Human Rights "Violations": A Blast from the Past

Do you remember the whole "Danish Cartoons" controversy a few years ago? Well, today in Calgary, Ezra Levant, the publisher of the now non-existent Western Standard magazine, has to appear in front of the Alberta Human Rights Commission to defend himself because of this letter:
I encourage you to click on the image above to read it in full or you can go here to view the PDF containing it. But here are some excerpts:

• "[The] Western Standard printed extremely racist, hateful and insulting cartoons depicting Prophet Muhammad (...) as a terrorist, violent and immoral person."
• "This false depiction of my Prophet and my ancestor has publicized me and my family as someone related to a terrorist and the followers of a terrorist."
• "These cartoons have sighted violence, hate and discrimination against my family and me."
• "We feel that our human rights have been violated."
• "Our rights as Canadians and Albertans have been violated."
• "These cartoons have created unbearable stress, humiliation and insult for my family and me."

Okay, let's all say it together: "GIVE ME A BREAK!!!"

In case you never saw them, here are the cartoons.

I, for one, eagerly await the verdict of this Kangaroo Court. It almost seems like the perfect premise for an hilarious Seinfeld episode, if it wasn't so incredibly serious. Your Freedom of Speech and mine is under attack. If you don't speak out against this travesty then you are giving tacit approval to it.

Canadian Media Bias: Finally a way to fight back!

In today's modern world, it seems that everyone in every profession is just one step or one quote away from being hung out to dry by the court of political correctness. From my vantage point in Vancouver, BC, Canada, just in the past week this would include:

• The 3 members of the commission that examined wage increases for the BC politicians
• The RCMP, for apparent contradictions in the Air India inquiry
• The head of the 2010 Olympics, John Furlong
• A Vancouver bus driver, who was pushed too far by a con man / thug
  
• The head of the Coast Mountain Bus Company, Denis Clements
  
• Every politician at every level

Yes indeed, everyone is held accountable for everything they say except for . . . journalists. They can say anything they want, no matter how factually incorrect, no matter how biased (I'm not talking about editorialists), and yet absolutely nothing happens to them.

Have you ever read something that is supposed to be N-E-W-S and yet clearly is an editorial, either by what's said or what's deliberately left out? Well, now you can seek a little revenge.

The Western Standard Magazine is hosting a contest for the most biased new reports in Canada. You can submit your nomination here, as well as vote on others that have already been submitted by others.