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August 12, 2008

"Sorya Ingrid Gaulin, the PR director [at Chapters], went ballistic."

I now realize that I was in Canada, where only politically correct speech is protected.

I was in Canada, the land of cultural relativism, where the most important value is tolerance. Criticizing any other country or culture is a breach of the now distorted policy of multiculturalism. Now, I would pay the price.

If I had only known how big a price.

A young man came in and sat in the second row. He picked up a copy of my book from the table, took a perfunctory look at it, and started interrupting me.

“You think all Muslims are terrorists,” he asserted.

“I do not,” I replied, as categorically as possible.

“Well, that’s what your book says,” he retorted.

It looked to me as if he had just taken a few glances at it, so I replied: “Have you read my book?” He paused and then said, “Part.”


I decided not to take him seriously and I continued. Another mistake.

Suddenly a man appeared, standing off to my left, and started into a rant. It was something about how the Americans and the Israelis are the real terrorists, and that democracy is really fascist. He was scary.

University of Waterloo Professor Dennis Stoutenburg was there and tried to calm the man.

“Sir, this is a lecture. Why don’t you sit down and listen?”

Another mistake.


Read the rest.

(h/t soup)

Posted by Kate at August 12, 2008 3:02 PM
Comments

I just placed an order for some paperbacks - at Amazon.ca

How do you get the government to investagate companies and break them up as monopolies?

I don't know of a single book store that isn't owned by Chapters/Indigo/Coles (which is all the same company.)

Posted by: Warwick at August 12, 2008 3:59 PM

Amazon and Canadian independents, here I come!

Posted by: lynne at August 12, 2008 4:01 PM

This left wing, and I refer to as left wing by the groups that support the "Palistinian" movement, is huge and hate filled for anything that opposes it. There is no wrong that can be done to Israel that is not just fine or at best "It's not as simple as that, it's not all black and white."

Very frightening to see people going down that path and being supported by huge organizations as they do it.

Posted by: Pat at August 12, 2008 4:05 PM

What's frightening is the hands off approach to violent Muslims. This perceived weakness will only add fuel to their undermining of our country and rights much the same as it has in Europe. These miscreants need to be shouted down wherever they show up and to know in no uncertain terms that they, their evil ideology and fake grievances are not welcome.

Blowback of Katrina proportions on their heads.

Posted by: irwin daisy at August 12, 2008 4:26 PM

It sounds like he was set up to be abused by the Hijab wearing chicklet? I won't be shopping at Chapters anymore this story is just another example of the far leftards being given a free pass to abuse anyone who supports Israel. I hope the literary community shuns Chapters, why do a reading at one of their book stores when only the frothing at the mouth pro-Palestine wack jobs get to speak.

Frankly the pro-Palestinan groups resemble domestic terrorists, their tactics are bigoted and hateful and sometimes down right violent.

Posted by: Rose at August 12, 2008 4:26 PM

I think the only answer to this type of thing is to make sure a friend, or several, videotape everything, every time.

Sad.

Posted by: Lori at August 12, 2008 4:28 PM

I have a $40 gift cetificate for Chapters. I think I will go and request this book,hopefully a hijab wearing clerk will take the order.

Posted by: wallyj at August 12, 2008 4:35 PM

Haven't shopped at Chapters/Indigo (the bricks-'n-mortar store) for many years now.  Looks like it's time to stop the occasional forays into their online store, too.

That's alright.  Amazon and Powell's are great alternatives.

Posted by: Garth Wood at August 12, 2008 4:40 PM

Lori has it correct...unedited, uncut videotape from start to finish. Any author of a book that touches on anything in the middle east or controversial area needs to do this.

The most amazing part of this whole story....the story is fiction!!!! So we are going after fictional stories? I guess if you think other fictional stories are real then you might just have trouble with this one.

One wonders if the employee still works there.

Of course Dr El Misery runs his little Mosque amongst the Teutons on Waterloo. Not saying he had anything to do with this, just saying.......

Posted by: Stephen at August 12, 2008 4:43 PM

Will be boycotting chapters/Indigo from now on !

Posted by: mike in ontario at August 12, 2008 4:48 PM

Buy an e-reader of some kind. Lots of online stores to download from - never have to leave your home or give Chapters/Indigo/Coles a dime.

Posted by: boudicae at August 12, 2008 4:53 PM

I think we need to change the name of our country to Kafkada...

Posted by: batb at August 12, 2008 5:00 PM

heather Reisman is the head of Indigo, chapters etc and her husband is Gerry Schwartz, the head of the massive investment company Onyx which is listed on the TSE. Both seem strong supporters of israel and I am surprised this incident has gone this far IF they knew about it.

Posted by: neil Thompson at August 12, 2008 5:04 PM

This is the Turdeapian legacy.

A weak and cowardly country; not good at anything; not proud of anything and totally gutless.

We either give Harper a mandate to reform or we break up the country.

Sad.

Posted by: jlc at August 12, 2008 5:10 PM

Video it.

No commentary. Just let it unfold.

Make them silence themselves.

...and smile.

Posted by: Nightmare at August 12, 2008 5:16 PM

Welcome to the politically correct Orwellian hell-hole that Canada’s become. In the name of “equality” and “diversity”, some of “us” are better than the others. Too often, the favoured few—who haven’t, in any way earned their special status: in fact, many are maladjusted leeches, who deserve to have the book thrown at them (like the hooligans described here)—take full advantage of their status to jackboot the rest of us—all with the approval of “official” Canada.

And public education teachers and administrators, judges, the police, pandering politicians, and far too many ordinary citizens (enablers and enforcers: useful idiots) let it happen. I believe such people—or sheeple’s a better word—have been brainwashed. (The MSM and our educational institutions are massively guilty on this count.) And how does that happen? As usual, G.K. Chesterton has his finger on the pulse of our hollowed out society: “If you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything.”

Based on the hypocritical, shallow, and UNTRUE pop philosophy, “I’m OK. You’re OK”, the truth about who we are and how we can live ethical lives is not allowed to be spoken. “Your truth. My truth. There is no single truth.” How narcissistic. And a recipe for moral decay, which is just what we’re seeing all around us. Everything about the appalling episode re Howard Rotberg confirms this sad state of affairs.

One doesn’t need to be religious in a traditional sense to live a good life. However, I believe a SOCIETY needs a sound, ethical, transcendent basis in order to bring up civilized citizens and order its affairs properly. (How about the Ten Commandments, which C.S. Lewis called the Tao—the rules at the base of all successful societies back to antiquity? These rules acknowledge our obligations to a higher power than ourselves, as well as to ourselves and our neighbour. BTW, leaving out the higher power tends to lead to "Me as a Mini God": not a good recipe for unselfishness and social cohesion.)

If one doesn’t agree with me, just look around: notice the critical mass of barbarians in our midst—check out your local public school, for one thing—and the serious breakdown of civility at all levels in Canadian society these days. This has gone hand in hand with the secularization of our country. (Jonah Goldberg, in his book, Liberal Fascism, makes a good case for the idea that “fascism is the religion of the state”.)

We’ve used up almost all the moral capital of our Judeo-Christian heritage: not only are we raising spoiled, selfish, self-centred brats, who don’t ever seem to reach adulthood, no matter how old they are, we refuse to both name the worst offenses and then impose discipline and order. There’s so much looking the other way these days, the worst Canadians literally get away with murder and all kinds of other anti-social behaviour. Using the Charter, a critical mass of liberal judges—along with far too many politicians, public educators and the police, to name only a few of the accomplices—are working hard to undermine all legitimate authority in this country. Without that, the dumbing down proceeds apace and the thugs prosper. We all know what happens to the rest of us.

In the West, democracy and individual freedoms flourished—based on the Judeo-Christian concepts of truth and justice. Over the centuries, everyone benefited, as this evolved into the concept of democracy and equality before the law (No, it wasn't perfect—human beings aren't—but it was a heck of a lot better than where we are now and where we're headed.) However, we no longer live in a society based on the rule of law, as people like Howard Rotberg are unhappily discovering. We live in a country where ethnicity and ideology trump the worth and freedom of the individual citizen. Isn’t that what happened in the secular gulags of the 20th century? In our shallow, “We’re all gods now” society, we’ve decided to replace equality before the law with state-enforced special privileges for a select few (usually undeserving because chosen for political reasons only). The injustice of this is causing deep rifts in the social/moral fabric of this country: the consequences for all of us are/will be dire.

I first read about the feisty Howard Rotberg at Ezra Levant’s site. God bless these two principled men. They, like Kate and the others, have been horribly and shamefully victimized in the totalitarian state Canada’s fast becoming, but, rather than cave, they’re fighting back. We’re with you all the way: Godspeed!

Posted by: lookout at August 12, 2008 5:22 PM

What a terrible event. I can only say that I am ashamed of the institutions in our society that
are contributing to the demise of freedom.
We all need to reflect on what our Nation has become and we need to think long and hard about what each and every one of us can do about it.
shame is not strong enough a word to describe
what I feel about these horrible events.

Posted by: melwilde at August 12, 2008 5:39 PM

I've crossed swords with Chapters/Indigo over Mark Steyn's book. I complained because they would not carry it & got some snotty response.

Since then I have bought all my books from Amazon USA. I'll never buy from Heather Reisman again - ever!

Posted by: Rosco at August 12, 2008 5:39 PM

It may be impossible but let's get a blitz going to put Heather and Gerry out of business.

It may be time to concern ourselves about what's going on in segments of our Country. With that ARSEHOLE ElMasry, who's a Professor at Waterloo, doing his thing to stir up bogus accusations to prevent one of our basic freedoms, freedom of speech.

Multicultural Canada,stand for nothing, let the minorities call the shots with the help of HRC's and the Supreme Court.

It's incidents like this that eat away at our once great Democracy.

Posted by: Liz J at August 12, 2008 5:40 PM

I've stopped shopping at Chapters a long time ago - in fact I was given a Chapters gift card a few months ago and I returned it to the person who gave it to me, thanked her and explained why I could not accept it. She was appalled at the actions of Chapters and indicated that she would return the card with a complaint to Chapters. Don't know if she did and I doubt that Chapters would care. Between the independent book stores, Amazon and even Walmart my reading needs are more than covered.

Posted by: Maureen at August 12, 2008 5:44 PM

Canada's doors have been open too wide and to the wrong people for far too long.

Posted by: WP at August 12, 2008 5:44 PM

We in Canada are facing an offensive of Holocost proportions. Political correctness has stymied any attempts of the citizenry to propose a fair and balanced approach to any dispute. Whether it be Global Warming, Israeli/Palistinian conflict, or the war in Afghanistan; opinions have become correct(left-leaning)or wrong.
As an educator, I observe many, many instances where the latest politically correct mantra is spoon-fed to students and the expected response is to regurgitate the mantra back. Gone are the critical thinking skills and the ability to effectively discern the nugget of truth in any argument.
Unless Canadians wake up and begin to fight to maintain our current freedoms, we will see them evaporate before our eyes. By doing nothing, we encourage the segment of our society that is driven to destroy the society to which they moved.

Posted by: John at August 12, 2008 5:49 PM

Good to see that this is getting around now .... good to hear that there is some outrage ...spread the word and let the Reisman/Schwarz clan know what you think of them and their organization.

Posted by: OMMAG at August 12, 2008 5:52 PM

Does anyone have an email address for Heather Reisman?

Posted by: lookout at August 12, 2008 6:00 PM

lookout/john

excellent posts, you'v articulated SOME of the problems that need to be addressed


yes we need to keep the ball a rolling


people like those who own indigo/chapters/coles will bend to the social winds for business purposes, so we need to help the winds blow the other way

Posted by: GYM at August 12, 2008 6:13 PM

Here's another possible (I EMPHASIZE POSSIBLE) example of Indigo censorship.

The Camp of the Saints. By Raspail. Written over 30 years ago, it an extremely politically incorrect book that was banned in many places in Canada. It has exactly all the elements that we are struggling with today.

If people here have not read this book, they really should! I read it a few years ago, and it is a very disturbing and very moving book.

Unavailable via Indigo.

Available on Amazon.ca. where it has 44 customer reviews, most of them 5/5 stars.

Posted by: Lori at August 12, 2008 6:14 PM

I tried Amazon.ca but found that they don't recognize the title nor the author.

Posted by: Herman at August 12, 2008 6:25 PM

And I was so excited about the new Indigo opening in Saskatoon.

I boycotted McNally-Robinson for a long time because they wouldn't carry the mo cartoon edition of The Western Standard. Gave in given the slim choices here. Since then, I've noticed that they hide pro-Israeli books but promote anti-Israel books as great for xmas gifts. They also prominently feature the books of US Army deserters.

Seems as if all bookstores have a decidedly leftist slant. There's a Conservative Book Club in the US. Too bad there's not a conservative bookstore in Saskatoon.

Posted by: Michele at August 12, 2008 6:31 PM

http://www.amazon.ca/Camp-Saints-Jean-Raspail/dp/1881780074/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1218580425&sr=8-1

Posted by: Lori at August 12, 2008 6:34 PM

"Seems as if all bookstores have a decidedly leftist slant. There's a Conservative Book Club in the US. Too bad there's not a conservative bookstore in Saskatoon."

There is, but you have to buy your own crayons :)

Oh, lighten up, people.

Posted by: b_nichol at August 12, 2008 6:40 PM

GYM, you're right: John and I only mentioned SOME of our problems in "Kafkada" (good one batb).

Unless something turns the PC tide, as one of my special ed. students used to say, "We're DOOMed!"

Posted by: lookout at August 12, 2008 6:42 PM

yea, put gerry out of business. not likely. he is our version of kkr. more money than he will ever be able to spend.

Posted by: old white guy at August 12, 2008 6:45 PM

Absolutely disgusting!

Posted by: FedUp at August 12, 2008 6:55 PM

Glad that's gone.

Posted by: Lori at August 12, 2008 7:16 PM

I seem to recall stories about gun magazines being pulled from the shelves at Chapters because the owner felt they were inappropriate for Canadians.

I laughed out loud when Muslims boycotted Chapters bookstores because the owners are Joos. It isn't funny that these folk hated Joos, it is funny because the leftist bookstore fascist was being abused by another identifiable group that panders to the same lefttard politicians.

I am very interested to see what percentage of the Joos vote for McCain in 2008. Typically Joos vote democrat but I don't see how any Joo who isn't self-loathing can vote Democrat(or Liberal for that matter).

Advice to women and gays from Indiana Homez: You are next on the hit list, if you actually cherish equal rights you will have to quit politicking and looking for handouts from the Liberals. All of your victimization BS aside, your REAL rights are being assailed right now. It is izzy to bring mozzies in large #'s to Canada to distort voting blocks, they're coming by the trainload and it will be you thrown on the tracks.


The irony is too thick when I think about Joos, gays and feminists looking to "old white guys" to save them from themselves.

Posted by: Indiana Homez at August 12, 2008 7:16 PM

"We either give Harper a mandate to reform or we break up the country.

Sad."

ditto

You know the madate will never come.

Posted by: Indiana Homez at August 12, 2008 7:23 PM

IH:
If not next election than we are doomed.

Posted by: FedUp at August 12, 2008 7:31 PM

This story is suspect, to say the least. Reisman is so politically correct, but mostly pro-Israel. There has to be another reason this was allowed to happen. I haven't shopped at Chapters since she banned Mein Kampf and the gun magazines. Reisman is an arm of the HRTs, but this story is still suspect.

Posted by: George at August 12, 2008 7:38 PM

The story related by Howard Rotberg is what each and every one of us should expect if we think Big Brother is going to make it all better.

Big Brother is not in the business of making it all better for you. Big Brother is in the business of making it all better for Big Brother. This is the central truth of socialist government that Canadians just can't seem to get.

Mr. Rotberg has finally understood this truth after being mugged by it. He's discovered that the system is in place to protect the system. So like any thinking man, he's picked up an ax and gone on the offense. Sue Chapters, sue the worthless pr1cks that broke up his lecture, write more and meaner books, and sue the living, breathing crap out of anybody that doesn't like it.

He's got the right idea, but a little too heavily dependent on the courts. He probably could have avoided the whole issue from the start if he'd head butted the first POS that opened his mouth. Pretty much the only proper reply to "F-ing JEW!" is a well delivered head but. You can't have a civilized chat with barbarians unless you stomp on them first. Gets their attention in the only language they respect. Extra points for kicking him a good one when he's down, Glasgow style.

Lace up those Doc Martins tight there, Howard.

Posted by: The Phantom at August 12, 2008 7:51 PM

George: "Reisman is so politically correct, but mostly pro-Israel."

Well, I was at Mark Steyn's "interview" conducted by Heather Reisman about "America Alone," and she didn't know her a** from a tea kettle. Her performance was lamentable, really embarrassing.

There was Mark Steyn, in his book "America Alone," pointing out in spades the problem for the West that radical Islamists pose and very clearly supporting Israel as the only democracy in the Middle East. I don't know how much more "pro-Israel" he could get.

But, Reisman just didn't get it. When great whoops went up from the audience about something Mark said, she'd look at us with a quizzical expression on her face and say something totally inane. Poor little rich girl. Lots of glitz but no brains.

I'm sorry Mark was so gentle with her, but afterall, HE'S a gentleman and he WAS her guest. She is clueless when it comes to the BIG PICTURE. Even though she, being Jewish, quite obviously is going to be "pro-Israel" she doesn't seem to understand that that means taking a stand against the illiberal and violent forces which have Israel in their cross-hairs.

She doesn't seem to be aware that radical Islamists are a genuine threat to Israel and Western Democracy. She thinks she can be both "pro-Israel" and support touchy, feely, lib-left multiculturalism, not realizing that they have become almost mutually exclusive.

Posted by: batb at August 12, 2008 8:10 PM

Wow -- I can't believe this story. Good luck my Canadian friends...God Bless you (sorry if I offended you there, eh) in turning your thought control police around to rational thinking --- again...!

Posted by: Orlin at August 12, 2008 8:11 PM

Folks let's not panic yet. There will be plenty of support for the breakup of totalitarian Canada when the time is right, like when left-wing, totalitarian Ontario and Quebec suddenly run outta cash for their lavish Islamist immigration project, and decide to raid Western oil coffers to make up the diffs. People only change when the money runs out. And then there'll not be much the HRC totalitarians con do about it...

Posted by: bcf at August 12, 2008 8:14 PM

George -- believe it eh...Happens all the time.

Posted by: Orlin at August 12, 2008 8:14 PM

I have to agree with some of posts above that suggest that Reisman is no machievallian liberty hating tyrant.

She is simply a product of our education system, and our society, who does not really understand liberty, who does not understand the lessons of history (because they are not taught), and who hsa been taught that every problem can be solved by dialog and compromise.

Spoiled (but financially astute) little rich girl indeed.

And I doubt she has the time or interest to pay attention to the debate on free speech that has been raging here for the past year. Like 99.8% of Canadians.

Posted by: Lori at August 12, 2008 8:14 PM

Amazon.ca just gave me "no matches found" for either Howard Rotberg or the book....
Have they pulled it now?

Posted by: Chris at August 12, 2008 8:33 PM

And if those events transpired in reverse, we all know EXACTLY what would have happened. The HRC would have been drooling all over it.

I could say that the lefttards in this country are fiddling while Rome burns, but then, they are the ones manufacturing the violins, too.

Posted by: Lycan Stark at August 12, 2008 8:36 PM

I buy all my books from Amazon.

I am pro Israel.

Canada is an embarrassment.

Posted by: John V at August 12, 2008 9:02 PM

IIRC, Gerry Schwartz backed the Torys in the last election, which causes a shock in Lib circles since he was always a reliable Liberal donor. Regardless of what the "official Jews" (CJC, BB, etc) do or say, a lot of big Jewish donors remember who backed Israel and who backed Hezb'Allah.

Posted by: Holdfast at August 12, 2008 9:06 PM

Hi, Howard Rotberg, here. I thank all the good people who are giving messages of support. I have been living through a 4 year nightmare where the civil rights organizations and even the Jewish organizations wouldn't talk to me. Most of the mainstream media has ignored the story, because it didn't fit. Think about that.
I am waging this battle for our children (I have 3) and our grandchildren, who shouldn't have to live in the kind of nightmare world that will arrive if people like me don't take a stand.
The book is still available from the publisher directly by emailing teresa@brantcord.com.
Also the publisher is now going to a third printing and is putting it on Amazon, but it may take 2 weeks. In the meantime, let Sorya Ingrid Gaulin and Heather Reisman what you think of them.

Posted by: Howard Rotberg at August 12, 2008 9:23 PM

John V, you're right. I've been a patriotic Canadian--my family's been here for over 200 years--but never anti-American (and I'm very pro-Israel, a bone of contention with my liberal friends).

Canada is now such a pale imitation of the strong and free country it used to be--it's now a wimpy cry-baby and appeaser--I'd be quite happy to be annexed to the States.

That good men like Mark Steyn, Ezra Levant, and Howard Rotberg are being persecuted by agents of the state, who allow minority thugs (including the government bullies, themselves) to run roughshod over us, is an utter disgrace. I altogether agree with FedUp!

Posted by: lookout at August 12, 2008 9:27 PM

Welcome, Howard: so good to hear from you!

I'll get in touch with Teresa to order my copy of your book.

Are you able to provide email addresses for Sorya Ingrid Gaulin and Heather Reisman? I tried to find an email address for HR at the Indigo web site: no luck. If you can provide these addresses, I'll definitely let them know what I think.

Howard, we've seen this coming for a long time: you're among friends.

Posted by: lookout at August 12, 2008 9:37 PM

Heather Reisman is Jewish but most likely this had nothing to do with the company's decision to ban the book. Judging by the response, carrying this book and hosting lectures by the author is clearly bad for business.

Same goes for carrying gun magazines. For every one gun enthusiast who stops shopping at Chapters/Indigo there's at least 10 gun skeptics who spend more money on books anyway.

It's just business, get over it.

Posted by: Chuck at August 12, 2008 9:55 PM

chuck


"""""It's just business, get over it.""""""


chuck, if business sets it's self up to become a barricade to our freedoms, then it is more than "just business".

Posted by: GYM at August 12, 2008 10:21 PM


http://www.geocities.com/globalghetto/
Racism, The West and third world

read above web page
we need analyse racisim
some time racisim is not always
white do not like black
some time black also hate white too I saw taht too
both are racisim

whne it come to religon difference
it is discrimination
again similar kindof hate otehr for their differences?
------
in above noted said

The Muslim guy asked this question!!!???]

"
“You think all Muslims are terrorists,”
he asserted. “I do not,”
I replied, as categorically as possible.
"
taht is not good anwer in public to the person
as Muslim expect to get from the writer
this respond made him angry for sure

This is the most ridiculus answer the writer respond to Muslim person

if the writer of book goes to chapter he should expect also some opposition of his book to come and do notlike view of his politic and critisixe his book therefore he must be prepare how to repsond in PUBLIC place to the opposition

in some area also talking politic and politic books i even heard and saw inUniveristy talk politic or book aobut politic made two group went to big argue
and need to have security guard stand if
you are presenting your book and you MUST expect opposition come and drop you a eggs or tomatoto
as we can see or hear on TV.
then talk in public with your view even in place of work is risky for me and need to have security standing if you like to yeiling each otehr as heat of difference may come up


----

next is taht is really acting jerk to me
it is like some white Canadian more never saw
any colurt come to black and say
Hay you do you think all white Canadian are jerk and racisit
and you answer " I DO NOT KNOW"

while he could answer No I do not think all canadian are racist even if they are white

but the guy who hate Muslim when he saw the Muslim person jsut answered " i do not know."

taht is ridiculs it look to me he means
YES ALL MUSLIM ARE TERRORIST
and look at the book taht jewihs guy saying

we Jewish told Arafat come and kiss our but and he did not agree then we send and bomberad his house if you rememberd how humulite him before he die

never these two bRarak and Arafat able to shakehand truly they need htird party to made soluton
solution is all benefit jewish not Arab so far

any way I am discusing jewish thinks we must awasy listen to them and not able to ask question
and if he start talk hsi view msut
as he said
" he talks scary"

=============

if some one come to you saying
I donot know all canadain origin are BS or not
you will get feel offended of this
" I do not know.."

Not every jerk should write the book I bleive
we will end up seeing too many Paris Hilton or similar like above jsut wake up one day
has nothing to do how about I wrote the book and become teh best selling book
we need book also get go by permision

if not make sense and has so many wrong information and wrong references
it remind me of Irwin with all wrong
quote from islam we never hear that quote
or Hadith in our life

Is the guy and most the guy similar like charater of him (or her)who wrote the book and went to Chaper to talk only with people like to hear his all wrong saying
do you think he act more slander and gossip Muslim even say their opiono about his orher book
the respond " I DO NOT KNOW.."

then better before he wrote the book know
MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WELL BEFORE write the book and do not look dummy saying I do not know
and go with security guard if you are Jewsih want to talk Muslim are all terrorist in chapter
you dummies because your racisist act made them angry

Posted by: haye at August 12, 2008 10:55 PM

while the guy said I do not

the sound to me was i do not know

plus all writing he must expect some group may ocme or talk and he msut prepear himself
not to resond them if he tell the tru story
insteadhe went and repeat their word that chpaer hearing him too

I do not blieve this story is true
this is more Jewish Ezra execuse of why you
put picture of Mohamad said taht was not me
it os some one else publish it while they enjoy support that picture

the guy are look not ready to talk in public and control CHAPTER is big company can not allow two group fight and destroy thier book as teh result
I disagree to put politic speech in Chapter not right place for any lecture

you may sensitive or hearing all name for Muslim but some book publisher are talk so bad
about ALL muslim made them real upset and more to me it is slandering
the book for me peace talk of Isreal and Arafat was onlypretend and real mess and awfull

two who both kill each other there was not need to shakeh hand only need to send their minster and made some arrangment

and book of Jewish gudy was not look good
taht isreason his director of book did not publish his book

The final is we only say the truth and fact not all I and YOU and me and Mine fight of Israli and arab here to say we are right and you are wrong here does not make sense to me more emotional respond to real fact respond
the fact was more than what they guy tried to explain for us.

SOme Jewish not get when they are talking how mush Muslim get upset and may get hurt
Jewish thinktheyknow better than Muslim inn all the time thatis not really true but jewsih are good talker Muslim are more screamer not good communicatore here because of long time of hearing humulation to them not have self confidence most of them but jewish has good self confidence when they ar talking but not trustable reasonable talk in all the time as well

Posted by: haye at August 12, 2008 11:17 PM

In the past week, I've bought about $400 worth of books...

...and not from Chapters.

If Amazon.ca did not have it, I went Amazon.com (slow and expensive shipping, but they have a much more extensive selection), or one of the independents.

Posted by: Tenebris at August 12, 2008 11:18 PM

I'm sure we can all agree that Arafat was most certainly a terrorist.

Posted by: J at August 12, 2008 11:22 PM

...I feel so proud of Canada.

Posted by: George Orwell at August 12, 2008 11:47 PM

Your biggest mistake was not videotaping the book signing and the lecture. Always get video since shows Muslim supremacists behaviours. They can not lie and make stuff up since the video does not lie.

Posted by: Don Uthole at August 13, 2008 12:05 AM

lookout:

Well said . Stole my thunder good , real good. (O:}

Posted by: Revnant Dream at August 13, 2008 1:20 AM

Excellent link and sad story Kate. It does however, clearly demonstrate the foolishness of the CHRC and the CJC (Bunny) to link hands with the representatives of evil. Lucy and the Lying Jackel are all complicite.

Looking for "Nazis" in washrooms and under rocks is, as another poster brillantly surmissed, is dealing with yesterday's Holocaust - not todays and certainly not tomorrows.

Bunny is going to be known as the CJC's "Chamberlain" - an appeasement champion despite growing evidence to a real and present danger from the "Religion of Peace".

Posted by: The LS from SK at August 13, 2008 6:14 AM

What most people outside of Canada fail to realize is that Chapters, enjoys almost a monopoly status due to to fascist government regulations concerning Canadian media. Could Barnes & Noble open a competing store up there? No Frikkin Way! Ownership must be Canadian! How utterly and completely and communistically Orwellian.

Due to super sensitive Canadian sensibilities to their image, the Government exerts almost complete control over all aspects of the media. No un-Canadian bookstores, newspapers, HBO, ESPN, Nickelodeon or whatever. You are commanded to watch completely lame Canadian television programming and your viewing, listening and reading choices are limited to authorized Canadian content. No movies at the theater without G-man censors at the CRTC editing out the parts they don’t like first. This insidious fascism runs so deep that censors even monitor the airwaves for strict Canadian Native content rules.

Even though you may want to hear the Beatles on the radio, you are mandated to play Celine Dion instead because she is...Canadian.

If there is one bright shining star in the Canadian media, it is the utter plethora of pirated satellite rigs surreptitiously gleaning American TV off the satellites.

Posted by: KPD at August 13, 2008 7:37 AM

Thanks, Revnant Dream!

Posted by: lookout at August 13, 2008 7:59 AM

"You can't have a civilized chat with barbarians unless you stomp on them first."

Phantom your quote has been added to my list of goodies.TY

Posted by: Indiana Homez at August 13, 2008 10:30 AM

"Even though you may want to hear the Beatles on the radio, you are mandated to play Celine Dion instead because she is...Canadian."


No f'n kidding, has anyone watched to Much On Demand(MOD) channel? You pay 75cents to vote for a song. There is a running tally at the bottom of the screen to let you know how the voting is going. Every third or fourth song the "democratically chosen" song gets punted for a Canadian band whose song wasn't even in the voting list. I'm pretty sure almost no body watches or votes on this channel, you can tell by watching the percentages, often the #1 song has 100% of the vote, then a new song shows up and has 33 percent leaving 66% for the #1 song. This means 3 people have voted, check it out sometime, it's pathetic.

I have also noticed that all countdowns on Canadian airwaves are fixed with Canadian only slots. I know this is true because the Canadian songs that top our charts are absent from not-Canadian music charts. On second thought perhaps the rest of the world doesn't know how good we really are.

Posted by: Indiana Homez at August 13, 2008 10:48 AM

Heather blamed her purchasing flunky for not stocking "America Alone" hard cover in her stores during her pathetic Steyn interview.

How she can hold a conservative take on the singular issue of Israel only, was evidenced by her stilted disjointed flaky premise that seemed to underlie almost all her questions for Steyn.

People were actually moaning in the crowd during her delivery of her tedious preliminary horseshit groundwork that preceded her questions.

Posted by: richfisher at August 13, 2008 12:38 PM

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The country I grew up in is long gone (I am 53). Stories like this just make me seethe with anger.

An unspoken policy exists in all government institutions and services: if a conflict exists between a member of a visible minority and a non-visible minority member, the visible minority member is in the right by default.

Muslims are experts at playing the islamo-card. Their aggressive anti-west agenda is fed and nurtured by the gutless impotent ruling class that has turned its back on supporting Western values out of fear of offending, and the timid neutered beauocrats which define or enforce public policy (who act out of fear for their job security and pensions).

Police will not hesitate to kick the shit out of a homeless person, but put them up against a screeching islamo, and they (the police) will back away like a scared little hobbit in the presence of a ring wraith.

We are on our own, and it falls with us to challenge every act of islamo-bullying regardless of whether we are directly involved in the conflict or not.

The police response might have been different had everyone present started asking for police badge numbers, exchanged phone numbers or email addresses (in full view of the police) to facilitate follow up the issue, and started recording the incident on their cell phones.

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Posted by: Gordon MacDonald at August 13, 2008 1:10 PM

I'm afraid a Strongman will someday emerge who'll convince the populace that he alone can calm the chaos. A weary and battered people will fall for the promises and put the Strongman at "The Helm of State", only to soon see that they're all the new slave rowers on the "Ship of State".

Posted by: Karl the Krud at August 13, 2008 1:16 PM

Well said, Gordon!

Posted by: lookout at August 13, 2008 5:57 PM

Gordon,

Practice respectful defiant civil discourse by not using the term " visible minorities". If a person is a Paki, or a Negroe, then that is what they are. That was a term codified by the Canucko-Multiculturalist Marxists to speak in code about races other than Anglo-White.

Just dont dance to their music my friend, besides, the lyrics suck!

Posted by: KPD at August 13, 2008 7:30 PM

tol Gordon Mcdonald


when you talk about or write about Muslim
right or wrong or entertain some wording
to pretend you know alot or bit to tlak wiht
Muslim or we can say otehr minority without
knwo real background this is problems usually arive

if you know more you act more fairly and not

to in defence of Muslim or NonMuslim minority or nonMinority it is not matter of polcie involve
it is matter the difference of Muslim look act eat talk cultrue is bring so many who do not like it wich is may some how normal form both parties

but if police want to involve is police can has
power to involve or put thier own personla thought to matter sometimes I saw teh case
police invole and interfer and did illegal interfer whil enot know charter right of Muslim and want to or not like the law to support minority
I am sorry this is too bad you or your friend or some polcie not like human right and charer right for freedom of Muslim exisit in this coutnry
this is not give you time or come and bother us

inthe same way you have right to do certain job we donot l ike it as Muslim but we can not complain becuase thea is your right to choose that kind of life style

as long as you do not interfer in Muslim you are fine but if you come then it may play ofJMuslim but it is not this is Muslim freedom who used
not misused that law for them
but if you do not liek that freedom we are entitel
this is too bad
may be time for some one immigrant out of canada too
do not gossip Muslim so much

i understand you do not Like Muslim as I saw all of your nonsenes in this blogs
but again this is not up to you to change us become one of YOU as not up to us to change youbeomc one of US instead we can talk and let both had freedom to change

what is good out of all communication is ADOPTATION with existing circumstance

when you hear somehting for first time you may defence it is like eating food for first time you may not like for first time later
you mayused to it if you do not have too much choose to pick it

adoptation of human in one land and survival
as you can see war in all workd and russia
and Gorgia and Iraq and Ifaganstain
proof people conflct is end deadly or civil fight
it measn not adopt to each otehr yet.
but always there is way to cut and past to made two person not kill each otehr but also adopt to each toehr right or give each ohter some step back not gounder skin of each other

some times freedom is trickly such
Russian reveng tehy give freedom and seperation
tehn when all names was clear they kill htem all

this is like God father movie of peace of two eneymy then just know each otehr tactis to one kill ohteer person like animal or speices

now we are talking not to for eRUssion revenge we are talking for survibal and no way to made both get adopt to each other and agree some and not do all in the way stay in survie with each otehr in peacfull land or at least pretend they are in peace.

Posted by: haye at August 13, 2008 11:11 PM

Whe the author describes the lecture, I am sympathetic.

When he says things like “'Don’t you understand what it is like for a Jewish author whose grandparents were gassed in Auschwitz to be called a ‘f****** Jew’ at a lecture?'”, He starts to sound like a CJC-style race-baiter.

I don't know what to think.

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