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Canadian Judge Orders Disclosure of Anonymous Posters
debrain writes "The Globe and Mail is reporting that Google and a newspaper called The Coast must disclose all information they have about the identity of individuals who posted anonymous comments online about top firefighters in Halifax. The story in question is titled 'Black firefighters file human rights complaint,' and there are some heated opinions in the comments."
Wow! Too slow on the post there. Mod me redundant.
Well go help them out. They may reward you with a huge Christmas tree
Canada has hate thought crimes. America has not quite gotten there, yet. Sooner, rather than later, your right to hold an opinion different from anyone, on any but the most neutral subjects, will be illegal. Never have understood how my countrymen can remain so ignorant of what is happening in the rest of the world concerning hate crime/thought. When you can not, by rule of law, call a person a name or state they are inferior just because of their race, or sex, or ethnicity, then freedom is lost, and probably will never be regained. And no I am not a racist. I can however see that just as blacks in America never get charged with hate crimes against whites, the same will be true when they remove the ability to speak your mind. Whites will be crackers with no repercussions, while calling a black "nigger" will end you up in jail.