But I will defend to the death your right to say it – and my right to publish it.
The kangaroo court judge in this case is a Tory patronage appointee, a divorce lawyer from Lethbridge named Lori Andreachuk, (pictured at left). That’s her expertise: divorce law. Not constitutional law; not freedom of speech or freedom of religion. And it shows.
Last November, she convicted Boissoin. Last week she ordered her “remedy”.
It is the most revolting order I have ever seen in Canada. Ever.
Related: The Canadian Scrubbed Transcript Commission.
agreed to that.
Just shut the doors and let them do something useful.
Our democracy is under attack from the politically correct cadre that thinks they are smarter than us.
I’m speechless. I guess that was the point.
Unbelievable!
Yes, “FIRE. THEM. ALL.”, but how long is it going to take and who will give back the freedoms, and the money to defend them, to those they’ve already stripped and who are about to be stripped shortly?
Fast action is required and it’s not going to happen, even the Conservative government is gutless on this so far. They know what abuses are going on in those Commie inspired Kangaroo courts, and not a peep.
Cut. Their. Funding.
True that all these commissars’ actions cannot be defended, but it is due to our own indifference and complacence that various governments, federal and provincial, succeeded in passing the HR Act and creating these mock tribunals. The commissars only represent the symptom while the problem lies with the very existence of the HR Act and all the HRCs.
Even now with more and more of the scandals coming to light, I am amazed by the lack of interest of so many people I meet. When I raise the subject, the typical response is along the line of – well, I have no interest in politics. It leaves me speechless that they cannot understand this is beyond “politics”, for it has to do with the very foundation of freedom and democracy. So unless there is enough public backlash to demand that the HR Act be scrapped along with all the HRCs, I do not see the problem going away no matter what political party is in power and this goes for federal and provincial.
As the saying goes people always get the government they deserve.
Though I think that the Rev’s opinion is a big pile of crap. I do agree he has a right to say it.
If his solution was to tell others to act out in violence then I would have an issue.
Where was this message shown? Newspaper, email, church newsletter?
Alain: “I do not see the problem going away no matter what political party is in power and this goes for federal and provincial.”
“Evil occurs because good men do nothing.” (I have to be PC and explain that “men” in this context is gender non-specific.)
YOU can cancel a subscription to a left-lib publication or complain to the editors /owners about lack of balance. YOU can join your favorite political party and speak out against PC. YOU can write letters to the editor. YOU can phone a talk show. YOU can; YOU can.
The public will follow LEADERS. The MSM will too.
I have just read that the Toronto city council is reconsidering Millers gun club ban. Why? The two largest left-lib newspapers in the country have published articles against it.
It scares the hell out of me when I see that the MSM drives political opinion in this country, but it’s a reality. Get involved.
Alain – I think that the media (the nasty communication arm of all gument bolshevicks) is the villain here. I have heard nothing on the msm about this blatant abuse of our constitutional right to ‘Life, Liberty and security of person’. People think that HRCs are ‘do gooder’ thingies. If it were not for Western Standard and the internet I would not know about these festering boils on Canadian’s freedom either. We must get rid of the CENTRELIZED, BIASED msm, we must call them on every word they speak/write until the msm are totally discredited then we can rid ourselves of the Puffin/Dipper institutions built for the process of enslaving Canadian citizens.
Propaganda; that is how Lenin enslaved the Russian people. People will squawk if they fear the gulag, so the press gang who enable the transfer of blame to ‘others’ for all of all the citizen’s woes is an absolute necessity to ensure complete control of all citizens by a human hating state. Divide and Conquer.
We have a Prime Minister who is on our side right now; if we fail to re-elect this good man then we are done, IMO. Just imagine what the Dionidites would do….if they ever gained power in Ottawa
It’s going to get much worse, these employees seem to think they are some kind of moral gods. Sadly they don’t appear to have a moral compass, the silence from our Provincial and Federal Leaders speaks volumns.
When one thinks of the HRCs your suppose to get all glowy and happy and think of butterflys and buttercups, that’s not the image that appears in my head. They HRCs adjudacators look more like retarded demons hell bend on reliving the Witch Hunts only it’s Christians not witches being persecuted.
Here is what I sent to many MPs and the PM about this travesty. I sent them Ezra’s full outline, for his outline is excellent and prefaced it with my own comments:
“I am posting below, the outline by Ezra Levant, from his blog, about the order issued by the Alberta Human Rights Commission. Please note, that this ‘ruling’ (I hesitate to give such a name to such a travesty of justice) is essentially a violation of Mr. Boission’s fundamental Charter Rights, the right of freedom of speech.
Please note:
1. No-one was actually hurt or offended or discriminated against by Rev. Boission’s article. A political activist filed the complaint. The activist was ridiculed and harassed FOR FILING THE COMPLAINT. That has nothing to do with Rev. Boission. Yet, the ‘judge’ ruled that it did. Does this mean that in Canada if one does something malicious and juvenile such as filing a Human Rights Complaint when one is not personally affected and no-one has complained — that we Canadians are not allowed by our government to actually call such behaviour ‘malicious and juvenile’?
2. What is the ruling? That Mr. Boission – and his acquaintances – are not allowed to ‘publish’ (and that includes email) ‘disparaging remarks about gays and homosexuals’. For life. That is outrageous! Who defines ‘disparaging’?? And if Mr. Boission actually feels in such a way, both within his religion and his religious rights, and personally, — then it is his constitutional right to both feel and express these opinions. If he is critical of gays/homosexuals, then it is his right to examine, question and critique them. But – not according to this ‘judge’. She has totally removed his Charter Right of freedom of expression and opinion. He is no longer allowed, for life, to express publicly, his opinions. This is happening in Canada?
3. Then, Rev. Boission – and his acquaintances – are prohibited from ‘making disparaging remarks’ about the activist who brought the complaint! That means – they can’t criticize his behaviour in filing a malicious grievance.
4. And, he must provide a written apology for having these opinions! And arrange for them to be published!
WHAT IS GOING ON IN CANADA?? What is happening to our basic fundamental right of freedom of speech and opinion? What is our government going to do about this relentless attack on our rights to critique, dissent, think, analyze, question and debate?? What is our government going to do about this sophistry of political correctness, this ignorance of the role of reason and questions and analysis – and dissent – in human life? What is our government going to do about its own bureaucratic agencies that violate the Charter Rights of Canadian citizens?”
I suggest that ALL of you, ALL of us, write as many MPs as possible. Send them emails. Complain about this violation of our Charter Rights. Complain about this autocratic rule by unaccountable ‘authorities’ that is stifling free expression in this country. Complain about this intrusion of ONE perspective and its authoritarian insistence that there is only ONE ‘right way to think’ and that we citizens will be punished, fined, dragged through courts, if we don’t comply with their singular perspective.
Write them. Write to blogs.
Regarding publishing and ‘broadcasting’, out of curiosity, I tried the search function on the on-line version of the BC Statutes and Regulations to see what the actual ‘rules’ are which Andrew Coyne allegedly transgressed when he ‘broadcasted’ from the “courtroom”.
I searched on camera, photograph, aural, witness, transmit, video and broadcast. ‘Photograph’ turned up, as an item included in the definition of ‘document’ but that was it for anything related to courts, Supreme or kangaroo.
Ontario has a reasonably precise prohibition, but it would not apply to Andrew’s blogging as he was not making a ‘visual or aural representation’ of the proceedings. (see the Ontario Courts of Justice Act, section 136).
Does anyone have any idea of what the actual rule *is* in BC?
the order can be this:
ban Mark Styen for at least 2 years in probation of not right about Muslim( Islam), Quran and Mohamad wiht no hate words or reference to other hate word or hate blogs
if he isnot listen they will add the probation up to 5 years
fine is $7000 from Mark Styen and cost of legal fees of human right is $ 25000 from Mclean magazine.
with sorry letter to Muslim commiunity
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he can write aabout Isalm but no hate related but in reality he is better not wrie any thing and write only other topic not muslim topic with hate for two years under control
if he do that they wil arest him.
for at least can go up to two years in Jail.
and ban him for publish any news report for 5 years
for first time they are not going to ban him for all the report writing
do not risk fighting this matter
unless his lawyer can ask differnet remedies
by change his book publish with remove those worde or stop publish his book
** Gunney99 at 2:42 PM says, . .
** It scares the hell out of me when I see that the MSM drives political opinion in this country, but it’s a reality. Get involved. **
People can be very much afraid of speaking out about the gay community and child porn as well as Muslim related issues for fear of self incrimination.
Levant asked us to send an Email to the Alta minister. I did choosing the Pastor Boission topic re: HRC.
Ending with; Are we not allowed, in Canada, to express opinions about the growing force of gay power in our society, the safety of children from child porn? = TG
What is truly astounding is how much power the government is prepared to bestow upon a handful of unelected lunatic idealogues who are accountable to no one. The governments of this country had better get their fecal matter together or they might be facing a general insurrection.
Watch Europe say “OK Masters”
http://ezralevant.com/2008/06/pakistan-to-europe-abolish-fre.html
Weren’t these Commie Commissions called Human Rights Commissions set up by a Liberal regime back in the mid seventies? Pretty scary stuff and even more concerning that no one in the MSM is even interested in questioning their tactics or the fact they interfere with our freedom of speech GUARANTEE.
Time to bombard Nicholson with demands for action, the only action being to shut them down. At this point it appears they’re responsible to only themselves. It’s the perfect venue to attract the ideologues of the Left to ply their trade.
Dangerous combination with the Supreme Court,and these Commie Commissions of Commissars, neither being elected or accountable to anyone.
Coming to Canada?:
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/021321.php
I have a memory of a Khrushchev quote the essence of which was “We don’t need tanks, airplanes and missiles, we just need your schools and your press..” How true!
John Luft: I agree with you but I fear it is too late for Canada. The run of the mill Canadian right now is much more worried about what is going to happen to the Hockey Night in Canada theme music than they are about losing their freedom of speech and expression.
We (speaking as Canadians as a whole) have the attention span of a gnat. We get all worried and bothered about something and agitated …… for about 30 minutes. We allow our governments to abuse us through taxation and regulation and they get away with it because they know we are too fat and lazy to do anything about it. Again, you are right in what you say but insurrection won’t happen because we are what we are….. fat, dumb and lazy. I have pretty much given up on Canada.
By the way there was an advertiseent for a new head of the AHRC in the paper the other day.
Guess the salary
$184,000 year.
WOW
So, the Rev. has to pay $5k and say sorry.
What’s she going to do if he says “NO”? Jail him? That would make for some good TV eh?
Tax cut. Now please. Biiiiiig tax cut.
I have to wonder if Andreachuk has adopted the same philosophy as Warman with his lawsuit against Kate et al – namely, go for broke.
Warman has taken his petulance to the real justice system, with all its risks, in the hopes that a finding in his favour will give him carte blanche to continue his predations on the innocent.
Andreachuk may be doing the same thing. Issue a ruling and “remedy” so obscene, so outrageous, as to demand either disobedience or appeal, and dare a real court to overrule. She herself would seem to be personally immune to any consequences of having this abortion of a decision overturned, but if it isn’t, then again it’s open season on anyone she and her fellow Fascists don’t like.
This is a cross post from another thread that I made at 10:13 this morning. (batb gave a fine response.)
I’ve just posted this at Ezra’s site:
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gerard, I was thinking exactly the same thing. [The toadies at the HRC will claim that the grammatical error in their removal of crucial evidence from the transcript was just an innocent mistake.] The HRC weasels gerrymander reality to make sure they never lose: so far, they’ve gotten away with it.
I’m glad to hear that OM-eater’s friends react in a favourable way—by being horrified and indignant— to the skulduggery that’s going on here. I find that the long and winding road of the HRCs and the “fabulist” aspect of their egregious to criminal behaviour are very difficult to get across in the amount of time most sheeple are willing/able to pay attention. I choose very carefully whom I’ll engage in any discussion of this.
Honestly, Canadians are very good at shooting any messenger who puts ripples in the tidy little ponds that are their lives. And, back to the sheeple, when they’ve all been herded into the fold and the wolves are circling, they’ll be bleating, “How did this happen?”
I’m a Christian—the kind who now keeps my mouth shut in contentious public debate—and I know there is a shepherd the lambs can trust. But most Canadians—and all of our public institutions—long ago banished this voice from their personal lives and the public square. We’re reaping the whirlwind of the secular state we’ve created, which has an entirely different set of gods—all of them ravenous. As kindle says, “Apparently a hundred million dead in the past century on the altar of totalitarian government [they were all secular] wasn’t enough. The grinders of freedom have been started up again looking for fresh sacrifice.”
Leonard Cohen says it all in his prescient song, “The Future”: “. . . And now the wheels of heaven stop/ you feel the devil’s riding crop/ Get ready for the future:/ it is murder/
Things are going to slide … /There’ll be the breaking of the ancient western code/ Your private life will suddenly explode . . . Get ready for the future:/ it is murder.”
Complacent, ignorant Canadians—a very bad foundation on which to run a democracy—are like lambs to the slaughter. If the HRCs aren’t defanged or, preferably, killed outright, there will be no shortage of sacrificial victims for Canada’s hungry “grinders of freedom”.
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So far, observant Christians, such as Scott Brockie, Chris Kempling, Hugh Owens, and the Rev. Stephen Boisson, have been the main victims of the state jackboots. Until now, most Canadians haven’t given a thought to these victims of a gross travesty of justice. I’m very pleased to see that the punishment of Stephen Boisson is horrifying some pretty big movers and shakers. I hope this might lead to some kind of class action on behalf of these and other Canadian Christians, who’ve been thrown into the arena with the state lions.
P.S. REAL Women, a group of brave, knowlegeable Canadian women, most of whom are Christian, including founder and lawyer, Gwen Landolt–who have been reviled, ridiculed, and marginalized by the chattering classes for the 25 years of their existence–have been right on top of this issue all along. (But, hey, who listens to them?)
Biggest reason why I could not pull the trigger for the Tories this year in the provincial election.
TG; did you read Stephen’s post at 4:57. I hope you are going to apply? Are you making over $184K now?
I regularly write letters to my local papers. They are published more often than not. I am more reluctant to phone a talk show but have on occasion. I also write and e-mail my MP’s but consider this less productive.
To anyone who is thinking of doing likewise, there are a few rules.
1. Letters: Be brief and do not try to make more than one or two points. Do not quote authority (except to MP’s)(but you can refer to it). You are a dumb ass and are not expected to know anything. What you have is an opinion. Read other ed: published letters for reference.
2. Talk shows. Have your thoughts written down so you can refer to them. Do quote authority. Expect to be brief (cut off). Watch the time and get to the point quickly.
3. In all cases be courteous, polite and not too emotional.
So I suppose we have to now quit the UN because these Kangaroo courts are clearly in violation of UN Declaration of Human Rights.
“Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.”
So maybe these ‘roos are doing Canada a favor after all. Nothing is as corrupt as the UN and if get the boot or just quit we win either way.
Getting booted from the UN, would that mean no more powder blue berets? Or medals?
Gunny 99,
Yeah, I saw that. You know, that*s a job I could probably do. Slow to knee-jerk emotions and quick on careful in-depth analysis, but the catch is, one does require specialized training.
That seems to be the missing quality at the HRC.
I find writing MPs to be quite worthwhile.
Harper*s team responds well to important issues.
Surprisingly though, I am VERY impressed with the careful and diligent response that has come from the Gordon Campbell Government of British Columbia.
To be honest, one has to give credit where credit is due.
Notice to the rest of Canada. There is no similarity of this BC government to the Liberal Party of Canada. . . at all!
Your three points are too true .. agreed. =TG
Ask for money from cyber-space supporters to cover the fines. Definitely don’t apologize. Do defy this persecution by making a disparaging remark through the public reading of Romans 1.
We have freedom in Christ and therefore we need not obedient to corrupt laws which run contrary to the Gospel. Revelations 13. Remember, governments have killed hundreds of thousands of Christians over the years because they did not like the Gospel. Don’t back down, but press on until these oppressors are exposed for what they are.
See what happens when you give third rate tin pot despots more power than they’d ever thought they’d get their grubby little hands on?
One doesn’t come down with vindictive rulings like these without the odd kink in the cable somewhere along the line.
They more overt the little power/ego trips, the sooner the national public revolt to reign them in.
So, a pastor has been ordered by an arm of our government to never again in his life — EVEN IN PRIVATE EMAILS — express his own honest opinion, as a pastor, on homosexuality. And he is required to publish a public renunciation of his own views, i.e. he has been ordered by the state to publicly renounce what he actually believes.
These sort of verdicts are an act of violence against this country and a desecration of those who fought and died for it. Who do these clowns think they are? Perhaps they think they’re the ruling class, and that they’re just setting public policy, but these these p***ies have crossed the line into corporeal violation. It’s not a joke.
Unbelievable. I guess the question is, is it possible that Canadians are now so sufficiently brainwashed by 40 years of Trudeaupian nanny-state platitudes that they won’t be alarmed, and won’t revolt against, these communist-style show-trial atrocities?
Ian Fine’s little speech on CPAC will be significant — historic — ten years from now. What will it say to us then, though? Will we listen and look in disbelief, and have a sense that we lucked through a near miss, that we almost lost our country, or will his appalling, subducted eeliness be no longer seen that way, so that his little speech will merely be a reasonable reiteration of what will then be common wisdom — that people like him get to enforce international covenants against freeborn Canadian citizens?
Richard made a great video of this, but watch the original. Ezra was terrific, and Keith Martin speaks, but specifically, watch what are in effect Ian Fine’s justifications, in his maybe six or eight minute speech, for the appalling events we’ve been witnessing:
http://www.cpac.ca/forms/index.asp?dsp=template&act=view3&pagetype=vod&lang=e&clipID=1593
This is why I love visiting the States. Going to visit there is like Canada used to be before neo-Marxism became the National religion under Trudeau & his latter imps of stasis. Lots of folks have done much. For those who haven’t this is serious people. For once Canadians have to really DO something or where headed in the same direction as Zimbabwe. Think not, just look at the infrastructure around you. This is no time to be stoic or respectful. This is about your Individual rights as a human being. Not a fairy tale. Much blood was mixed in mud for your sweet spot. I tell you right now it wont be the government helping us if they would or could. After Harpers memo it appears they don’t at the least or are hostile to change. It will be individual Canadians moving together in one tide to overrule this sewage of a plutocracy calling itself an organ of justice. Time we took back our rights as free Men & Women. Let them know who really runs the Nation. If we prevaricate than where lost. For we will be silenced , than the totalitarians have gained victory. Lights out.
Just my opinion
I was hoping that the AB gov’t would just let the head position of HRC pass without being filled – on the way to doing some serious reforming, you know.
At $184K, perhaps even the Calgary alderman who has been a sitting HRC panelist (now in her second appointment) might even be considered. And the show would go on for sure.
This ALberta thingy against the Pastor is clearly a political shut-up-and-smack-down by the elite running the current socialist state against its enemies … those who don’t follow along or agree.
Aux armes, amis!!! ‘faut battre.
SHUT.THESE.PLACES.DOWN.
Seriously, I want to do a CHRC complaint against the Koran. This’ll cost money.
Rose @305 pm. No, these are simple bureaucrats, doing what they have been told to do. See the “Public Safety Committee”: of the French Revolution bloodbath.
During the time when Saddam was alive; an american reporter ‘live’ on camera was seen approaching two or three men sitting in a cafe with their radios.
Reporter asked “what are you listening too”
The men replied ” listening to what is going on in the outside world”
Reporter asked “don’t you have a media here; why don’t you ask them”?
The men replied ” we can’t, they are SADDAMS’ MEDIA, that is why we listen to the radio for other news.
SADDAM’S MEDIA REMINDS ME OF THE CANADIAN MSM.
CBC and MSM are the liberals’ media; asking them questions about the prime minister and his accomplishments which he had accomplished so far for the people is not seen broadcast revealed told nor mention positively only negatives by the MSM.
Saddam had an army and police and media to protect him.
The liberal party have the MSM to protect them.
Let’s face it, our freedom of religion and speech is going down and it started with the liberal party of canadia.
The afghan people and iraqi people for years could not express their feelings and speech they were threatened ordered or else face death. LOOK AT THEM NOW, they are emerging into the light. while we are closing ours.
We will never know the true meaning of Freedom until we actually lose it. then and only then we will realize that the GIFT OF FREEDOM we had; we allowed it to be taken from us .
This is Canada not some backwood country fighting for life. we have everything we want yet we complain for the smallest nonsense. We seem not to care nor are we interested that the value of life, free speech, religion, respect is slipping away.
The prime minister is a small party and as you can see for yourself is treated worse; he needs our help.
NO DAM LIBERAL NDP AND THEIR MSM ARE GOING TO SURRENDER OUR LIVES COUNTRY TO TERRORISTS COMMUNISM.
CANADA IS THE LAND OF THE FREE AND WITH GOD’S HELP, WE FIGHT FOR HER AS OUR TROOPS DO DAILY.
God Bless CANADA AND ALL TROOPS.
RW at 7.10 PM
It doesn’t cost any money to file a complaint with the CHRC. If your complaint is accepted, my understanding is, they have legal help to ease your way through the hoops.
but it may cost you… your dignity.
HRCs
How much headway is being made in this battle? I’m heartened when I visit my favourite blogs, and to a small extent when reading the latest coverage in some of the MSM. However, upon raising the subject at recent social gatherings, I’m sad to report that no one, repeat no one, had any knowledge of this issue. Even while acknowledging that I and my social circle may not be on the high end of the intellectual [brain] food chain, this discovery was very disheartening. As passionate as I may be about the principles involved, if only a small enlightened faction is interested, then I must surmise that we’ve lost already.
I am not going to give up, but I’m desperately hoping that someone can elucidate for me how the message can be conveyed effectively to ordinary people – people who don’t blog for instance. If this is truly a watershed issue, then where is the movement, who are the leaders? Ezra is certainly providing at least an iconic leadership role, but I’m afraid he’s only known to an enlightened few. Is the blogosphere actually able to project beyond talk amongst the enlightened folks? Or…perhaps the subject is really not that important anyway but merely another reader tip.
“Biggest reason why I could not pull the trigger for the Tories this year in the provincial election.”
Ugh. THis is about the 1,000th time I’ve read this remark on any of dozens of issues. It’s crap, and always will be. If you are telling the truth, thanks a bunch. The leftist politicians you help elect really make things much better and help forward those issues so dear to you. And yes, that’s sarcasm.
glasnost writes, “Or…perhaps the subject [HRC totalitarianism] is really not that important anyway but merely another reader tip.”
My earlier post expresses the same disillusionment about what “just folks” seem to know–and want to know–about this crucial issue. But I’d never question the importance of the issue because most people don’t/don’t care to know.
glasnost, I’m with you all the way, until your last sentence. Unless I’ve misunderstood you in some way, your doubts about the importance of this issue seem to be a non sequitur.
(Yes, this is truly a watershed issue. Just because lots of ignorant Canadians are unaware that it is doesn’t change the FACT that it is. E.g., Even if there’s no human ear to hear it, a tree falling in the forest makes a huge sound.)
As to how to get the message out: that’s definitely a problem. Read my comments about sheeple: Canadians, even ones I love, are trained to go with the flock. Thinking outside the box, especially if it’s at all unpleasant, just isn’t the “Canadian way”. Pity.
“Regarding publishing and ‘broadcasting’, out of curiosity, I tried the search function on the on-line version of the BC Statutes and Regulations to see what the actual ‘rules’ are which Andrew Coyne allegedly transgressed when he ‘broadcasted’ from the “courtroom”.”
You won’t find anything because there wasn’t a rule-like everything else in the HRC they make up the rules as they go along.That is WHY it took until Friday for them to make that decision.
I was at the hearing and it was the most unprofessional procedure I have ever seem.As Steyn said, they couldn’t even get the clock to give the right time.
And TG.
I don’t know who you listened to from the Campbell govt. but I heard the Attorney General, Wally Opal and we was no better that the HRC. Its also the goverment that just passed a gag law for the next election. Oh, and don’t forget Campbell is also trying to look good to the rest of the world by being first jurisdiction in NA to introduce a carbon tax. But it seems to be backfiring on him. Before they could even implement the 4 cents/litre tax July 1st, the cost of gasoline has shot up 30-40 cents/litre. in the meantime.
Horny Toad
The times require Stephen Harper to speak to the nation about this outrage.
The MSM loves to quote the untrue statistic that 10% of the population is homosexual. When you see this written or spoken, speak out yourself.
These courts would not be seen as a violation of the “UN Declaration of Human Rights”, since leftists will redefine what the rights mean in order to suit their views. They will say that the right to be free from being offended (ie hate) is what the UN rights are all about. They will even be perplexed that anyone else will view that as hypocrisy.
When dealing with secular leftist fundamentalists (yes, non-religious people can think like fundamentalists) remember that they will believe that anyone who does not agree with their fundamentals as being mentally ill, evil or both. What frightens me most is that we saw in Europe how such thinking led to the murdering of priests and nuns (Spain). While some might think me paranoid, I believe that one day, unless this madness is stopped, we will see Christian leaders murdered by leftists secularists in North America. Just listen to their rhetoric and its demonizing tone. We are wrong, they are right and we must be made to thinking correctly. Of course we won’t capitulate to these thought police, so they will feel justified in moving to the next phase.
Hey, if you think I’m paranoid, consider the denial that existed in the 1930’s. Do you really think human nature has changed in 80 years?
The elected members of government do not have the intestinal fortitude to act. It is also the senior civil servants who are in fact running the show and not the people we elected. Most of the civl service subscribe to the far-left idealisms so it is not in their interest to get rid of the HRC or any of the other idiotic trends.
So unless we are willing to step up and do something about the slow erosion of our freedom it is only going to get worse. Complaining and writing letters to the editor or your MP/MLA is not going to cut it.
The problem with us on the right is that we have jobs, businesses, bills to pay, families to raise and various other responsibilities. Getting arrested destroyes our ability to meet our obligations. Thus we have a high price to pay.
The looney left is very well aware and exploit us to maximum extent possible. They don’t care if they spend time in jail for their looney causes because they have yet to pay any price. Being the parasites that they are, they continue to live off the system, which is funded by our hard work.
By the time we are to the point that the price to keep our freedom is reduced to where we think we can afford it, it will be too late. So, are we willing to step up and when?
Hello Concerned Canadian,
I’m glad you’re with me until my last sentence, which was meant to be somewhat rhetorical anyway. To put the record straight, I have no doubt whatsoever about the importance to me and to you of this issue. I’m simply musing about what more we could do to further our cause. Is it enough to blog about the ignorant Canadian sheeple who don’t see it our way? If this is a defining moment in Canadian history, what part are you as a Concerned Canadian playing? If your answer is “I’m blogging”, then you are only reaching the enlightened few who already agree with you.
My core question remains: is this another readers tip, or are the readers prepared to move beyond social commentary, and into coordinated action to get the word out and actually impel a change in our country’s course. If not, then what separates us from the sheeple?
FTA
the issue of zealots plus bad law in the hrc’s will not be resolved this year – perhaps not even resolved next year – but it will be resolved because it’s way too big to just go away. breathe in a little optimism – changing law is a long and complicated process. it’s over (fait accomplis) for section 13.1 – it doesn’t stand a chance in the light of day – all that’s left is the shouting.
re: hate/free speech – one could say that the fight for canada’s guaranteed charter rights has only recently begun in earnest. even if it takes 4 years to get through to the supreme court because the government of the day won’t act – it will get there – and the bad law will be rescinded.
the only bad news i can imagine is that they will not be fired – just transferred to some other useless bureaucracy. but that doesn’t mean i don’t feel good whenever i see FIRE. THEM. ALL.
glasnost, thanks for your response. I appreciate it and your question is a good one.
I think that to understand the truth, and to speak it when one can, may, sometimes, be the most we can do. In the kind of society we live in–secular and very repressive, re non politically correct opinion–practically, our options are limited. As Mike T points out, obligations, for many of us, preclude being recklessly confrontational: literally, for some of us, our livelihoods would be at stake if we spoke out on certain topics in a public way. (It didn’t used to be that way.) And, to what end, when the MSM either ignores or misrepresents us?
The best we can do, I believe, is to live our beliefs within our families and communities, as I said, speaking the truth when we can.
One might think of St Thomas More: he did not change the political machinations of Henry VIII. But, as he could, he stood for the truth with integrity. That’s not so bad!
Personally, I feel strong in my beliefs and my understanding of the truth and how it impacts the important things in life. This helps me live my daily life with purpose: I believe I influence people and perhaps point some to the truth by being true to myself and my faith. Who knows what the result will be? Not knowing doesn’t negate the attempt. (The tree falling in the forest . . . )