Friday, August 22, 2008

Thought Police Would Rather Not Mess With Ezra

Another "human rights" complaint has been filed against Ezra Levant. This one is for republishing a letter against promoting homosexuality to children. It's the very same letter for which Rev. Stephen Boissoin was sentenced to a $7,000 fine and to a lifetime ban on criticizing perverse lifestyles; except that this time the CHRC investigator recommends that the star chamber doesn't proceed with the complaint.
I have more rights than Rev. Boissoin

Skim past those boring parts – the CHRC commissioners don’t read them, so why should you? Go to the good stuff. It starts at around page 7 of Kozak’s report, which is page 8 of the .pdf. Look at paragraph 20. Here we learn a new fact: Wells had complained to the CHRC about Rev. Boissoin, and the case against Rev. Boission was approved by the commissioners to move to the next stage: either a forced plea bargain (the CHRC calls it a conciliation) or the dreaded, 100% conviction rate tribunal.

Ignore for a moment the double jeopardy here – that Rev. Boissoin was prosecuted by the Alberta HRC, and then again by the CHRC, something that would never happen to, say, an accused murderer, but happened to an accused pastor. Look at what the CHRC’s investigator and political commissioners recommended: that Wells’s complaint against Rev. Boissoin be prosecuted by the CHRC.

Stop.

Think about that. The CHRC’s investigator has recommended that I be let go for the exact same act of hate speech that Rev. Boissoin committed – and he wasn’t let go.

Just in case the double standard wasn’t clear enough, as paragraph 21 notes, I even declared that I was willfully committing a hate crime.
It's never easy to openly fight an oppressive establishment like those Orwellian tribunals with 100% conviction rate. But as we can see, courage and determination, sacrifice and effort are never in vain. The enemy is reluctant to strike. Way to go Ezra!

The complainer, one Rob Wells, is the very same radical anti-Christian bigot (quite rightfully described as "Fred Phelps of the homosexual lobby") who filed similar thought crime suits against Catholic Insight and against the Christian Heritage Party. The complaint against Catholic Insight magazine was recently dismissed. If the complaint against CHP proceeds to a hearing, I hope that Ron Gray follows Ezra's example and stands up for his constitutional rights, for his political vies and for his religious beliefs. Then the thought police won't have the guts to mess with him - just as they no longer have the guts to mess with Ezra Levant.

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