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

Judgement Day: Well, it's finally here. After months of sifting though mountains of evidence offered by Slayer experts and other savants; months of concerted cogitation and deliberation (with the odd day off here and there for some well-deserved R&R), the B.C. marsupials are finally ready to reveal their verdict in the Steyn-Maclean's show trial. Will they, as many believe, decide that they've hooked much too big a fish this time to continue operating with impunity (and thus let the fish off the hook)? Or will they, sensing the total collapse of Harper's forturnes and knowing how firmly entrenched the "Nice" industry is in Canada's body politic, and how unwilling any political party is to take it on, go with the Islamist flow and convict the "Islamophobes" of a "hate crime"?

All will be revealed at noon 'roo time today.

Update:"Victory" for the "hate-mongers." Yup, that fishy was TOO big for these 'roos. This represents a Phyrric victory, of course, since Maclean's doesn't get to appeal the judgement to a real court. Meanwhile, there's still a definite chill in the air, and while the "Nice" Cops and 'Roos may not be prepared to take on loudmouths like Levant and Steyn, the folks with smaller voices who have moths flying out of their wallets--the Rev. Stephen Boissons, and Guy Earles--are going to remain in their line of fire.

That said, I'd have loved to see the expression on Elmo and the Sockettes' faces when the verdict was announced. I expect it looked something like this.

Update: Andrew Coyne, the Maclean's scribe who live-blogged the sucker, calls it "Phyrric," too:

Until that day we must continue to invoke the Levant mantra without let up: FIRE. THEM. ALL.

Update: If anyone's keeping score, in the matter of Elmo's socks vs. Maclean's, it's two out of three for the latter. Lest we forget, OHRC Commissar Babsy Hallmonitor declared the defendants "guilty" of "xenophobia" and "Islamophobia," even though her Commissariat had no authority to try the case.

Update: Inquiring Steynians want to know: what does the verdict mean for Steyn's writing career in Canada? Has the chill given Maclean's frostbite, or is he going to return?

Update: Header in the National Post--Maclean's wins 'hate speech' human rights challenge in B.C.

My question: shouldn't the "win" and the "human rights" be in quotes, too?

Posted by: scaramouche at 11:04 | link | comments (7)

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#1  10 October 2008 - 19:45

 

No surprise. The self-important troughers preserved their sinecures. Soooooo-eeee!- it's off to Gstaad in February for that vital "human rights" "conference".

They'll continue to pick on the neo-nazis in mummy's basement, but won't dare to upset the might of PEN, MacLean's, the NP, etc.

Anonymous

#2  10 October 2008 - 19:48

 

Expect to hear the following phrase repeating ad infinitum in the coming days by supporters of this dreadful, depraved system: "The B.C. verdict is proof that the system works."

scaramouche

#3  10 October 2008 - 19:51

 

Do you mean Geneva in April? http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/987603.html

scaramouche

#4  10 October 2008 - 19:51

 

Coyne queries: (Or does it? Can you appeal when you win?)

Not per se. But it is always open to any party, putting the provincial Attorney General on notice, to state a case to a Superior Court for a judicial interpretation. In this case, it would be to determine the constitutionality of that section of the legislation. Costs huge $$, though.

Anonymous

#5  10 October 2008 - 19:53

 

#3 scaramouche

Good catch. Wanna bet that a couple of lucky troughers will be sent over on the public nickel as "observers"? Feh.

Anonymous

#6  10 October 2008 - 20:05

 

#5 If Stephane Rhymes with Yawn gets in, Canada wil be there, with bells on.

scaramouche

#7  10 October 2008 - 22:15

 

Hey Khaled of the CAF responded to my request for comment. I have to give him credit;)

Anonymous

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