Completely agree.  There is probably more constructive criticism regarding the nature of hate now than had M-103 never seen the light of day.

The flip side, of course, is that there is also much criticism that is not constructive.  Some of the debate is thought provoking, some of it sounds like schoolkids berating each other.

Has the motion polarized the issue?  Hard to say for certain.  But it seems many are expressing irrational fears of the Canadian social fabric being irreparably rent by an influx of Muslims and a government too soft for its own good pandering to radical Imams in order to avoid the dreaded labels of intolerance and racism.

It would be funny if it weren't sad, because those same fears were expressed about the Irish just a few generations ago.  And we all know how poorly the swell in numbers of those immoral potato eaters turned out.