[The Pack Knight]

This is the latest in a series of articles by NY Times legal correspondent Adam Liptak called "American Exception", in which he examines "commonplace aspects of the American justice system that are virtually unique in the world." Previous entries have included many of the left's greatest hits, such as America's unusually high incarceration rate, as well as issues like election of judges, punitive damages, and for-profit bail bondsmen.

In this entry, he examines how speech which is criminalized as "hate speech" in most of the West is protected by the First Amendment in the United States. Now, I'll leave it to you, the reader, to determine which model the author, as well as the NY Times editorial board, prefers. Suffice it to say, however, that when the NY Times contrasts the US with Western Europe and Canada on an issue, it's typically not meant as a compliment to the US.

Perhaps not so ironically, the article which McLeans was being prosecuted for is an excerpt from "America Alone" by Mark Steyn.

[Dixie Yooper]

I guess there is a difference between being a subject and a citizen.

[bamahead]

Related threads:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2030546/posts

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2030546/posts

The article first appeared in the Intl. Herald Tribune (yesterday), which is the overseas print of the NYT.

[BillT]

Sadly, free speech has gone the way of the DoDo bird. It is not called hate speech and is forbidden.

There is not much left of the US Constitution or the Amendments.

Very Sad!

[joma89]

If we lose the Bill of Rights, we all mind as well pack it up and go home. Totalitarianism is the next step and it will happen very quickly!

JoMa