Steve Thompson wrote:
In local.lists.cypherpunks-moderated you write:
http://cgi.pathfinder.com/netly/editorial/0,1012,1561,00.html The Netly News Network (http://netlynews.com/) "A lot of people think this case is about censoring the Net," said Bernie Farber, national director of community relations for the Canadian Jewish Congress. "It isn't. It's about a Canadian violating Canadian law. In Canada and in every other Western democracy but the U.S., there are limits to free speech and one of those points is vilification.
I took a short 'course' on hate-crimes in downtown Toronto where this goof was the speaker. In very short order, I had decided that his agenda was merely to be in some small position of authority. He's a pro-censorship freak who wants to protect the chiiillldreeeen from views he doesn't like. It was quite amusing to pin him down a little -- he squirmed and stated that he _did_ want the government to protect him from things he didn't want to hear; in a rather shrill tone. It made me laugh in retrospect but at the time I was, I confess, shocked -- having encountered such idiocy only in print or on USENET.
After the government has finished arming park rangers, as well as all federal daycare workers and filing clerks, I suppose they will begin giving surplus military weapons to USENET censors, and the like, and deputizing them so that they can legally enforce their own narrow views.
It boggles the mind.
Hey! Watch your language, pal. You can't say 'boggles' on a family list! BogglesMonger