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Author Faces Canadian Tribunal For Hate Speech

Posted by kdawson on from the can't-say-that-here dept.

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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  1. Re:compared to the U.S. by Kjella · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    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.

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  2. Re:He SHOULD Be On Trial by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It was not Steyn who said that Muslims are "breeding like mosquitoes," it was a Muslim -- and he said it in order to celebrate what he believes to be the inevitable demographic triumph of Islam. Steyn just quoted him. Apparently you find accurate quotation to be offensive speech? All I have to say is: Thank God for President Bush's alternative energy program. It would have been a nightmare if we continued to transfer billions of dollars a week from US pocketbooks to the Middle East.
  3. Re:Hate Speech? by Jah-Wren+Ryel · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    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.
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  4. Re:Iran BOMB Canada by ztcamper · · Score: 0, Offtopic

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