What a strange place Canada is

The Globe & Mail ^ | January 21, 2008 | EZRA LEVANT

[investigateworld]

Correct.

[Saoirise]

A penny for your thoughts Ms.McGovern

[who_would_fardels_bear]

"watch the movie minority report and decide for yourself if the stuff in that move will NOT happen in our lifetime"

I was so looking forward to Minority Report. I thought that the government would be able to predict crimes ahead of time by way of recording as much as possible and running it through a very sophisticated computer algorithm.

Instead we got some freakish mermaid and mermen in a bog predicting the future a la Jonathan Edwards or Uri Geller.

No, thank God, Minority Report will never happen.

But an Orwellian state where the government is constantly gathering info, and then processes it effectively to control our lives is definitely in the cards.

[444Flyer]

“A penny for your thoughts Ms. McGovern.”

Yea, wouldn’t that be interesting. She’s probably thinking, “Do I have roast beef or turkey sandwich for lunch,” clueless to the fact that her own freedoms are disintegrating along with her fellow Canadians. I have a feeling this case and it’s outcome will have huge repercussions shortly down the road. It’s the “little” stories like Ezra’s that tend to fit into the larger picture of a nation’s overall history.

When you look at it and think about the big picture this should scare the bejeebas out of everyone. Most Americans would say, “A little known magazine owner in Canada, so what.” People better wake up to this in the States and fast.

[Kickass Conservative]

This will be happening here as soon as this country elects the Dimocrat nominee for POTUS.
With the Rats controlling Congress and the Presidency, the Fairness Doctrine will only be the first step that will lead to the end of free speech in this country.

[johnthebaptistmoore]

I want Tom Cruise to be arrested in my lifetime. That would be a good “popcorn moment” right there!

[Sam Gamgee]

And Stephen Harper had a chance to at least reform the CHRC but instead appointed 2 liberal lawyers to run the thing. Rumor is he is telling his Minister’s like Baird to keep silent and not make an issue of this attack on free speech. Harper a conservative? No. Coward? Yes.