National Review Online, the Internet version of the venerable conservative magazine National Review, has offered its defense of its embattled reporter Mark Steyn.
Steyn has been on trial before a human rights tribunal in British Columbia for 'inciting Islamophobia' resulting from the reprinting of excerpts from Steyn's book in the Canadian magazine Mclean's.
The book catalogues the growth and influence of radical Islam in Europe.
Muslim groups in Canada were offended. And thus, they began a search for a venue that would take seriously their charge of Islamophobia, and they found one in the human rights tribunal in British Columbia.
As you will see for yourself in the report issued by National Review, the government's case against Steyn has been a joke. The entire fiasco would be laughable were it not deadly serious. Freedom of speech and freedom of the press are at stake.
Even so, most of the media, including most bloggers, have been totally silent on Steyn's plight and Canada's shame.
The article linked below, written collectively by the editors at National Review, is must-reading for anyone who values basic, fundamental human rights.
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NTY3NGU4ZDJmNDM1OWVkZmYwMjUzYTJiM2JlYmQ5Y2Q=
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Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Friday, June 06, 2008
Canadian Totalitarianism
Canada marches toward totalitarianism as it attempts to squelch free speech. The country has already essentially robbed the citizens of their gun rights, and now it appears the speech-and-thought gestapo are alive and well, and with the power of the government behind them.
Totalitarian governments do these sorts of things, not free ones. Whether they are Communist or Nazi, totalitarianism first robs citizens of their gun rights and then goes after their freedom of speech.
The record of history is our guide.
Mark Steyn is a reporter/commentator for the U.S. political magazine, National Review, which was founded by conservative icon William F. Buckley, Jr. in the 1950s. Steyn is on trial before a so-called 'human rights tribunal' in British Columbia over a piece he wrote on the oppressive influence of Islam in Europe. The article first appeared in National Review, but the story was picked up by a Canadian publication, 'McLean's,' and now both Steyn and the magazine are in deep trouble.
The Canadian government seems to believe that Steyn is 'guilty' of the 'crime' of 'Islamophobia.'
Radical Muslim groups in Canada are responsible for the prosecution of Steyn, given that they were 'offended' by the article he wrote.
Canada has been on the downhill slide for a number of years with regard to basic human rights. Its citizens no longer have the basic right to self-defense, and its 'human rights tribunals' are going after those who exercise their free speech in being critical of things deemed to be 'politically incorrect.'
If Steyn is convicted of his heinous crime against humanity (said with tongue firmly planted in cheek), it will be literally the end of freedom of speech in Canada, thanks to the speech-and-thought police of the politically correct movement...and their supporters in radical Islam.
Read the entire report on Mark Steyn at National Review here:
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YTUyMDU3ZmE0N2E4YjJlNmQxNGRlMWRiYTI3NjA0NjI=
Totalitarian governments do these sorts of things, not free ones. Whether they are Communist or Nazi, totalitarianism first robs citizens of their gun rights and then goes after their freedom of speech.
The record of history is our guide.
Mark Steyn is a reporter/commentator for the U.S. political magazine, National Review, which was founded by conservative icon William F. Buckley, Jr. in the 1950s. Steyn is on trial before a so-called 'human rights tribunal' in British Columbia over a piece he wrote on the oppressive influence of Islam in Europe. The article first appeared in National Review, but the story was picked up by a Canadian publication, 'McLean's,' and now both Steyn and the magazine are in deep trouble.
The Canadian government seems to believe that Steyn is 'guilty' of the 'crime' of 'Islamophobia.'
Radical Muslim groups in Canada are responsible for the prosecution of Steyn, given that they were 'offended' by the article he wrote.
Canada has been on the downhill slide for a number of years with regard to basic human rights. Its citizens no longer have the basic right to self-defense, and its 'human rights tribunals' are going after those who exercise their free speech in being critical of things deemed to be 'politically incorrect.'
If Steyn is convicted of his heinous crime against humanity (said with tongue firmly planted in cheek), it will be literally the end of freedom of speech in Canada, thanks to the speech-and-thought police of the politically correct movement...and their supporters in radical Islam.
Read the entire report on Mark Steyn at National Review here:
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YTUyMDU3ZmE0N2E4YjJlNmQxNGRlMWRiYTI3NjA0NjI=
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
The Political Elites vs. the Common Citizenry
Washington, DC (TLS). John Derbyshire at National Review has a most interesting article today about the immigration problem in America.
However, he says that a problem that is every bit as serious as illegal aliens is the fact that average Americans overwhelmingly OPPOSE a bill that their elected officials want desperately to pass.
In short, the elites and the commoners are poles apart on this issue. Increasingly, average voters are treated by their elected representatives as ignorant hayseeds who obviously don't know what's good for them.
And guess who's about to win this test of the wills? The immigration/amnesty bill proposed by Ted Kennedy, John McCain, and supported by President Bush and others from both Parties, has been resurrected and has a good chance of passing.
The voters be damned.
Read Derbyshire's gripping analysis of the problem here:
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MGJhODZlNTUxYmYxNDEyNjU3NTc5ZjM2ODY5M2UzMGM=
However, he says that a problem that is every bit as serious as illegal aliens is the fact that average Americans overwhelmingly OPPOSE a bill that their elected officials want desperately to pass.
In short, the elites and the commoners are poles apart on this issue. Increasingly, average voters are treated by their elected representatives as ignorant hayseeds who obviously don't know what's good for them.
And guess who's about to win this test of the wills? The immigration/amnesty bill proposed by Ted Kennedy, John McCain, and supported by President Bush and others from both Parties, has been resurrected and has a good chance of passing.
The voters be damned.
Read Derbyshire's gripping analysis of the problem here:
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MGJhODZlNTUxYmYxNDEyNjU3NTc5ZjM2ODY5M2UzMGM=
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