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To: Savage Beast
Speech by Mary Gusella, Chief Commissioner, on the opening of - A Serious Threat, a conference on hate on the Internet, hosted by the Commission on December 15-16, 2005.

The above contains some background.

The Commissions became a bigger deal with the expansion of the internet. No one much cared when it was just KKK types being prosecuted. That was a mistake. These Commisions would never stop there as is evident now.

Canadian Libel law itself is also in need of reform.

"It's time to reform Canadian libel law"

"..Under the current legal regime, you can be sued for anything you say about another person that damages their reputation. If sued, the onus is on you to prove the truth of your statements; the fact that you genuinely believed them to be true is not good enough. Even truth is not an absolute defence --- if the court finds you told the truth but your intent was malicious, you might lose anyway. Canadian libel law is so draconian that people come from all over the world to file libel suits in Ontario..."

It is that bad.

24 posted on 12/19/2007 8:26:41 PM PST by Anti-Bubba182
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To: Anti-Bubba182
If we succumb to the Decadence--our children will curse us.

It is more deadly than the Black Plague, all the wars combined, and the horrors of the Inquisition!

The Decadence is the Left. It is the greatest threat to Canada, the U.S., all of the Western nations--and to the world. If it is not checked, it will destroy Western Civilization.

25 posted on 12/19/2007 8:33:22 PM PST by Savage Beast ("History is not just cruel. It is witty." ~Charles Krauthammer)
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