Author Faces Canadian Tribunal For Hate Speech

An anonymous reader writes "A Seattle Times editorial notes that the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal will put author Mark Steyn on trial for his book 'America Alone,' which has angered Muslims in Canada. Steyn is a columnist for the Canadian magazine Maclean's. According to the editorial, British Columbia bans all words and images 'likely to expose a person... to hatred or contempt because of race, religion, age, disability, sex, marital status or sexual orientation.' Steyn is unapologetic, and is advertising his book as a 'Canadian Hate Crime' and daring the tribunal to 'pronounce him bad.'" The Canadian tabloid the National Post has coverage of what it calls "a media storm."

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Just how much longer.....

[IHC Navistar]

Just how much longer until political correctness takes away all of our freedoms and liberties? Soon, we'll be having to:

1) File an "Environmental Impact Report" every time we use the bathroom.
2) Hire a lawyer every time we say something.
3) Consult the ACLU whenever we say something.
4) Consult an environmental group every time we want to burn wood in our fireplaces (it's illegal to use you fireplace if it creates smoke where i live in California).
5) Register all teacups (or anything that can be used to harm someone) with the State and Federal Governments.
6) Give your house to a criminal who you hurt while he tried to rob you after breaking into your house.
7) Consult the ACLU and rights groups whenever you learn something.
8) Hire a lawyer to accomany you wherever you go.
9) Consult "Fair Trade" groups whenever you shop.
10 Consult Unions whenever you shop.
11) Consult PETA whenever you shop.
12) Consult a nutritionist whenever you cook dinner.
13) Consult the EPA whenever you mow your lawn.
14) Use Union Labor to do household chores for you.
15) Consult an environmental group whenever you fish or hunt.
16) Pay for medical care, food, housing, education, and clothing for illegal immigrants who don't care about the law enogh to enter legally and think they have a right to my hard earned money.
17) Consult an environmental group whenever you go for a walk or hike.
18) Consult a Patent Attorney every time you have an idea or share one.
19) Recite a disclaimer before you say anything.
20) Everything offensive becomes a "Hate Crime".
21) Insults become "Hate Crimes" (already in the U.K.)(Declared as torture by the U.N.)

Every time some delusional, bleeding heart, left-wing nutjob tell me how intolerant I am of other people, I just say, "You do realize that tolerance means tolerating intolerance, don't you?".

That always shuts them up pretty fast.

By the way: Wheather you like it or not, hate speech is free speech. And legal.

Re:And so it begins...

[bussdriver]

The government is a manifestation of the nation; the people and they are ultimately responsible.

The irony in the USA is how many nationalistic government haters oppose social programs and support the militarization & police state.

The biggest threats of government are not PBS, firefighters, free education, or healthcare; but the "law and order" areas of government.

Having said what should be obvious; the social services should be better shielded with more separation of powers.

One has to remember in the USA we tolerate world-is-flat believers and despite being a minority, they have gained disproportional representation. (thankfully, not enough to mess with evolution in most public schools yet...) In addition, the US FOOLISHLY limited the number of representatives long ago. Is there a study showing the optimal ratio of people to representative?