Steynianism 16.0 [UPDATED]

“The aim of a large swathe of the left is not to win the debate but to get it cancelled before it starts. You can do that in any number of ways — busting up campus appearances by conservatives, “hate crimes” laws, Canada’s ghastly human-rights commissions…” — Mark Steyn

~ “MARK STEYN & THE THOUGHT POLICE”: The Economist on Islam and phobias …. (economist.com)

~ BISHOP FRED HENRY calls for overhaul of human rights commissions. Bishop Henry Adds His Own to the Voices Crying out Against Canada’s Human Rights Tribunals. There IS someone left to speak out, By Paul Schratz …. (canadianchristianity.com)

~ WAH, BOO HOO: “The leader of the Canadian Islamic Congress is complaining that the Harper government won’t give him the time of day. Good for the Harper government.” The money-‘graf: “There’s more than a half million Muslims in Canada, and they are an important constituency. They deserve to be heard. It would be foolish politically for governments to ignore them. Clearly, however, the Harper government is confident that the Canadian Islamic Congress is but a marginal voice within the larger Canadian-Muslim population” …. (canada.ca)

~ SHAIDLE: “Like” does not, in fact, cure “like”– Saith KS: “If your response to the Maclean’s/ Steyn case isn’t tainted with outrage, sarcasm and a profound sense of urgency, there is something wrong with you. Your priorities are warped. As warped as the complainants’ and their apologists.” More recent comments here; and Bishop Henry for Pope! …. (shaidle)

~ EZRA LEVANT: “My visit to a kangaroo court”; and comments ensue on this article …. (ezralevant)

~ HARPER’S Human Rights Commission; My Catholic Brethren and the Star Chamber Few …. (socon.ca)

~ INTIMIDATION: Muslims Sue Demographic Fact– “What’s next? Suing geology books that say the earth is round?” Muslims sue over book’s birthrate warning …. (bloggernews, doctorbulldog)

~ DEBORAH GYAPONG Steyn links; and Censure vs. censorship: “Mr. Simard is now experiencing the power of censure. Why can’t he see that he can use the same power of censure to rebut Mark Steyn’s arguments one by one? All the censure does is cost Simard some embarrassment and unwanted notoriety. It won’t cost him his job, his livelihood, or his conscience rights. It won’t force him to pay a huge fine, or put into his privately owned publication words that he would never choose to publish on his own” …. (deborahgyapong.blog)

~ LAW-R-COOL— Even Jihadists Have the Right of Free Speech. And don’t forget: “because a large number of people visited the site, disagreed, and left a wide range of interesting comments Unfortunately, due to abuse of the option in the past on this subject, comments will be closed.” …. (lawiscool.com)

~ IN OTHER NEWS— The State of the Website is Free; CHRC Attack on Free Dominion: Index Page …. (freedominion, socon.ca)

~ THE ADVENTURES in Broken Logic Continues; The “Responsibility” of Free Speech; and “Let us not confuse who the ‘good guys’ are here” …. (noncogent.blog)

~ LAW IS COOL ADMIN: “We know Steyn is a sexist and a chauvinist, but we absolutely love the assumptions he makes.” What is this, Grade 3 on the playground? While we’re at it.. lessee– he’s also a hirsute thespian, a flagrant monogamist, a non-elitist majoritarian, and an unapologetic bibliophiliac. Neener neener NE-E-E-Ener! …. (LawIsCool)

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“If it takes force to impose your ideas on your fellow man,
there is something wrong with your ideas.
If you are willing to use force
to impose your ideas on your fellow man…
there is something wrong with you.”

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