Steynianism 17.0

~ THANKS TO AN ANONYMOUS DONOR, we now have another official address: http://www.freemarksteyn.com .. change your bookmarks, spread the word! …. (freemarksteyn.com)

~ MARK STEYN— Lights Out Up North. An NROTC post: “This is the future of “multiculturalism”: a society in which, in the interests of protecting the “collective rights” of various identity groups, individual rights are circumscribed and public discourse is ever more regulated by the state. Good luck making that work, Canada. The “Islamic Supreme Council of Canada” has your number” …. (NROTC)

~ FRED FOR POPE! Bishop Henry says human laws slay rather than shield …. (wcr.ab.ca)

~ ADDICTED to Sneering: Why The Left Taunts the Tiger …. (breathofthebeast.blog)

~ VIA FELIX HOMINUM: Rex Murphy on the Osgoode 4 & the case against Maclean’s; Human Rights Gone Awry …. (joewalker.blog)

~ SHAIDLE— Another Canadian conservative hauled before kangaroo court; IslamOnline posts bad “terrorist” poetry (yawn) …. (fivefeetoffury)

~ JAY CURRIE— Lawyer misses point, hilarity follows …. (jaycurrie)

~ ADLIGHT BLOG— “Free speech or racism?” wonders quixotic Alan Lightfeldt …. (adlight.blog)

~ SOCON.CA— Free Speech and Private Property; Boycott the CPC …. (socon.ca)

~ LEXVIEW— Can Bible Verses be Hate Speech?: Owens v. Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission 61.0. Lots of other cases here …. (culturalrenewal.ca)

~ ENGLAND— Clergy criticise Nazir-Ali’s talk of no-go areas. Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali stands by his views. UK bishop raises ire. No-go zones in today’s multicult BritainBishop of Rochester versus the bumbling Suffragan Bishop of Manchester.. or the Dhimmified Bishop of Oxford …. (Various)

Speaking out against a “multifaith mish-mash”: the Bishop of Rochester, Dr Michael Nazir-Ali. PA (Church Times)

~ SILENCING THE CRITICS: In “Foul play,” the brilliant Diana West gives us an absolutely masterful take on the Pentagon’s firing of Steve Coughlin; and– American Muslim writer: Islam rejects lying and deception in all forms, except when it doesn’t …. (jihadwatch)

~ COMMENTS about gays land party leader in hot water with Human RIghts Commission …. (CW)

~ JIHADWATCH: Universal Human Rights and Human Rights in Islam …. (jihadwatch.org)

~ TIME IMMORTAL BLOGGER: Kathy Shaidle speaks plainly; more links here …. (timeimmortal)

~ DAILY BAYONET— “..the salad days are over once the blowback from the Maclean’s/Steyn case is done” …. (dailybayonet.blog)

~ SELF-SILENCING: “A Turner Prize recipient and England’s most famous cross-dressing potter, Perry has been heralded for his controversial explorations of religious imagery, which include a vase entitled “Transvestite Brides of Christ” and a portrayal of the Virgin Mary that is best left to the imagination. Yet apparently there are some boundaries that even groundbreaking artists dare not cross” …. (firstthings, pajamasmedia, pw)

~ DANIEL PIPES— “Liberal fascism sounds like an oxymoron – or a term for conservatives to insult liberals. Actually, it was coined by a socialist writer, none other than the respected and influential left-winger H.G. Wells, who in 1931 called on fellow progressives to become “liberal fascists” and “enlightened Nazis.” Really”; “We’re all fascists now” …. (danielpipes, salon.com)

~ CULTURAL TOLERANCE Must Be Reciprocal by Laina Farhat-Holzman …. (islam-watch)

~ UN GAG ORDERS— “we cannot compromise on our own core beliefs such as separation of church (or mosque) and state, equality, and freedom of expression. This means no appeasement of Islamic “sensibilities” in the name of multiculturalism. It means rejecting insidious ideas such as legislating against “defamation” of religions. It means refusing to subsidize the UN’s embrace of the radical Islamists’ agenda in whatever forum it appears” …. (frontpagemag, spectator)

~ GATES OF VIENNA: Walk Over Censorship …. (gatesofvienna.blog)

~ LIONHEART: British Blogger Faces Arrest… for Blogging. British Blogger Pursued by Police “for Criticizing Muslim Drug Pushers” …. (dp, stoptheaclu)

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