The Soviet Canukistan justice system once again runs off the rails re
Mark Steyn and his blasphemy regarding Islam:
http://www.macleans.ca/canada/opinions/article.jsp?content=3D20080514_72985_=
72985&page=3D2
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Many of us regard the "human rights" commissions as a parallel justice
system at odds with 800 years of Canada's legal inheritance and
dispensing with all the distingui****ng features =97 due process, the
presumption of innocence, etc. We should have realized earlier that
its chief characteristics are also the closest our system comes to the
capricious and authoritarian aspects of Islamic law. This week, in a
brief objecting to a constitutional challenge to Section 13 of
Canada's "human rights" code, the Justice Department declared:
"Mr. Lemire complains that the prohibition against disseminating
hatred via the Internet is not accompanied by the defences of truth
and fair comment that are available to traditional news media in torts
ranging from defamation to seditious libel. This argument is
misleading. The defences of truth and fair comment remain available to
torts such as defamation and seditious libel, regardless of the medium
in which they occur. However, none of the traditional media can avail
themselves of these defences in cases of alleged hate propaganda,
whether the communication appears in print, on television or on a
website.
"As the Federal Court has explained, defences that may be available in
tort actions are not available in cases of hate propaganda because the
prohibition is concerned with adverse effects, not with intent."
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So, there you have it. In Canada you will apparently be hauled into
marsupial court and charged with "human rights" violations for making
true statements about Islam.
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