Posted on 04/09/2008 11:29:28 AM PDT by Dawnsblood
After publisher Ezra Levant finally prevailed against a bogus complaint about “hate speech” for expressing his views about radical Islam at Canada’s Human Rights Commission, he expected the battle to continue in civil courts. Sure enough, he got sued by Richard Warman, a CHRC investigator — who included a number of Canada’s conservative bloggers.
Ezra: Today I was sued by Richard Warman, Canada’s most prolific – and profitable – user of section 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act. As readers of this site know, Warman isn’t just a happy customer of section 13 and its 100% conviction rate, he’s a former CHRC employee, an investigator of section 13 thought crimes himself. In fact, he was often both a customer and an investigator at the same time.
Kathy Shaidle: Richard Warman used to work for the notorious Human Rights Commission, which runs the “kangaroo courts” who’ve charged Mark Steyn with “flagrant Islamophobia.” Richard Warman has brought almost half these cases single-handledly, getting websites he doesn’t like shut down, and making tens of thousands of tax free dollars in “compensation” out of web site owners who can’t afford to fight back or don’t even realize they can. These bloggers and free-speech advocates can use your help.
First, be sure to read their entire posts on the controversy. Next, link back to them, showing them support for their efforts to keep political and social criticism from falling victim to government-imposed speech codes. If you can, hit their tip jars to provide some financial support — because brother, they’re going to need it for the attorneys they will have to hire. The costs involved in fighting these kinds of lawsuits will drive people into silence, intimidated by financial ruin. If bloggers won’t stand up against these kinds of tactics, then who will?
(Excerpt) Read more at hotair.com ...
The five oldest and most trusted Islamic sources don’t portray Muhammad as a great and godly man. They confirm that he was a thief, liar, assassin, mass murderer, terrorist, warmonger, and an unrestrained sexual pervert engaged in pedophilia, incest, and rape. He authorized deception, assassinations, torture, slavery, and genocide. He was a pirate, not a prophet. According to the Hadith and the Qur’an, Muhammad and his henchmen plundered their way to power and prosperity.
Suck on that Canookistan islamahackers !
Free Dominion.ca, Ezra Levent, Kate McMillian, Johnathon Kay and Kathy Shaidle.
For shame Canada!
oooohhh, you must be one of those Islamophobes! /s
The heck with that! He didn't drink or like dogs... sick bastid!
“2. Everyone has the following fundamental freedoms:
....
b) freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of the press and other media of communication; ....”
Unfortunately, S. 1 of the Charter limits these rights thus:
“1. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees the rights and freedoms set out in it subject only to such reasonable limits prescribed by law as can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society.”
S. 1 opens the barn doors for restrictive legislation, and judicial interpretation of what's “demonstrably justified”. The HRC thought-police powers haven't been tested thoroughly by the SCOC. It could go either way.
They have no Second Amendment in Canada either. That shows too. A distinct lack of BACKBONE (to put it nicely).
We need to keep this bumped! These “brothers in ams” need our support as they fight the regime in Canukistan!
Your “rubber clause”.....
Raise the Red Ensign!
This reminds me of the Americans with Disabilities Act litigation.
The investigators are often (read usually) the actual expert the lawyer hires for the staw man plaintiff. (usually some BS disability corportation)
Essentially the canadian system seems to be based on financial rewards for tattle tales on thought crime.
I guess you never had the chance to serve with Canadian soldiers.
Bump for our Canadian cousins.
Thank you.
Does Canada even know where political correctness was invented and why?
"Since the president unveiled the so-called Bush Doctrine--the plan to promote liberty throughout the Arab world--innumerable "progressives" have routinely asserted that there's no evidence Muslims want liberty and, indeed, that Islam is incompatible with democracy. If that's true, it's a problem not for the Middle East today but for Europe the day after tomorrow. According to a poll taken in 2004, over 60% of British Muslims want to live under Shariah--in the United Kingdom. If a population "at odds with the modern world" is the fastest-breeding group on the planet--if there are more Muslim nations, more fundamentalist Muslims within those nations, more and more Muslims within non-Muslim nations, and more and more Muslims represented in more and more transnational institutions--how safe a bet is the survival of the "modern world"?Not good.
- Mark Steyn
Yah, I can see where the multiculturalist weiners might have a bruise or two from Steyn.
Does "Canada know?"
Why don't you enlighten us, Ms. Bendovr.
Indeed !!
example
“Political Correctness, what does it mean? It means that telling us what to think has evolved into telling us what to say, so telling us what to do can’t be far behind. Before you claim to be a champion of free thought, tell me: Why did political correctness originate on American campuses? And why do you continue to tolerate it? Why do you, who’re supposed to debate ideas, surrender to suppression? Lets be honest who thinks professors can say what they really believe? It scares me to death, and should scare you too, that the superstition of political correctness rules the halls of reason.” Charlton Heston's speech at Harvard Law School (Winning The Culture War)
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