn would prefer to be in Canada and that he made it clear that he does not like Americans. His motive is that he hates Americans. Apparently this was based on nothing more than his T-shirt. Biehn’s lawyer, William Goldman Jr. was quoted in the National Post as saying, "Canadians should be irate. Because a young man, a Canadian citizen is proud of Canada does not make them anti-American". Goldman also added that this year is an election year for District Attorney Gibbons.