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"A time is coming when men will go mad, and when they see someone who is not mad, they will attack him saying, 'You are mad, you are not like us'." --- St Antony of Egypt

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Archive for November 4th, 2008

Restricting speech on the road to utopia

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

Chronicle Herald columnist Paul Schneidereit heard Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission director and CEO Krista Daley speak at both free speech discussions held in Halifax in recent days.  Like Ezra Levant, he is deeply troubled by Ms Daley’s belief that Canada’s human rights bureaucracies are on the side of the angels.
In Daley’s world, based on [...]

Binks asks a question, but gets no response

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

Near the end of the morning session at the Joseph Howe Symposium, the mighty Binky made his way to the microphone and posed a question to the panelists: Wayne MacKay, Krista Daley, and Noa Mendelsohn Aviv.  My recorder wasn’t on at that time (to save the battery), so I paraphrase from memory.  He said something [...]

Have grievances, will travel

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

A peripatetic grievance-monger named Asaf Rashid showed up at the Joseph Howe Symposium last Saturday and attempted to shout down Margaret Wente as she was about to deliver her keynote address.  When she came to the podium and was introduced, he stood up and started ranting at the top of his lungs, calling her a [...]

Mark Mercer’s speaking notes

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

Dr Mark Mercer was kind enough to send me his speaking notes from the free speech debate held last Thursday, 30 October.  The debate was sponsored by the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Public Affairs (CCEPA) and held at St Mary’s University.  The document is posted here in Word format for downloading.
I blogged the debate [...]