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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Re:compared to the U.S.

[Kjella]

And pointing out that someone is getting cheap karma points, is another way to get cheap karma points.

recursive: 1. self-repeating: repeating itself, either indefinitely or until a specific point is reached

Unfortunately, I think that point has already been reached.

Re:Hate Speech?

[Jah-Wren Ryel]

have members that have it coming to them, such as people whose sexual orientation is toward ... animals, You know, that's fucked up.

Its A-OK to keep millions of them confined for years in overcrowded conditions, such that they would not survive if they weren't pumped full of anti-biotics and other drugs only to slaughter them.

But some weirdo wants to stick his dick in one and he is the bad guy.

Re:Iran BOMB Canada

[ztcamper]

You can't hide forever Anonymous Coward. Nazis are soon coming to get you.