Saturday, September 27, 2008

The Most Pointless "Human Rights" Complaint Ever

B'nai Brith, a Jewish group is being accused of... antisemitism. Could it get any crazier?
Another CHRC complaint is apparently going to a Tribunal hearing. This one is against B’nai Brith, the Jewish rights organization, and a website it runs. The site, Nizskor, is dedicated to exposing and fighting Holocaust denial and antisemitism.
As part of that, the site reproduces some incredibly vile racist and anti-Semitic remarks. Now someone - they’ve pleaded anonymity for security reasons - has filed a complaint over the reproduction of those remarks, calling them “extremely vile and contemptuous to predominantly blacks, homosexuals and Jews.”
There’s no word on a hearing date on this yet. The case is being discussed in some considerable detail at FreeDominion.ca.
It almost looks like those "human rights" complaints are now being generated by an automatic content filter, without anyone even bothering to read what's being sent to the HRCs for investigation. No wonder the complainer is pleading anonymity; once people get to know his name - it will become a synonym for moron.

Of course the complaint will be dismissed. Still, it will take years for the HRC bureaucrats to realize that accusing a Jewish organization of antisemitism makes absolutely no sense. And, by the time that finally happens - B'nai Brith will have spent tens of thousands of dollars defending themselves; the investigation will have cost taxpayers hundreds of thousands. But the coward that can't be named, who've filed the complaint will never have to pay a dime for playing this costly prank.

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