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

Good enough: An editorial in the Calgary Herald makes the point that the Moon report isn't perfect, but it’s good enough to provide the government the excuse it needs to take censorship out of the hands of a bunch of corrupt hacks and restore the peoples’ freedom:

 …Moon is not a free-speech warrior. His report offers a few Orwellianisms of his own. For example, he suggests targeted websites could be more quickly pulled down, if Internet service providers ceded the decision to arm's-length bodies "composed of retired judges or lawyers."

No doubt they could. But, at what cost to free speech, or due process?

Still, Moon's report recognizes the essential distinction in Canada's two-tier justice system: Courts pursue blind justice according to law, commissions merely regulate expression by any means.

As simple justice requires an accused person be tried in a setting where the possibility of acquittal exists, Moon's conclusion that hate speech prosecutions be the exclusive province of the Criminal Code is welcome.

It is not everything free-speech advocates have been asking for. But it is far more than a baby step in the right direction.

Parliament should act on it.

The stars are in alignment, Mr. Harper. There will never be a better time to do what has to be done.

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