Comments on: Krista Daley’s opening remarks

By: R. Craigen

R. Craigen — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:35:04 +0000

I thought being articulate was a prerequisite to receiving society’s imprimatur for pronouncing judgements that may seriously affect the lives of citizens. Or, failing that, at least a basic familiarity with the rules of English grammar and the fundamentals of rhetoric. I could hardly understand half this lady’s points. The harder I tried to parse some sentences the worse my impression became.

As far as I can make out she’s saying, (1) These laws have been established for a long time and are spelled out in great detail, so don’t worry, they are not arbitrary; (2) We hardly ever, very rarely, and almost never have to use them, so what’s all the fuss?; and (3) if you just took up quilting you’d better understand why we must have a vast patchwork of laws obtained by cutting pieces out of useful things that have outlived their purposes and pasting them willy-nilly over other patches until they make patterns that the right people happen to find aesthetically pleasing, and why freedom of speech is no more important than the freedom not to be offended by someone else’s speech — they’re just two interchangeable patches in the quilt…

I’m not sure on the last point. Perhaps someone could help me out.

I’m a bit surprised at some points I did understand, particularly her citation from a 1967 Nova Scotia act of Parliament:

..basis of protected characteristics in the Nova Scotia Human Rights Act, which are the usual list of protected characteristics: sex, race, religion, sexual orientation, and disabilities.

I had no idea that Nova Scotia was so hip. Even the 1982 Charter of Rights and Freedoms, dated 15 years later, does not mention “sexual orientation”! It’s a good thing Ms. Daley is on the case providing a clearer picture of the evolution of rights legislation in Canada.

By: DavidL

DavidL — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 03:37:33 +0000

I suspect that the lack of responses here to Daley’s remarks is because others, like me, are left speechless by them.

It is difficult to believe that people such as Krista Daley that have such distorted views of reality and are able to corrupt the message of even such a simple thing as a T-Shirt caricature have been granted such extraordinary powers to wreak havoc on our peaceful and congenial multi-cultural society.

By: Malcolm Smith

Malcolm Smith — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 12:20:27 +0000

I would have thought the wording of the Novia Scotia law which she quotes is quite clear. It would mean you couldn’t write an advertisement, or put up a notice, saying (for example): “No black women need apply.” That would indicate discrimination or intention to discriminate.
It would not mean printing a caricature of a black woman. That doesn’t indicate any discrimination or intention to discriminate at all.

By: Steynian 278 « Free Canuckistan!

Steynian 278 « Free Canuckistan! — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:35:45 +0000

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