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

Scare monger: In a letter to the Globe and Mail, Pearl Eliadis, a former head of the CHRC, warns of the dark times ahead should Section 13 be struck down (my bolds):

Montreal -- Mark Freiman is right - and courageous - for his stance (When Speech Becomes Dangerous - Nov. 26). If the argument for repealing Section 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act rests on fear of "censorship," then the much heavier hand of the criminal law, with its threat of prison, would be of much greater concern to true civil libertarians. The fact is that discrimination can occur in print just as easily as the spoken word, and no one - not even journalists - should be immune.

The upshot of repeal would be to give in to the blog bullies and give free rein to extreme speech that most civilized countries restrict: child pornography, libel and defamation, and hate speech.

By the way, Reporters Without Borders released its Press Freedom Index recently and Canada ranked 13th - ahead of both the UK and the U.S.

Oooo, scrary! But she forgot to raise the scariest spectre of all—the hate-speech-generated “genocide” of Jews and/or Muslims.

Posted by: scaramouche at 12:38 | link | comments (4)

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#1  27 November 2008 - 12:44

 

By the way, Reporters Without Borders released its Press Freedom Index recently and Canada ranked 13th - ahead of both the UK and the U.S.

Does that not exactly make Levant, Steyn et al.'s point?- s. 13's repeal might bump Canuckistan up the list to Top-10?

Anonymous

#2  27 November 2008 - 12:46

 

Indeed. As if "we're number 13!" is something to be proud of.

scaramouche

#3  27 November 2008 - 22:14

 

Since the advent of the Speech Wars my opinion of lawyers has been fundamentally altered. Pearl will do that to you.

Anonymous

#4  28 November 2008 - 00:45

 

#3

Just remember to wipe it off the bottom of your shoe before entering your home...

Anonymous

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