Steynianism 26.0

“The greatest evil is not done in those sordid dens of evil that Dickens loved to paint … but is conceived and ordered (moved, seconded, carried and minuted) in clear, carpeted, warmed, well-lighted offices, by quiet men with white collars and cut fingernails and smooth-shaven cheeks who do not need to raise their voices.“

— C.S. Lewis. Via

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~ REMEMBER your actionables: write, call , speak out, letters to the editor (and remember to mention the url FreeMarkSteyn.com in all of them). The ‘Echo-Chamber’ effect of the blogosphere is not enough to bring about real-world change. It’s our country, and our freedom to lose. Get to work …. (FreeMarkSteyn.com)

~ FRESH WebElf Report BlogRoll News, just up on our other (main) news-site. You will go, and you will read, and you will enjoy, and then you will have become part of our ever-growing army of predead minions. Muwahahaha …. (We Personally, Our Own Selves)

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~ STEYN: STUDENTS AGAINST FREE SPEECH: Ryerson’s public forum …. (SteynOnline)

~ SALIM MANSUR: Assault goes beyond violence– “Since 9/11 it is transparently clear the assault against the West by Islamists is not limited to indiscriminate violence” …. (proudtobecanadian)

~ GOT COJONES? Toronto conservative enters the radical Muslim lion’s den. PS: Mike Brock taped 30 minutes of this one-sided “public forum” on the Steyn/Maclean’s case. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN (30 minutes 49 seconds). Lots more recent goodness on Steyn/ Levant over on his blog: check it out …. (rightwingnews, sda)

~ STANLEY KURTZ @ NROTC: Battleground MSM …. (nro)

~ SHAIDLE: “See? Jews DO run the media!!” and “”I can’t wait for the new CBC drama series… “Steacy of the HRC!” …. (5fof)

~ VIA DEBORAH GYAPONG— “Anti-Catholics want to take away our school boards. Annoying, yes. But groups that want to take away Catholics’ and all other Canadians’ freedom of speech are frightening.” …. (deborahgyapong.blog)

~ MICHAEL COREN: “Human rights are a funny old thing.” Direct link …. (5fof)

~ HUMAN RIGHTS: THE DREAM THAT HAS BECOME A NIGHTMARE— “Siggy just found this YouTube video that unequivocally demonstrates the complete and absolute moral bankruptcy of the United Nations–particularly the Council on “Human Rights” and the current president of that council, Ambassador Luis Alfonso de Alba of Mexico” …. (drsanity.blog)

~ PAPIST BLOGGER MARK SHEA: “How can I simultaneously admire Levant and criticize Goldberg?”; and “Pete Vere Chronicles the Vicissitudes in Soviet Canuckistan”; and “The SLAPP Happy ACLU and the Canadian Human Rights Commission Want Believers to Whisper.. I tend to be more the sort of person who chooses to shout in reply, “Go the hell!” …. (CAEI)

~ JASON KENNEY is not intimidated by law clerk Khurrum Awan …. (stevejanke)

~ MIKE BROCK’S adventures among the pro-censorship, anti-Steyn Muslims. Via …. (5fof)

~ PAGING EGYPTIAN-BORN Mohamed Elmasry: In Egypt, only Muslims enjoy freedom of religion. In other news, 4th-century Egyptian monastery attacked by armed Muslims. We await your insightful comments, professor …. (magicstatistics)

~ GIRL GOT SPINE— “I was not born in the West,” says Ayaan Hirsi Ali, “I was raised with the code of Islam, and indoctrinated into a tribal mind-set. Yet I have changed” …. (nytimes)

~ MUSLIMS AGAINST SHARIA: Can’t say “Islamist Terrorism” in Dallas/Fort Worth. And Steyn/ Levant aren’t alone: Islamofascist-Dhimmi Axis Assault on Free Speech: Latest Casualties. Muslims Against Sharia in the Media …. (muslimsagainstsharia.blog)

~ WHAT’S WRONG with the World Looks at the case of Major Stephen Coughlin… a Pentagon analyst fired for stating the bleedin’ obvious …. (markshea.blog)

~ MARK D. TOOLEY: “When others in his church and nation are often blinded by multiculturalism and rigid political correctness, the Church of England’s ethnically Pakistani Bishop of Rochester often speaks boldly. His recent column in The Daily Telegraph warning against encroaching self-segregation and even the growing practice of Islamic Sharia law within British Islamic communities has aroused the ire of some Muslim clerics in Britain” …. (frontpagemag)

~ IN THE UNTIED STATES Why We Whisper: Restoring Our Right to Say It’s Wrong, By Jim DeMint and J. David Woodard …. (firstthings)

~ MELANIE PHILLIPS ON THE ROT in Great Britain– Slouching towards dhimmocracy; No-go for British society; The plot against the Queen …. (spectator)

~ REVISIT: “‘The Muslim Libel Cases’: Nothing Less Than ‘Legal Jihad'” …. (freedomszone)

~ SPOT THE DIFFERENCE: Hate Speech in Europe …. (brusselsjournal)

~ HMMMM— Will pro-lifers be hauled before HRCs for asking a question …. (soberingthoughts.blog)

~ OUT OF THE ECHO CHAMBER: CALGARY— Alan Borovoy, Canada’s best-known civil libertarian, will be in Calgary on January 24 to speak on the key issues facing us as we try to balance free speech and freedom from discrimination. He will be joined by Stephen Ward, Professor of Journalism Ethics at UBC, and Michael Vonn of the B.C. Civil Liberties Association for a panel discussion on “What happened to Freedom of Speech?” Offensive speech: What’s legal? What’s ethical? sponsored by the Sheldon Chumir Foundation for Ethics in Leadership.

— It would be nice if we could get someone there to report back; and maybe even to ask Mr. Borovoy what he thinks of the use versus abuse of the HRCs in the Steyn & Levant cases. Thanks, Eileen R.! …. (chumirethicsfoundation)

~ SIGN THE STEYN PETITION! ~

Ezra Levant News

~ VIA EZRA: MARK STEYN in Maclean’s magazine …. (ezralevant.com)

~ THOSE EZ VIDS: Nothing Short of Incredible, By Joshua Claybourn. Via …. (intheagora, theatlantic)

~ DREHER: EzraLevant, Free Man of the West …. (beliefnet.com)

~ VIA KATE @ SDA: comments on ‘How do we break out of the echo chamber?’ …. (smalldeadanimals)

~ COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG— The “Cartoon Jihad” – The Lie That Doesn’t Die …. (counterterrorismblog)

~ REMEMBER: “On the one hand, Islam is flawless. On the other hand, it’s all the fault of the West” …. (markshea.blog)

~ SELF-PARODY WATCH: “You’d think a man most famous in the Canadian blogosphere for threatening lawsuits would be more careful about this kind of thing”; Levant and “hypocrisy” …. (damianpenny)

~ FIRST THINGS: Human Rights vs. Free Speech, by Nathaniel Peters …. (firstthings.com)

~ PENTAGON JIHAD— Saving Major Coughlin. Fitzgerald: Coughlin and rage …. (frontpagemag, jihadwatch)

~ SIGCARLFRED— “It is true that Muslims perceive themselves as persecuted and ‘outside’ the mainstream. It is certainly true that many Muslims are victims of racism. In that, they are certainly not unique. However, rather than try and overcome stereotypes and work towards a better life (as did the Irish, Italians, Jews, Greeks, Asians and every other minority in free societies), Muslims are turning en masse to radical Islam as they search for an identity. That is a far easier endeavor than actually working towards a better life” …. (sigcarlfred.blog)

~ UNELECTED “experts” destroying credibility of human rights …. (magicstatistics)

~ DHIMMITUDE in Belarus: Editor gets three years in prison for publishing Muhammad cartoon …. (jihadwatch, jihadwatch)