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To: BureaucratusMaximus
At first blush, he's a slimy trial lawyer making his living shutting down free speech on specious CHRC pretense. Over half of the cases have featured this Warman fellow as the plaintiff.

Speaking the truth is a crime in Canada. In an age of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act (Orwell)...

196 posted on 01/29/2014 10:11:03 PM PST by Lexinom
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To: Lexinom
One of the main problems with this law is that it has no basis in objective reality, all is subjective, which makes it an effective tool for censorship.

Current defamation law delivers almost unlimited latitude into the hands of a judge hearing a case. It's not really about what a speaker says but about who the speaker is. Had the roles of the plaintiff and defendants been reversed in this case the judge has the power to arrange a completely different outcome. The left is not safe from this either because it all depends on the politics of the day and who is in political favor and who is not.

213 posted on 01/30/2014 7:20:42 AM PST by Entropy Squared (The Rush to Chaos)
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