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2008-06-28 Great White North

Canadian Human Rights Commission drops Steyn case

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Posted by Steve White 2008-06-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 That's ok. The message has been sent: unless you are a powerful, well known media person, the HRC can put you on trial for hurting Muslim's feelings. You may get cleared (unlikely) but it will cost you lots of money defending yourself, and you will be silenced and forced to apologize.
A question for Canadians: why don't Christians and Jews try to put Muslims on trial for threatening to kill infidels, calling Jews apes and pigs, and other hateful things?

Posted by Rambler in California">Rambler in California 2008-06-28 00:10|| 2008-06-28 00:10|| Front Page Top

#2 Muslims are the only group that is above the law. I first ratted to Homeland Security on Saudi financed Virginia and DC Islamic centers, in 2002. That was a waste of time.

Posted by McZoid 2008-06-28 00:42|| 2008-06-28 00:42|| Front Page Top

#3 Someone needs to stand up and ask, when did we start to listen to and and give respect to tattle-tales?

False accusations should hold a punishment of their own. They put an innocent person through the ringer and pillared them in the public and waisted taxpayer money. At the very least the members of the human rights commission should be asked to step down.

Posted by rjschwarz 2008-06-28 02:14|| 2008-06-28 02:14|| Front Page Top

#4 I first ratted to Homeland Security on Saudi financed Virginia and DC Islamic centers, in 2002. That was a waste of time.

How do you know it was a waste, McZoid? Was your information so damning, clear and legal that immediate prosecutions of high level people were highly likely to succeed?

Is it possible you contributed to surveillance and building a case that could indeed be brought to trial later and that targeted people high up enough to disrupt operations if they were convicted?

Just wondering, because often what seems like a slam dunk to us in the blogosphere ain't so to those who have to operate within the law or military hierarchy.

Posted by lotp 2008-06-28 08:42|| 2008-06-28 08:42|| Front Page Top

#5 Canada's best bet would be to scape the whole thing and then rewrite what they really wanted from scratch forcing the 'thought control' police to expose themselves or accept guards and guarantees of English law tradition. That forces the game from point zero rather than fighting to preserve existing parts. That's a lot hard fight. Meanwhile the bureaucrats go without and the longer the game is played the longer the 'enforcers' have to find other 'meaningful' employment.

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-06-28 09:36|| 2008-06-28 09:36|| Front Page Top

#6 Darn...scrap...

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-06-28 09:37|| 2008-06-28 09:37|| Front Page Top

#7 Glad to hear that the Canadian HRC finally came to their senses on this one. I had a feeling they had bitten off more than they could chew when they picked Steyn as their target of choice. He would have made sure they paid a very heavy price had they taken this much further.

Posted by eltoroverde 2008-06-28 10:35|| 2008-06-28 10:35|| Front Page Top

#8 Their real hammer is financial ruin for a regular person. And if you win? Nothing

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-06-28 10:44|| 2008-06-28 10:44|| Front Page Top

#9 While it's probably true that an ordinary Canuck wouldn't get the publicity that Steyn and Macleans did, this is a good sign. This was elevated to Parliamentary level. They created this pile of shit and they can remove it. And, McZ, I noticed a couple of these "academies" are getting publicity in the local fishwraps and one had protesters on the sidewalks. The Sauds tried to buy millions of $ of positve pub a coupla years ago. This is what they wanted to avoid. That all Americans view them as the actual enemy.

Posted by Woozle Elmeter 2700 2008-06-28 13:04|| 2008-06-28 13:04|| Front Page Top

#10 This was the Canadian Human Rights Commission (federal) that dropped the Steyn case. The British Columbia Human Rights Commission (provincial) has yet to release their findings on their hearings in the Steyn case.

No, the federal Commission does not override the Provincial Commission.

Yes, it is a stupid system and will soon lead to physical nastiness.

Posted by Canuckistan sniper 2008-06-28 17:27|| 2008-06-28 17:27|| Front Page Top

#11 His magazine is missing a bet!

They should set up a permanent defense fund for people dragged before this kangaroo court, and more than anything else, keep these HRCs in the spotlight.

Pummel them mercilessly and keep up the call for their abolition. Investigate the investigators for impropriety and scandal. Put journalistic pressure on politicians to join the cause.

Go scandal sheet on their butts. Make them outcasts and pariahs. Make their faces recognizable to the public. Even ordinary things can seem scandalous if a photographer catches them making a face.

"Here she is entering a dry cleaner's. But *whose* dry cleaning is she carrying? And here she is a few minutes later, trying to sneak away before the camera catches her in the act!"

At the same time, they can turn those taken before the courts into heroes and celebrities, making them out to be victims of people who like to kick puppies and kittens and hate Canada.

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-06-28 19:24|| 2008-06-28 19:24|| Front Page Top

#12 Their real hammer is financial ruin for a regular person. And if you win? Nothing.

Does Canada follow the typical English (and international) "loser pays" system? And would governments be forced to comply or are they immune?

Posted by AzCat 2008-06-28 20:22|| 2008-06-28 20:22|| Front Page Top

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