But what happens to your equation construct if you change KKK to NAMBLA". The letter "L" stands for love, not hate, so how does that fit into your "equation"?
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She might as well stay home?
Francois Houle, vice-president academic and provost, advises Ms. Coulter, who holds a law degree, to review Canada's hate speech and defamation laws before giving her talk at the university.
In an email sent to Ms. Coulter on Friday, a copy of which has been obtained by the National Post, Mr. Houle wrote: "Our domestic laws, both provincial and federal, delineate freedom of expression (or "free speech") in a manner that is somewhat different than the approach taken in the United States. I therefore encourage you to educate yourself, if need be, as to what is acceptable in Canada and to do so before your planned visit here."
He continued, "Promoting hatred against any identifiable group would not only be considered inappropriate, but could in fact lead to criminal charges."
After also mentioning defamation law, the provost wrote, "I therefore ask you, while you are a guest on our campus, to weigh your words with respect and civility in mind."
Notice they said "please"
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some guy who spends half a day at the NAACP
and the other half at the local KKK centre
and for what it's worth....
the KKK is worth it's weight in petrified yak dung
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but not a double standard.
No matter what your opinion of the KKK, you are still practicing hate speech against them. Just because YOU don't like them doesn't make it all right. If it were another group you would probably consider such speech a crime. That's what's wrong.
Ever hear of "equal justice under the law?"
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valuable to paleontologists and paleobotanists. The KKK on the other hand is about as valuable as the collected mumblings of Glenn Beck.
http://watch.thecomedynetwork.ca/#clip276647
Jon Stewart does Glenn Beck.
Rob
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...quickly the subject moved from freedom of speech to hate speech? Liberals like to do that. Anything they disagree with is "hate" speech.
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quickly the subject moved from freedom of speech to hate speech?
James, James, James, you should say
You notice how quickly the subject moved from hate speech to freedom of speech?
Why? you may ask.
Because IN the Very first post, the Original Post one of the lines in the first paragraph is
advises Ms. Coulter, who holds a law degree, to review Canada's hate speech
SO "Hate Speech " is open for discussion,
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went from that to accusations of "hate speech" even before anything was said.
http://www.glennbeck.com/content/videos/
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No Freedom of Speech in Canada and the American Dream is dead....It's a wonder he wants to get out of bed in the morning.
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Any race is identifiable. Any religious group is identifiable by its place of worship. Some gay people are believed to be identifiable by their behaviour, or where they hang out.
I got chased by 4 teenagers after I left a friend's apartment in the gay village in Toronto. Neither he, who was not present nor I who was wearing a new suede jacket my wife gave me for Christmas, are gay. I made it to the Subway and they sheered off because I hung around the ticket seller rather than going immediately down to track level.
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...thick skull? She didn't call them up and ask to speak there. She was INVITED to speak there. BEFORE she gave any speech there the haters came out to do their usual thing of trying to quelch any speech that MIGHT occur they MIGHT disagree with, because they prefer to gnash their teeth and stop their ears lest they hear any truth.
The Canadians there at the university have shown a rudeness that goes beyond anything they feel a right to accuse her of. Atrocious on their part actually. Other Canadians should be ashamed of them.
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I don't know what she was going to say. Neither did they unless she issued some sort of syllabus prior.
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Ever see that movie Carrie? Worked to have her be homecoming queen so they could then embarass her publicly?
Sounds like the invitation may have been given with an ulterior motive already in motion on part of University personnel.
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