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To: tumblindice

Canada didn’t accuse Steyn of anything.

The federal Canadian Human Rights Commission dismissed the Canadian Islamic Congress’ complaint against Maclean’s in June 2008. The Commission ruled that overall, “the views expressed in the Steyn article, when considered as a whole and in context, are not of an extreme nature, as defined by the Supreme Court’


9 posted on 09/07/2012 5:06:50 PM PDT by Snowyman
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To: Snowyman

The hell they didn’t.
Read the prologue to his 2006 book: charges were pending at that time and he was facing prosecution for “hate speech.”
So they were dismissed.
It’s an odd set of laws where a writer can be fined and even imprisoned for expressing a political opinion, if that opinion offends an easily offended ideology like Islam.
Canada is too much like England.


16 posted on 09/07/2012 7:32:45 PM PDT by tumblindice (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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