Harry missed a grand opportunity to voice a similar caveat on Feb 4 2012, when 'Anti-Racist Canada' mirrored Murphy's 'Daily Nazi' smear of FreeDominion co-host Mark Fournier.Harry Abrams wrote: I know someone very well who used to work for Mr. Byfield at his magazine, and according to them, racism was not tolerated in that workplace, despite whatever views were held or expressed.
Fromm gets around quite a bit, and has made a career out of misrepresenting himself to others and hitching his wagon to "freedom and right wing patriotic causes" so I would hesitate at tarring Mr. Byfield just because he was seen sharing a podium with Fromm.
For all intents and purposes, the 'Anti-Racist Canada' and 'BigCityLib StrikesBack' blogsites are closely associated with Richard Warman, who is actively engaged in litigation against FreeDominion.
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In other news, the BCL thread referenced immediately above drew some interesting comments, shown below, some of which wouldn't be out of place on FreeDominion.
The final comment, however, reflects the mindset of those who support CHRA Sec 13.1 despite the 'deeds which betrayed the undertaking' of selective censorship.
Poyan said...
Whether or not section 13 is constitutional or not may be up to debate. What is not up to debate is the fact that section 13 is clearly a grotesque limitation of free speech.
Whatever happened to "I may not agree with what you say but I will protect with my life your right to say it"?
Frunger said...
"Whatever happened to 'I may not agree with what you say but I will protect with my life your right to say it'?"
The militant left/right has never believed in this statement.
Section 13 is a tool of these radical fringes of society but it's been the HRC that has chosen to ALLOW it to be used by only one side.
The vast majority of the Canadian public would agree with Voltaire, even if they couldn't tell you who he is.
Even lawyers who chase ambulances have more use to society than those who argue the benefits of the HRC. At least injured people have an easily understood reason for seeking compensation.
These lawyers should be spending their time setting up class action lawsuits against airlines for charging fat people for an extra seat. I hear that's a HUGE problem these days.
Terrence said...
Given my libertarianism, I can't exactly wish Warman good luck.
I do wish him a better class of enemies, though. Lemire... ugh.
Meir Weinstein said...
This sick Zundel follower is a nothing. The same Holocaust denial books that he follows is widely distributed through the many Muslim Brotherhood or Radical Islam groups. In fact, the first Holocaust denial books came out of Saudi Arabia authored by a so called Bill Grimstad ( a Saudi Agent) It should also be remembered that Mein Kamph is still widely distributed in Islamic Countries.
bigcitylib said...
Meir, he is one of the driving forces behind Bill C-304.
Meir Weinstein said...
It seems to me that you and your associates refuse to recognize the issues that I raised. I supplied the original evidence against Zundel when he was charged under section 177 (false news). In fact I helped get the AG of Ontario involved with the case. Roy McMurtry missed the Grey Cup game to attend a meeting at the Zionist Center. But times are different today. The Muslim Brotherhood and their allies are a clear and present threat worldwide. It is their web sites and material that should be investigated.
Hardy Weinberg said...
Ugh, these folks make me sick. Even if they are not convicted of hate speech, I am sure they will be convicted of other stuff
Professor of Reeducation said...
Sections 218, 219 of the criminal code do deal with hate speech. But, section 220 retracts it based on certain 'defences' one of which being 'religion'. If we can't see the historical problem with that, then this country is screwed imho.
Mordechai Maizel said...
Mr. Weinstein what you don't seem to get is that Section 13 can be used against Muslim Extremists in the same way it is used to deal with neo-nazis. By agitating for its removal you open the door even wider for these hatemongers to continue in their anti-Semitic ways.







