...born with the gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad

Sticks and stones can break our bones, but only “speech” can hurt us: Last month, a 17-year-old Jew in Paris was beaten up so badly that he lapsed into a coma. The incident, which was widely reported, prompted shock and horror in France.

Two years ago, a Jewish girl in Calgary was beaten up by a Muslim, who told her he hated Jews, and who called her “a Jewish piece of crap” as he pummelled her. The event was not widely reported—no CJC news releases, no stories in the national press—and there was no shock and horror because no one really knew about it. The only reason anyone outside of Calgary knows about it today is because yesterday Ezra Levant wrote about it in his blog, when there was a report in the Calgary press that the assailant had been sentenced for his crime.

What a ridiculous country we live in! We compensate people for fake “pain and suffering”—i.e. hurt feelings—while turning a blind eye to actual, physcial pain, the kind that involves contusions and broken bones.

Update: The CJC's news release.

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