Comment Re:Free speech in Canada? Unlikely... (Score 1) 375
Living in Canada my whole life, I have to correct you. We're not a "pseudodictatorship" as you put it... we're a FRIENDLY dictatorship. :)
As for free speech... you're picking a single instance that happened 5 years ago. I agree, it's a grotesque violation of civil liberties, and we've never been able to shake the shame. However, saying that Canada is not the place for free speech... well, I can't diagree with you more. The fact I can watch the CBC at any time of day and see boobs, hear cussing, showing of the middle finger etc (in essence, no censorship), as well as on other canadian stations such as Bravo, this to me proves that Canada IS a place of freedom of speech.
And hey, if we're going to decide whether or not a country has free speech or not based on a single instance, the states is a goldmine of exmples. How about in December of 2002 when a man was arrested for making a joke about how God will speak to the world with a "Burning Bush" (I think it's witty...)? Is that not stifling free speach as well? My bookmark to this article is no longer working, but it was here: http://www.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/12/06/burning. bush.ap/index.html
I'm not much for cnn, but I saw this story on several newsites back in december...
As for free speech... you're picking a single instance that happened 5 years ago. I agree, it's a grotesque violation of civil liberties, and we've never been able to shake the shame. However, saying that Canada is not the place for free speech... well, I can't diagree with you more. The fact I can watch the CBC at any time of day and see boobs, hear cussing, showing of the middle finger etc (in essence, no censorship), as well as on other canadian stations such as Bravo, this to me proves that Canada IS a place of freedom of speech.
And hey, if we're going to decide whether or not a country has free speech or not based on a single instance, the states is a goldmine of exmples. How about in December of 2002 when a man was arrested for making a joke about how God will speak to the world with a "Burning Bush" (I think it's witty...)? Is that not stifling free speach as well? My bookmark to this article is no longer working, but it was here: http://www.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/12/06/burning
I'm not much for cnn, but I saw this story on several newsites back in december...
