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

No pain, tons of gain: The anti-hate industry mounts a rear-guard action in the National Post— a lame defence of censorship from one of Canada’s  long-standing  “Nazi hunters”:

…The Canadian Human Rights Commission has been at the forefront of the war against hate in this country for decades. I personally believe it played a key role in eviscerating Canadian hate groups in the 1980s and 1990s. It helped shut down vile telephone hate lines and Internet sites that targeted vulnerable minorities. It forced the Heritage Front to focus on defending itself against complaints rather than on perpetrating acts of hate. After failing to obey cease and desist orders obtained against them by the CHRC, several members of organized hate groups were later incarcerated for contempt of court.

As the Internet grows, so does the commission's important role of defending Canadians against dot-com racists. Ernst Zundel was one of the first in Canada to use the Internet as a tool to spread hatred. I knew Zundel well; I infiltrated his downtown Toronto lair as part of my work with CSIS, and was part of a "security detail" protecting him and others. Zundel's agenda was quite clear to me: target Jews and create an atmosphere of hatred. It is thanks to the CHRC and Canada's anti-hate laws that he was unable to succeed. Canadians should be commending this kind of work, not condemning it.

The CHRC is experiencing growing pains -- the world is changing, and the commission has to change with it. Growth isn't always easy. Sometimes it's messy. But to cut the CHRC off at the knees as it goes through the growth process would be a grave mistake. - Grant Bristow infiltrated Canada's neo-Nazi movement in the late 1980s on behalf of CSIS.

Posted by: scaramouche at 12:17 | link | comments (2)

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#1  30 July 2008 - 12:26

 

The ISM Theme Song: "All we are saying is give Jews blown to pieces a chance..."

scaramouche

#2  30 July 2008 - 12:31

 

Oops. Wrong thread. But since I'm here, the Canadian anti-hate industry has a theme song, too--"Don't Speak" by No Doubt.

scaramouche

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