Posted by
Scott Keys on Sunday, June 08, 2008 6:10:43 PM
Up in Canada they have Human Rights Commissions which field complaints about alleged violations of said rights. These days you can get in serious trouble just for voicing an opinion about the wrong person or group. I've mentioned
Mark Steyn and
Ezra Levant's recent travails with these commissions before. Both men had to answer to accusations of hate speech, Steyn for an article published in MacCleans magazine and Levant for publishing cartoons depicting the prophet, Mohammed. Here's the latest egregious example of the
Alberta commission's fascist handiwork. My favorite line from the commisioner's ruling is where she officiously avers that the right not to be offended (WHAT? That's a RIGHT?) "
trumps the freedom of speech in the [Canadian] Charter." Wake up, folks. Liberty dies by baby steps and the baby's getting better balance and feeling more confident every day.
If you were in the mood for barrel jumping, curling, demolition derby or any other improbable and rarely-seen sport in the era before ESPN, you probably watched
ABC's Wide World of Sports. Host
Jim McKay was the articulate host of the program from its debut in 1961 to its final broadcast as a series in 1998. Mr. McKay died Saturday at the age of. For me it's impossible to think of the
Munich Olympic tragedy without hearing him announce the horrific end: "They have now said there were eleven hostages; two were killed in their rooms yesterday morning, nine were killed at the airport tonight. They're all gone." RIP, Jim, and thanks.