THOUGHT POLICE ACTIVE IN CANADA

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[BeAllYouCanBe]

THOUGHT POLICE ACTIVE IN CANADA WEB SITE ORDERED SHUT DOWN FOR OFFENDING HOMOSEXUALS

By David M. Bresnahan August 25, 2002 NewsWithViews.com

OTTAWA, Canada -- The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT) Tuesday ordered an Internet site to cease publishing information offensive to homosexuals.

Canada protects homosexuality as a lifestyle. Clergy and others have been cited for speaking out against homosexuality. The current action by the Tribunal may be seen by homosexual activists as a clear signal that opposition to homosexuality on the Internet can be stopped in Canada.

The Tribunal ordered John Micka, as well as Machiavelli and Associates Emprize Inc., Joanne Vestvik and Ken Fast to immediately cease communicating 'hate' messages on a web site known as the CitizensResearchInst.com.

The action came as the result of a complaint to the Canadian Human Rights Commission in 1999 and 2000, claiming that Mark Schnell, a homosexual, was discriminated against by the web site.

In his complaint, Schnell said the site exposed "persons to hatred and contempt based on their sexual orientation." Schnell said that comments on the site were "offensive and derogatory, and that these messages implied that homosexuals are paedophiles."

In reaching his finding, Tribunal Chair Grant Sinclair emphasized that, "If the telephone is ideally suited to spread prejudicial ideas, the Internet is even better positioned. It is a very public form of communication, inexpensive, easily accessed, and can communicate many messages simultaneously to a world-wide audience."

Mary Gusella, newly appointed Chief Commissioner of the Canadian Human Rights Commission, echoed the Tribunal's concerns. She said that the Commission had a message for operators of hate Web sites. "Spreading hate is against the law in this country and will not be tolerated," stressed the Chief Commissioner, "and we will continue to serve the interests of Canadians by ensuring that meritorious complaints are reviewed by the Tribunal."

© David M. Bresnahan - All Rights Reserved

[BeAllYouCanBe]

We knew this was coming and here it is!!

[BenLurkin]

Gads, what a sick place Canada is!

[BeAllYouCanBe]

Canada will the last person to leave please turn off the lights.

[fporretto]

"To say A has a right to B's approval is to say that B has no right to his own opinion." -- Thomas Sowell.

Canada has apparently lost all objectively defensible notions of what constitutes a right. But in this regard they're only a couple of decades beyond us... unless some sort of ethical and intellectual renaissance takes place in the intervening years.

Freedom, Wealth, and Peace,
Francis W. Porretto
Visit the Palace Of Reason: http://palaceofreason.com

[sauropod]

And exactly why should we want to emulate Canada ? 'Pod

[Khepera]

No free speech in Canada.

[billbears]

No free speech soon enough in these United States either I fear. Why don't we just take out everything from His Word that offends anyone? I imagine what's left would fit nicely into a little Red Book

[BenLurkin]

Nicely said and right on point.

[BeAllYouCanBe]

"I imagine what's left would fit nicely into a little
Red Book"

What's left is always wrong!

Of course if the Koran is the source then thats OK, we've got to be sensitive, Eh!

[sackofcatfood]

"WARNING !

This site contains material that is deemed offensive by homosexual pedophiles.
"This site was 'amended' as of August 25 2002""

Hehe. I'm mirroring it right now. Anything that irks Canadians is A-OK with me. :)

[PatrioticAmerican]

Canada isn't the only counry withou free speech.

[Sunsong]

Canada is a pretty scarry place these days. Socialism is embraced. Free speech is curtailed. No real defense of the nation. What next???

[Lion's Cub]

Amazing. And funny. It ought to increase actual violence against homos by a pretty large degree. People denied their right to dissent peacefully have no other mode of expression. And these idiots think they have won...

[Nogbad]

bump

[NapaCA]

I'd need to see this website before I jump to any conclusions. If it merely posted objections to the homosexual lifestyle then shutting it down was wrong. If it advocated, supported or encouraged acts of violence against homosexuals or their dwellings then it was rightfully shut down.

I see no evidence in either case, therefore I cannot align myself with the comments others have made on this thread.

[BeAllYouCanBe]

"And these idiots think they have won..."

Repression from the left is much more pronounced in Canada then in the US but we are moving that direction. As others have pointed out on this post it could come to this in the US. Living in California where every accomodation is made to the Gay lobby and gayness is taught in the schools we’ll soon have to watch out what we post.

In truth I could never even mention my objection to the gay lifestyle at work. I have already been fired from a job because of the intolerance of flaming gay boss.

[BeAllYouCanBe]

"before I jump to any conclusions"

Good you're not a knee-jerk conservative. You can’t see the site because it is closed.

But I will bet $1,000,000 (Canadian) that a NAMBLA (North American Man Boy Love) web site operates in Canada.

[Abcdefg]

Why don't you go take a look then?

[nmh]

No matter what "man" demands or says, homosexuality is evil. Someday the Judeo Christian God willbring justice to this abnormal lifestyle. If you want to call my words, "hate speech", go ahead. I speak the truth and the author of that timeless truth is God.

[Snowyman]

You can’t see the site because it is closed.

Site is not closed, www.CitizensResearchInst.com.