Re: Canada to Start Punishing People for Pre-Crime

On Mar 29, 2024 at 9:46:57 PM PDT, ""Adam H. Kerman"" <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
 

BTR1701  <atropos@mac.com> wrote:

On Mar 11, 2024 at 10:03:25 PM PDT, "BTR1701" <no_email@invalid.invalid>
wrote:
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  Locking people up for crimes they might commit and life in prison for hate
  speech. Looks like Canadia is well on its way to the Putin-level
  authoritarianism.
    If this bill passes, you'll get significantly more time in prison in Canada
  for making a racist comment than you you will for raping a child.
    Progressivism!

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Now not even truth is a defense to the Canadian thought police:
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"I agree with the argument that the quest for truth is an essential component
of the 'marketplace of ideas' which is itself central to a strong democracy,"
Justice Marshall Rothstein writes.
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Unfortunately for Canadians who value the truth, Rothstein went on to say
that
doesn't mean you won't face sanctions for uttering words that are true.
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"However I do not think it is inconsistent with these views to find that not
all truthful statements must be free from restriction. Truthful statement can
be interlaced with harmful ones or otherwise presented in a manner that would
meet the definition of hate speech."
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The ruling stems from the case of Bill Whatcott, an activist opposed to
homosexuality being taught in schools. Supporters of this decision will say
that Whatcott's words hurt people and that he was spreading hatred, something
the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal disagreed with.
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But none of that matters now-- Whatcott's pamphlets are irrelevant. From this
day forward, Canadians can be hauled before the various human rights bodies
and face fines, prohibitions on future speech, and other sanctions-- and
claiming that what they said was true will not matter. Neither will intent.

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Schenck lives! The Canadian judiciary has embraced the 14 1/2 amendment.
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All hail moviePig.

 May peace be upon him.