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The Canadian 'Human Rights Commission' Caves

Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 9:00:57 am PDT

Ezra Levant reports that the Orwellian star chamber known as the Canadian Human Rights Commission has dropped their ludicrous persecution of Mark Steyn and Maclean’s magazine: The Canadian Human Rights Commission blinks.

The Canadian Human Rights Commission, like any petty tyranny, has a strong instinct for survival. As I predicted last week on the Michael Coren Show, that instinct would cause them to drop the complaint against Mark Steyn and Maclean’s. And so they did.

With an RCMP investigation, a Privacy Commission investigation and a pending Parliamentary investigation, they’re already fighting a multi-front P.R. war, and losing badly. Not a day goes by when the CHRC isn’t pummelled in the media. Holding a show trial of Maclean’s and Steyn, like the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal did earlier this month, would be writing their own political death sentence.

So they blinked. Against everything in their DNA, they let Maclean’s go. That’s the first smart thing they’ve done; because the sooner they can get the public scrutiny to go away, the sooner they can go about prosecuting their less well-heeled targets, people who can’t afford Canada’s best lawyers and command the attention and affection of the country’s literati.

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1 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  6/27/08 9:03:02 am reply quote 9

Now would be a good time to go for their throat.

2 Sharmuta  6/27/08 9:03:07 am reply quote 6

A victory for free speech! It's a beautiful thing.

3 Ringo the Gringo  6/27/08 9:03:43 am reply quote 5

Styne actually wanted to lose the case so that he could challenge the ruling in a real court.

4 Sharmuta  6/27/08 9:04:11 am reply quote 10

re: #3 Ringo the Gringo

Probably why they dropped it.

5 GregInSeattle  6/27/08 9:04:57 am reply quote 1

One small victory on the road of preserving our precious free speech rights in the West. I pray for many more!

6 goddessoftheclassroom  6/27/08 9:05:28 am reply quote 5

Do they REALLY think Mark Steyn will stop paying attention to them now?

BWA HA HA HA HA HA !

7 Ford_Prefect  6/27/08 9:05:31 am reply quote 0

Hurrah Canada!

8 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  6/27/08 9:06:11 am reply quote 4

Can they be sued for wrongful prosecution or libel? Anything to nail them.

9 lifeofthemind  6/27/08 9:06:20 am reply quote 1

This is like a cancer. You cannot let it go. Or like the beast Grendel it must be tracked down into it's cave and destroyed.

10 Ringo the Gringo  6/27/08 9:06:28 am reply quote 10

They dropped the case against Styne and Macleans in order to not have to find them innocent of the charges, something that has never happened in the entire history of the Canadian Human Rights Commission.

11 Zach_the_Lizard  6/27/08 9:06:28 am reply quote 0

Thank God they stopped their inquisition! May they never begin such witchhunts again.

12 mj  6/27/08 9:06:41 am reply quote 3

As Steyn noted, it probably would have been better had he lost. This way, the whole stinking artifice will continue.

13 debutaunt  6/27/08 9:07:12 am reply quote 0

Sunlight and scrutiny.

14 dhawken  6/27/08 9:07:25 am reply quote 3

The Alberta Human Rights Council and the Canadian Human Right Council are separate entities (akin to state vs federal). The Canadian HRC has dropped its case. However, the British Columbia HRC's case still proceeds.

15 RYO the mole  6/27/08 9:07:32 am reply quote 0

Actually, the post title should be changed to reflect the fact that it was the Canadian (i.e., national) HRC that blinked in this case.

16 redc1c4  6/27/08 9:07:34 am reply quote 2

it's amazing how quickly a little light makes the roaches scurry away.

17 SasquatchOnSteroids  6/27/08 9:07:38 am reply quote 0

Hard to argue against sanity.
But they certainly try.
Bully this !

18 RYO the mole  6/27/08 9:08:17 am reply quote 0

Too slow as always. #14 got to this point first (and with more details).

19 Occasional Reader  6/27/08 9:08:40 am reply quote 1

Good news/bad news. I think Steyn himself was saying he wanted to go all the way with this, to force a, you know, REAL court to decide on the constitutionality of the HRC.

20 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  6/27/08 9:08:41 am reply quote 9

Could the Human Rights council be brought before itself for violating Steyn's human rights?

21 BignJames  6/27/08 9:09:03 am reply quote 34

I made a small contribution to Ezra Levants defense fund a while back. He's sent me a very gracious thank-you e-mail...


Dear James,

I know a lot of time has passed since you generously donated to my legal defence fund, but I wanted to take a moment, now that I have a chance to catch my breath, to let you know how grateful I am for your contribution.

I've really been running at full speed for six months -- fending off two human rights commission complaints (one was dropped, but the other continues), and a bunch of nuisance suits from lawyers in the human rights industry. (The fact that we had a little baby right in the middle of everything has been the biggest reason I've been so busy!) I've also tried to fight back hard in the court of public opinion, stirring up opposition to the kind of censorship that has trapped me.

Please forgive me for my delay in writing to you -- I'm sorry.

I don't know if you saw it on my blog, but I attended a few days of Mark Steyn's show trial in Vancouver last month. As you know, he and Maclean's magazine were charged with illegal "discrimination" for publishing an excerpt of his book, "America Alone". It's the same law I've been charged under for publishing the Danish cartoons. I was charged in spring of 2006, but I still haven't had my trial, so it was interesting to see what Mark's looked like.

Frankly, it was an embarrassment. I cringed, not only as a lawyer, but as a citizen. I couldn't believe the kangaroo court antics of the prosecution. They really brought our legal system into disrepute. The tribunal actually spent an hour arguing over whether or not a particular joke made by Mark Steyn was funny. As the Vancouver Sun wrote, the human rights tribunal "murdered their own reputation". That's true. But they don't care. As long as they have the power to censor political ideas they disagree with, they'll keep doing it. I was so proud of Maclean's for fighting back. I promise to, as well.

Because it's not just about my case, or Mark Steyn's. It's about weeding out these un-Canadian laws altogether, and protecting freedom of speech.

Your contribution has been essential to me. Maclean's magazine is part of a large company that was able to send in Canada's best lawyers to fight on Mark Steyn's behalf. But without your donation, I'm afraid I would have been crushed under the legal onslaught a long time ago. Between the human rights complaints and the nuisance suits, I'm receiving bills of $5,000 to $10,000 a month from my lawyers. The human rights commission is clearly trying to break me -- I have received several "plea bargain" offers, where if I just "admit" that I'm wrong, and pay a fine, it will all go away. That would certainly be cheaper and quicker. But there is no way I could live with myself if I did that. If anything, that would only embolden them.

My goal is simple: I want to stop these commissions dead in their tracks.

Thanks for letting me give you an update. And, once again, please accept my sincere apologies for being delinquent in sending you a thank-you note. I have been meaning to do so for a while, and I'm sorry I left the impression that I took your support for granted.

Yours gratefully,

Ezra Levant

P.S. I promise I'll keep fighting as hard and as smart as I can.

22 Ford_Prefect  6/27/08 9:09:04 am reply quote 1

re: #9 lifeofthemind

This is like a cancer. You cannot let it go. Or like the beast Grendel it must be tracked down into it's cave and destroyed.

Nothing like a good Beowulf reference.

23 mj  6/27/08 9:09:14 am reply quote 4

As long as the bureaucracy remains intact, free speech in Canada will remain under threat by the thought police.

24 Occasional Reader  6/27/08 9:09:23 am reply quote 0

re: #14 dhawken

The Alberta Human Rights Council and the Canadian Human Right Council are separate entities (akin to state vs federal). The Canadian HRC has dropped its case. However, the British Columbia HRC's case still proceeds.

Good point. Charles, correction needed.

25 debutaunt  6/27/08 9:09:38 am reply quote 1

re: #20 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Could the Human Rights council be brought before itself for violating Steyn's human rights?

Perfect!

26 lifeofthemind  6/27/08 9:10:58 am reply quote 1

re: #20 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Could the Human Rights council be brought before itself for violating Steyn's human rights?

Yes! Let us watch the worm ouroboros eat it's own tail.

27 lawhawk  6/27/08 9:11:02 am reply quote 6
That’s the first smart thing they’ve done; because the sooner they can get the public scrutiny to go away, the sooner they can go about prosecuting their less well-heeled targets, people who can’t afford Canada’s best lawyers and command the attention and affection of the country’s literati.

And that remains the problem, even after today. They can and will likely go after those who are less capable of defending themselves out of the costs and time involved to appear in these star chamber proceedings.

28 rightymouse  6/27/08 9:11:22 am reply quote 2

The people working for the Canadian Human Rights Commission should be ashamed of themselves. They aren't for any freedom, especially from Government oppression. What a bloody joke they are.

29 rcris5  6/27/08 9:11:24 am reply quote 1

Have to start smuggling old copies of "Guns & Ammo" up to Canada.

30 Dianna  6/27/08 9:12:26 am reply quote 2

Good.

Now to get the HRC's abolished.

31 Charles  6/27/08 9:13:54 am reply quote 0

re: #14 dhawken

The Alberta Human Rights Council and the Canadian Human Right Council are separate entities (akin to state vs federal). The Canadian HRC has dropped its case. However, the British Columbia HRC's case still proceeds.

Corrected.

32 Sharmuta  6/27/08 9:14:18 am reply quote 1

re: #20 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Could the Human Rights council be brought before itself for violating Steyn's human rights?

Or go all out and have Dou Dou investigate them. You know- cause everyone fears the UN. *snicker*

33 Peter Verkooijen  6/27/08 9:14:19 am reply quote 0

It's NOT a victory for free speech. The key line is this:

... That’s the first smart thing they’ve done; because the sooner they can get the public scrutiny to go away, the sooner they can go about prosecuting their less well-heeled targets, people who can’t afford Canada’s best lawyers and command the attention and affection of the country’s literati.
34 Miss Trixie  6/27/08 9:14:45 am reply quote 0

re: #28 rightymouse

The people working for the Canadian Human Rights Commission should be ashamed of themselves. They aren't for any freedom, especially from Government oppression. What a bloody joke they are.

Hiya, toots! These folks HAVE no shame as they're completely convinced that what they do is the be all and end all.

Makes me ashamed of my old stomping grounds but I'm so glad these bullies were smacked down.

Wonder when the muslim sock puppets will start seething...

I'll bring popcorn. :D

35 jamgarr  6/27/08 9:15:11 am reply quote 8

There is NO right to be free from insult. The sooner the world learns that the sooner we can move on.

36 madmax517  6/27/08 9:15:13 am reply quote 2

Steyn is a treasure to behold and very succinctly elucidates the logic and commonsense of his positions. No idea what the far left says about him in the fever swamp blogs. Canadians who are blind to his wisdom are clueless ideologues.

If I want an idea about what a particular issue is, I can read the "news" and editorial pages of the NY Times and realize that the opposite is generally the truth. Steyn, Krauthammer and Victor Davis Hanson speak plainly. And that pol Bolton isn't too shabby either.

37 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  6/27/08 9:15:53 am reply quote 0

re: #35 jamgarr

There is NO right to be free from insult. The sooner the world learns that the sooner we can move on.

FASCIST!

38 goddessoftheclassroom  6/27/08 9:15:55 am reply quote 6

re: #22 Ford_Prefect

Nothing like a good Beowulf reference.

Yes, but once again the patriarchy rears its ugly and sexist head. Why is Grendal's Mother only known by her relationship to her son? Why doesn't she have a name of her own? Why is her identity as a terrorizing monster minimized thrown into juxtaposition with her role as a mother?

/moonbat academic feminist theory off

39 Dianna  6/27/08 9:16:04 am reply quote 0

re: #22 Ford_Prefect

Yes, but who's Grendel's mom?

40 Fenboy  6/27/08 9:16:22 am reply quote 0

Glad to hear it.

41 jamgarr  6/27/08 9:16:24 am reply quote 0

re: #37 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

FASCIST!


Hey, you insulted me!

42 SasquatchOnSteroids  6/27/08 9:17:10 am reply quote 0
The only question remaining is whether Heather MacNaughton, chief kangaroo of the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal, will convict Maclean's. The "jurisprudence" is there; Maclean's surely is "guilty" of "likely" "exposing" someone to "hatred or contempt". Everyone's guilty of that; so the only question is who gets charged.

There it is.

43 dahozho  6/27/08 9:17:15 am reply quote 6

The free speech fight still isn't over-- not until these kangaroo 'courts' are abolished.

One of the most troubling aspects of this case (and of Wilder's Fitna as well) is that the Islamists are whining when THEIR OWN WORDS, IMAGES, and DOCUMENTS are pulled into the light of day.

44 VegasRick  6/27/08 9:17:58 am reply quote 1

re: #39 Dianna

Yes, but who's Grendel's mom?

Mrs. G?

45 Dianna  6/27/08 9:18:20 am reply quote 0

re: #38 goddessoftheclassroom

It's still a good question, though.

46 Dr. Shalit  6/27/08 9:18:36 am reply quote 1

I lift a "Tom Horton's" Double to Levant and Steyn. After hours I will lift a double martini to them.

-S-

47 ladycatnip  6/27/08 9:18:51 am reply quote 3

If Obama's elected, I wouldn't be surprised if he assembles some sort of kangaroo court on behalf of islam - of course it would be under the guise of protecting all religions. Such a monstrosity is the logical extrapolation of our hate crime laws.

48 VegasRick  6/27/08 9:19:13 am reply quote 0

re: #43 dahozho

The free speech fight still isn't over-- not until these kangaroo 'courts' are abolished.

One of the most troubling aspects of this case (and of Wilder's Fitna as well) is that the Islamists are ALWAYS whining when THEIR OWN WORDS, IMAGES, and DOCUMENTS are pulled into the light of day.

49 Ford_Prefect  6/27/08 9:19:24 am reply quote 0

re: #38 goddessoftheclassroom

Yes, but once again the patriarchy rears its ugly and sexist head. Why is Grendal's Mother only known by her relationship to her son? Why doesn't she have a name of her own? Why is her identity as a terrorizing monster minimized thrown into juxtaposition with her role as a mother?

/moonbat academic feminist theory off

AAAHH!

I'm having Lit class flashbacks.

50 turn  6/27/08 9:19:48 am reply quote 0

re: #21 BignJames

Wow, that's a great letter and I seriously doubt it's entirely cut and paste from his prior writings.

51 Dianna  6/27/08 9:19:55 am reply quote 0

re: #44 VegasRick

Sigh.

In this particular iteration, I would like to know who will play the role of Grendel's mother, and attack Heorot, turning the feast to mourning.

52 madmax517  6/27/08 9:20:11 am reply quote 0

re: #43 dahozho


Indeed- look at the Muslim cartoons controversy. Islamomutants going postal calling for death to those who dare criticize Islamists for their own insane acts and statements. Death to the infidel! Support mental health or I'll kill you!

53 hellosnackbar  6/27/08 9:20:25 am reply quote 1

Well well, another poke in the eye for the ministry of truth.
(aka CHRC).
Steyn of course will ,like a dog with a bone ,get some serious mileage out of this one and so he should .
It's about time the thought police got a good kicking.

54 goddessoftheclassroom  6/27/08 9:20:26 am reply quote 1

re: #51 Dianna

Sigh.

In this particular iteration, I would like to know who will play the role of Grendel's mother, and attack Heorot, turning the feast to mourning.

Hillary?

55 lifeofthemind  6/27/08 9:20:30 am reply quote 3

re: #38 goddessoftheclassroom

You should provide a "put down the liquids" warning before that.

You can add "Why would Beowulf travel to interfere in the domestic cultures and disputes of other lands? Was he a proto Cheney enthralled to a proto Haliburton? Is his departure from his home where his societies womyn could supervise him an expression of his repressed homosexuality?"

56 Judith  6/27/08 9:20:59 am reply quote 1

re: #28 rightymouse

re: #28 rightymouse

The people working for the Canadian Human Rights Commission should be ashamed of themselves. They aren't for any freedom, especially from Government oppression. What a bloody joke they are.

Actually the CHRC are also going after government itself. They are currently prosecuting a Member of Parliament in Saskatchewan for the content of a pamphlet he distributed to his constituents dealing with aboriginal issues. The Canada Government attempted to have the whole thing thrown on the grounds that the CHRC has no jurisdiction and, as a Member of Parliament, this MPs material was protected. The Government of Canada just lost that one and of the Member of Parliament is now going to go on trial.

Talk about biting the hand that feeds you! Watch for fast response from MPs now.

57 Dark_Falcon  6/27/08 9:21:11 am reply quote 0

re: #9 lifeofthemind

This is like a cancer. You cannot let it go. Or like the beast Grendel it must be tracked down into it's cave and destroyed.

Actually, they're more like Morlocks retreating back underground. But in a way, that's a good thing: if they're Morlocks, then they are also lunch for our lizard army.

58 rightymouse  6/27/08 9:21:25 am reply quote 0

re: #34 Miss Trixie

Hiya, toots! These folks HAVE no shame as they're completely convinced that what they do is the be all and end all.

Makes me ashamed of my old stomping grounds but I'm so glad these bullies were smacked down.

Wonder when the muslim sock puppets will start seething...

I'll bring popcorn. :D


Hiya back, toots!

Is there some background I can read on how the Human Rights Councils came into being? Am presuming that the idea came from a liberal (or several) with nothing better to do than dream of Stalinistic measures to 'protect' itty-bitty feelings at the expense of sanity and logic?

59 Dianna  6/27/08 9:21:29 am reply quote 0

re: #54 goddessoftheclassroom

Not unless she proposes to become a Canadian citizen and join the commissions.

60 dahozho  6/27/08 9:21:31 am reply quote 0

re: #48 VegasRick

My point was actually that there is nothing libelous or slanderous in either Steyn's or Wilder's work-- and therefore no legally actionable points, except in the thought police's star chambers.

61 goddessoftheclassroom  6/27/08 9:21:47 am reply quote 0

re: #55 lifeofthemind

You should provide a "put down the liquids" warning before that.

You can add "Why would Beowulf travel to interfere in the domestic cultures and disputes of other lands? Was he a proto Cheney enthralled to a proto Haliburton? Is his departure from his home where his societies womyn could supervise him an expression of his repressed homosexuality?"

Oh, that's very good!

62 goddessoftheclassroom  6/27/08 9:22:25 am reply quote 0

re: #59 Dianna

Not unless she proposes to become a Canadian citizen and join the commissions.

Oops, I lost your train of thought--sorry! I just liked picturing her as Grendel's Mother...

63 realwest  6/27/08 9:22:26 am reply quote 0

re: #21 BignJames I wish I could give you a hundred updings on that one.
THANK YOU.

64 Hengineer  6/27/08 9:22:47 am reply quote 1

BLAME CANADA!

65 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  6/27/08 9:22:52 am reply quote 1

re: #57 Dark_Falcon

Actually, they're more like Morlocks retreating back underground. But in a way, that's a good thing: if they're Morlocks, then they are also lunch for our lizard army.

Another solution, harpoons attached to high powered winches. Spear them and drag them back into the light.

66 Ford_Prefect  6/27/08 9:23:05 am reply quote 0

re: #55 lifeofthemind

You should provide a "put down the liquids" warning before that.

You can add "Why would Beowulf travel to interfere in the domestic cultures and disputes of other lands? Was he a proto Cheney enthralled to a proto Haliburton? Is his departure from his home where his societies womyn could supervise him an expression of his repressed homosexuality?"

Too funny.

67 rightymouse  6/27/08 9:23:13 am reply quote 0

re: #56 Judith

re: #28 rightymouse


Actually the CHRC are also going after government itself. They are currently prosecuting a Member of Parliament in Saskatchewan for the content of a pamphlet he distributed to his constituents dealing with aboriginal issues. The Canada Government attempted to have the whole thing thrown on the grounds that the CHRC has no jurisdiction and, as a Member of Parliament, this MPs material was protected. The Government of Canada just lost that one and of the Member of Parliament is now going to go on trial.

Talk about biting the hand that feeds you! Watch for fast response from MPs now.

See #58 post to Trixie. This boggles the mind. How do they have this kind of power?

68 Occasional Reader  6/27/08 9:23:38 am reply quote 0

If you have to confront a Grendel, it's wise to bring something in Beowulf along with you.

69 Dianna  6/27/08 9:23:42 am reply quote 0

re: #62 goddessoftheclassroom

Yes, you can picture her ferocity as she rips the doors of the hall from their hinges!

70 Kathleen  6/27/08 9:23:55 am reply quote 0

*cheers loudly*

71 pat  6/27/08 9:24:01 am reply quote 0

Of course , since every town, hamlet and neighborhood has one of these star chambers, it never ends. Sort of like Britain with its thought police council cops.

72 rawmuse  6/27/08 9:24:11 am reply quote 2

Great news, but vampires need a wooden stake to the heart, plus sunlight, then they go away. Otherwise, they return.

73 dingleB  6/27/08 9:24:46 am reply quote 0

OT-If you make a donation to Americans United for Change today, you could win a day on the Bush Legacy Bus -- and trust us, our bus is way cooler than John McCain's.

Here's the link: [Link: secure.americansunitedforchange.org...]

Hey, I think these douche bags are operation an illegal lottery...at least it is in MN.

Minnesota Statutes 609.755 ACTS OF OR RELATING TO GAMBLING

"a drawing organizer may not imply that a participant must pay a donation for the chance to win a prize (for example, "suggested donation $5), or may not coerce a participant to pay a donation for the chance to win a prize. If the organizer implies or coerces the participant in any manner, there is a substantial risk of violating lax."

74 Ben Hur  6/27/08 9:24:49 am reply quote 0

Reading the MEMRI article by the Syrian journalist.

[Link: www.memri.org...]

"From the screen, it seemed to us as though the plane would be passing over Palestine - over Haifa, in particular. Just before we reached Haifa's airspace, the widescreen stopped showing the flight trajectory and the place over which it was flying. Instead, it started to show announcements about the importance of the hijab and encouragement to wear it, and so on.

On the state owned airlines.

Imagine.

75 MandyManners  6/27/08 9:24:50 am reply quote 0

re: #68 Occasional Reader

If you have to confront a

76 VegasRick  6/27/08 9:25:01 am reply quote 0

re: #60 dahozho

My point was actually that there is nothing libelous or slanderous in either Steyn's or Wilder's work-- and therefore no legally actionable points, except in the thought police's star chambers.

Agreed. PC gone wild. Screw them and the horses**t they rode in on.

77 buzzsawmonkey  6/27/08 9:25:42 am reply quote 0

The time to lop off Holofernes' head is when he is groggy.

78 Dark_Falcon  6/27/08 9:27:01 am reply quote 0

re: #65 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Another solution, harpoons attached to high powered winches. Spear them and drag them back into the light.

That would better if we think of them as vampires, and that analogy works well too. Expose the blood suckers to the sunlight of reason and watch them catch fire.

79 lifeofthemind  6/27/08 9:27:13 am reply quote 0

re: #57 Dark_Falcon

Actually, they're more like Morlocks retreating back underground. But in a way, that's a good thing: if they're Morlocks, then they are also lunch for our lizard army.

They don't deserve the Lizard Army. We need a carps of attack daschunds to drag these weasels out of their holes.

80 Judith  6/27/08 9:29:14 am reply quote 0

The HRC was founded in response to vicious antiSemitic and Holocaust denial activities going on in the 1970s. It was an attempt to silence the very people now going after Steyn, i.e. "The Jews Are Responsible for Evil" folks. It was strongly endorsed, supported and partially written by the Jewish the community.

Okay, it seemed like a good idea at the time.

81 Occasional Reader  6/27/08 9:29:21 am reply quote 4

re: #79 lifeofthemind

We need a carps of attack daschunds

An inspirational typo: Release the attack carps!

(with frickkin' laser beams on their heads)

82 Occasional Reader  6/27/08 9:30:27 am reply quote 1

re: #77 buzzsawmonkey

The time to lop off Holofernes' head is when he is groggy.

Holoferns? Aren't those what you find in Deepspace 9 wine bars?

83 realwest  6/27/08 9:30:36 am reply quote 0

re: #14 dhawken Question for you - in the US system, if the Fed's had found you not guilty of some breach of Federal Law, a State court could not prosecute you for the same offense.
Are you saying that each province in Canada has their own "Star Chamber" regardless of the findings of the Canadian "Star Chamber"?

84 VegasRick  6/27/08 9:30:53 am reply quote 0

re: #80 Judith

The HRC was founded in response to vicious antiSemitic and Holocaust denial activities going on in the 1970s. It was an attempt to silence the very people now going after Steyn, i.e. "The Jews Are Responsible for Evil" folks. It was strongly endorsed, supported and partially written by the Jewish the community.

Okay, it seemed like a good idea at the time.

It evolved into something very different.

85 macoishin  6/27/08 9:31:04 am reply quote 1

I sometimes wish they had allowed the travesty to continue - Steyn and MacLeans would have destroyed the CHRC entirely. But this is a happy outcome too - Steyn and MacLeans are spared the legal fees, and the CHRC are still under investigation by 2 bodies and Federal MP Keith Martin (a Liberal, who knew?) has introduced a private member's bill to trim the CHRC of the power of censorship.
Happy days.
Hopefully the BCHRT and the Alberta HRT will find against respectively Steyn/MacLeans and Levant so that pressure builds to geld the provincial spawn of the CHRC as well.

86 victor_yugo  6/27/08 9:31:39 am reply quote 0

Take that, you pompous, self-righteous assholes!

87 dahozho  6/27/08 9:31:42 am reply quote 0

re: #81 Occasional Reader

An inspirational typo: Release the attack carps!

(with frickkin' laser beams on their heads)

Glad I'd finished my coffee before I read that!
(actually, finished it before the whole deconstructionist lit discussion too-- and a good thing!)

88 docremulac  6/27/08 9:31:45 am reply quote 2

Told you the enemy is weak and pathetic. They have no balls for a real fight.

In the words of the great Bob Marley:

"Get up, stand up. Stand up for your rights.
Get up, stand up. Don't give up the fight."

89 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  6/27/08 9:31:47 am reply quote 0

re: #81 Occasional Reader

An inspirational typo: Release the attack carps!

(with frickkin' laser beams on their heads)

But then we would need some way to affix stale bread to the enemy so the carp could track them.

90 realwest  6/27/08 9:31:54 am reply quote 0

re: #80 Judith Um, Judith, if you can, can you answer my #83, please?

91 buzzsawmonkey  6/27/08 9:33:09 am reply quote 8

re: #80 Judith

The HRC was founded in response to vicious antiSemitic and Holocaust denial activities going on in the 1970s. It was an attempt to silence the very people now going after Steyn, i.e. "The Jews Are Responsible for Evil" folks. It was strongly endorsed, supported and partially written by the Jewish the community.

Okay, it seemed like a good idea at the time.

Only to those who do not understand the law of unintended consequences; that what goes around comes around; and that however attractive policing speech may appear at a given moment, once the license to do so, what speech is policed is determined by whoever is in power.

92 sattv4u2  6/27/08 9:33:40 am reply quote 0

I'm dying to see how the CHRC spins this to make it look as if they "won". Could some Canadian Lizard please keep me updated?

93 akak  6/27/08 9:33:57 am reply quote 0

They must've checked the truth, as opposed to the liberal plug their ears and yell I can't hear you.

94 buzzsawmonkey  6/27/08 9:34:12 am reply quote 0

re: #82 Occasional Reader

Holoferns? Aren't those what you find in Deepspace 9 wine bars?

(Sigh) Nobody reads the Apocrypha anymore.

95 Miss Trixie  6/27/08 9:34:27 am reply quote 0

rightymouse

These commissions are like a can of worms and I have no clue where to start looking for the beginning, however, Judith's post#80 is a good start. Why not email Ezra?

My google-fu skills are sadly lacking.

96 sattv4u2  6/27/08 9:35:05 am reply quote 0

re: #94 buzzsawmonkey

(Sigh) Nobody reads the Apocrypha anymore.

It's on my Summer Reading "to do" list ,, I swear !

97 chinesearithmetic  6/27/08 9:35:40 am reply quote 0

The tribunal actually spent an hour arguing over whether or not a particular joke made by Mark Steyn was funny.

The mercy laugh in Whistler didn't count.

98 victor_yugo  6/27/08 9:35:53 am reply quote 1

re: #80 Judith

The HRC was founded in response to vicious antiSemitic and Holocaust denial activities going on in the 1970s. It was an attempt to silence the very people now going after Steyn, i.e. "The Jews Are Responsible for Evil" folks. It was strongly endorsed, supported and partially written by the Jewish the community.

Okay, it seemed like a good idea at the time.

I suggest you check my LGF motto:

"Free Speech solves many problems, including itself."

99 FrogMarch  6/27/08 9:36:05 am reply quote 0

SUE the mind-crime leftist fascist anti-free speech bastards in clown shoes. What a colossal waste of time and money.

100 Russkilitlover  6/27/08 9:36:25 am reply quote 0

re: #27 lawhawk

And that remains the problem, even after today. They can and will likely go after those who are less capable of defending themselves out of the costs and time involved to appear in these star chamber proceedings.

Thank goodness that we have the ACLU! 'Cause they'll dive right on on any American's case such as this!

/s....etc., etc.

101 goddessoftheclassroom  6/27/08 9:38:52 am reply quote 0

re: #94 buzzsawmonkey

(Sigh) Nobody reads the Apocrypha anymore.

(waving hand in the air enthusiastically) I do!

102 debutaunt  6/27/08 9:38:54 am reply quote 0

re: #72 rawmuse

Great news, but vampires need a wooden stake to the heart, plus sunlight, then they go away. Otherwise, they return.

Make an extra batch of concrete to cover the ground over them.

103 psyop  6/27/08 9:38:59 am reply quote 0

The HRC is a travesty of justice in any civilized society.
There are several of the multitude of liberals I know personally (hard to live in the greater Seattle area and not) who had said at different times "If X happens, I am moving to Canada, where things are so much better than the U.S.!"

When I mention little things like the HRC, they do the intellectual equivalent of sticking their fingers in their ears and going "lalalalalalala!"

104 Dianna  6/27/08 9:39:22 am reply quote 0

re: #80 Judith

Oh, dear. Actually, the consequences were predictable, but I suppose the people pushing it were upset.

105 RickZ  6/27/08 9:40:05 am reply quote 0

Ah, The CHRC runs away, to persecute another day.

106 SasquatchOnSteroids  6/27/08 9:40:10 am reply quote 0

OT :

John McCain: Lying Racist

McCain's 71 years have given him not only vastly more experience than Obama, the new thinking goes, they have ensured that America will have, once again, an "adult" president in the mold of an Eisenhower or a Truman. And there is no better evidence than McCain's energy plan, which the candidate has laid out in a very, er, energetic series of appearances and speeches over the last week. "We wanted it to be a grown-up vision," said Mark Salter, McCain's chief speechwriter and alter ego, who in a Newsweek interview reiterated several times that McCain's approach is that of an "adult." This evidence of mature judgment specifically includes McCain's decision to reverse himself—grown-ups adjust, after all, to changed circumstances—by calling for offshore oil drilling.

On the surface, this is John McCain trying to pivot around the issue of age and use it to his benefit. But prick up your ears, "my friends," and it's not hard to hear the dogwhistle.

See...if John McCain is the adult in this frame, then Barack Obama is the child.

More specifically, he's the uppity negro petulant child who doesn't know his place. He's the child who needs to be put in the corner, or at the very least sent to the back of the bus kid's table.

ZOUNDS. Like, put the GLUE GUN down, man.

107 Dianna  6/27/08 9:41:19 am reply quote 0

re: #94 buzzsawmonkey

I do. I just ended up having to file some letters.

Judith's pretty scary.

108 taxfreekiller  6/27/08 9:41:27 am reply quote 0

OK, so its OT, any how.

Ya, Jason Chaffetz is the R for the Nov. in Utah, but...

when Charlie Norwood died Paul Broun took up the slack,
he has the best immigration voting record of all 435 members of Congress per
[Link: www.numbersusa.com...]

Now the evil money cult enters, highly funded locals supported by the evil money cult inside the R party are after him, ya and lies.

help Paul Broun, this is a full court press fight with both of the parts of the two party evil money cult. do not let down your guard for a moment if you do not want them to sell you and America out.

[Link: www.paulbroun.com...]

give a little and pass on the web site info

thanks from America

109 sattv4u2  6/27/08 9:42:19 am reply quote 0

re: #101 goddessoftheclassroom

(waving hand in the air enthusiastically) I do!

I'll wait till it's out on DVD and get it from NetFlix!

110 jemima  6/27/08 9:42:54 am reply quote 0

#21

Same letter I got from him except my name isn't James.

111 psyop  6/27/08 9:43:13 am reply quote 1

re: #106 SasquatchOnSteroids

They have to start making up racism out of whole cloth now.

McCain hasn't cooperated with their pre-set narrative.

112 rightymouse  6/27/08 9:44:49 am reply quote 0

re: #95 Miss Trixie

rightymouse

These commissions are like a can of worms and I have no clue where to start looking for the beginning, however, Judith's post#80 is a good start. Why not email

113 taxfreekiller  6/27/08 9:44:57 am reply quote 0

to withstand the islamic death cult will take a strong America

the two party evil money cult now weaken America with their failure to lead

facts count
[Link: www.perotcharts.com...]

First things first. Get prepared.

114 Peter Verkooijen  6/27/08 9:49:53 am reply quote 0

From Maclean's press release:

Though gratified by the decision, Maclean's continues to assert that no human rights commission, whether at the federal or provincial level, has the mandate or the expertise to monitor, inquire into, or assess the editorial decisions of the nation's media. And we continue to have grave concerns about a system of complaint and adjudication that allows a media outlet to be pursued in multiple jurisdictions on the same complaint, brought by the same complainants, subjecting it to costs of hundreds of thousands of dollars, to say nothing of the inconvenience. We enthusiastically support those parliamentarians who are calling for legislative review of the commissions with regard to speech issues.
115 winston06  6/27/08 9:49:55 am reply quote 5

But the fight is not over. Several other Conservative Canadian bloggers are already targeted and must be defended to the best of our ability

116 winston06  6/27/08 9:50:56 am reply quote