Posted on 03/11/2006 8:33:24 PM PST by steve86
It would only be a matter of time until conservative sites are considered 'hate speech'.
Remember, as disgusting as some of the stuff on the web is, when they start censoring sites, who decides what is hate speech or not?
There's a misnomer if there ever was one. I guess freedom of speech is not a human right but freedom from ever being offended is.
Better to have a right to free discourse than someone arbitrarily deciding what is OK.
Watch them try to get the "World Court" to claim jurisdiction and pursue any originating website in any country.
Canada is a very scary country.
At least he was fair and balanced.
I agree,and I'm pretty conservative in my taste as far as websites,movies,and books go,but I want what I want when I want it and I certainly don't want the government telling me what is okay for me to read.
Criminalizing the distribution of certain books or movies or plays or websites is the beginning of a very slippery slope IMHO.
The only exception would be child pornography since there is a victim being abused.
Monette Mailett. Human Rights Commissioner.
Hatred is alive and well in Canada. In any case, hate is almost as likely an emotion as love. This given certain conditions.
The Peter Libra designation of "allowed hatred" follows.
1. The avowed French-Canadian separatist hatred for the "Anglos".
2. The stated hatreds on some Southern Ontario campus, for the State of Israel. (see Daniel Pipes).
3. The unbridled hatred of constituted law enforcement by certain "minorities". (see Toronto Star,include the Dudley George enquiry).
4.The utter contempt and hatred for George W. Bush.(hello sweet Caroline)
I could go on. Still, give sweet Monette credit. Sounds like her forbears did the can-can in gay Paree. She picked on the obvious target. Safe as houses, eh Monette?
Policing thought-even disgusting thought is just wrong. Free speech!
Is this another one of those lefty free speech things?
How about their burning hatred for Christians? That seems to be their main social pillar.
"Hate" is used as a means of controlling speech. Defining something as "hate" is an excuse to take away freedom. "Hate Crimes" laws are Soviet laws and totally un-American. "Human Rights Commissions" in Canada are one reason we sometimes have to call that country the "Peoples Republic of Canada."
Does this mean that the Toronto Star is going out of business?
What were the offending messages? Without the precise quotes, it is impossible to resolve an informed opinion on this particular case.
How about we quickly declare anti-americanism/socialism/leftists to be "hate speech". The sad fact is that it's going to come down to either the leftists will silence us, or we will silence the leftists. It's them or us.
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