Comments on: Freedom from Hate? UPDATED - 15:19, 04-25-08 http://www.sanspretense.com/2008/04/25/55/ Brutally Honest to a Fault Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:18:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: SansPretense » The Loss of Canadian Free Speech: a summary http://www.sanspretense.com/2008/04/25/55/#comment-11 SansPretense » The Loss of Canadian Free Speech: a summary Sun, 27 Apr 2008 23:45:10 +0000 http://www.sanspretense.com/?p=55#comment-11 [...] Steyn has been cleared of the charges since he was writing in a magazine (see my previous post here which links to this article about [...] […] Steyn has been cleared of the charges since he was writing in a magazine (see my previous post here which links to this article about […]

]]> By: Johanna http://www.sanspretense.com/2008/04/25/55/#comment-10 Johanna Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:01:40 +0000 http://www.sanspretense.com/?p=55#comment-10 As we Canadians are learning - "progressive", left-wing speech is free speech; conservative speech is hate speech. There is no other explanation for this state of affairs. The progressives have control of the Human Rights Industry and they are going to shut down anything they disagree with. As we Canadians are learning - “progressive”, left-wing speech is free speech; conservative speech is hate speech. There is no other explanation for this state of affairs. The progressives have control of the Human Rights Industry and they are going to shut down anything they disagree with.

]]> By: Charles Ryder http://www.sanspretense.com/2008/04/25/55/#comment-9 Charles Ryder Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:59:26 +0000 http://www.sanspretense.com/?p=55#comment-9 Thanks. Excellent. The "fire in a movie theater" meme that the lefties use to try and repudiate Steyn and others is weak and laughable anyway. After all, it's not a crime to shout fire in a movie theater when there is, in fact, a fire ... or one smells smoke. Thanks. Excellent.

The “fire in a movie theater” meme that the lefties use to try and repudiate Steyn and others is weak and laughable anyway. After all, it’s not a crime to shout fire in a movie theater when there is, in fact, a fire … or one smells smoke.

]]> By: Don McCarten http://www.sanspretense.com/2008/04/25/55/#comment-8 Don McCarten Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:44:29 +0000 http://www.sanspretense.com/?p=55#comment-8 Great summary of the issues! One small clarification, though: Richard Warman is suing Kathy Shaidle et al in a real court (as opposed to a Human Rights Star Chamber) and his complaint is for libel, not hate speech. There is a hate speech provision in the Canadian Criminal Code, but the bar is set pretty high - to be successful in court, a threat of physical violence almost always has to accompany the hate speech; nothing the 6 defendants said comes remotely close to the Code’s definition of hate speech. Great summary of the issues!
One small clarification, though: Richard Warman is suing Kathy Shaidle et al in a real court (as opposed to a Human Rights Star Chamber) and his complaint is for libel, not hate speech. There is a hate speech provision in the Canadian Criminal Code, but the bar is set pretty high - to be successful in court, a threat of physical violence almost always has to accompany the hate speech; nothing the 6 defendants said comes remotely close to the Code’s definition of hate speech.

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