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Freedom of Speech - so much better during the last administration

There’s a war a brewin’ and it’s not against the evil Al-Qaeda, Hamas or those who thought it was absurd that Obama won the Nobel Piece Prize. This war is between the righteous White House and evil Fox News. Fox is broadcasting opinions (...)

14 oct. 2009 | | W.C. Varones

Turkey : AKP gets angry. "Turkiye’yi sana dar ederim".

Turkey : AKP gets angry. "Turkiye'yi sana dar ederim".

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25 Mar. 2009 | | Arzum Karasu

A lesson in how to lose voters

Political parties always try to come up with the next big idea, the one idea that will either propel them to power or secure their hold on power. This is nowhere near as prominent a motive as in Canadian politics these days. The Conservatives have been at (...)

15 Apr. 2008 | 9 comments | Werner Patels

Steyn Alone

The Ontario Human Rights Commission has dropped the complaint against author Mark Steyn and Maclean’s magazine. The complaint was baloney from the start anyway. For those who have been under a rock for the last few months, a human-rights complaint (...)

14 Apr. 2008 | 1 comment | Werner Patels

Free speech? Not by a long shot

Very soon, Canadians will be sick and tired of hearing about "freedom of speech" and its alleged "defenders", such as Ezra Levant or Mark Steyn. The far right, with domineering elements recruited from white supremacist movements, has (...)

1 Apr. 2008 | 6 comments | Werner Patels

Bullying and blogging

Bullying and blogging

When blogs first became popular, it did not take very long for bloggers to start using their sites for nefarious purposes, such as spreading lies about others. It may have started with some school kids who figured that using a blog for bullying mates off (...)

7 Mar. 2008 | 4 comments | Werner Patels

No smut please, we’re Canadian

It is a nasty world out there, isn’t it? The world is filled with smut and crime, and even when hard-working Canadians come home from work, they see more smut and crime and offensive behaviour on TV. Clearly, someone should put a stop to that. That (...)

3 Mar. 2008 | | Werner Patels

Free-thinking spirits

Free-thinking spirits

Life has a tendency to throw a curve ball at the oddest moments. While such luminaries of the free-speech movement as Ezra Levant and Mark Steyn are defending their right to express their opinions freely, a member of the very group that they both have (...)

31 Jan. 2008 | | Werner Patels

Message in a bottle...

Message in a bottle...

Martin Luther King. Yes indeed there was a voice, a voice of freedom, on a deaf world, now a days I’m willing to dream that this world won’t become a bipolar one and therefore the only victim of it self. Martin Luther King was and is one of (...)

23 Jan. 2008 | 1 comment | micmac08USA

Objective: Offend as much as possible

Mark Steyn

The far right claims to defend its values — and freedom of speech. There is a storm front moving right across Canada, as well as other parts of the Western world, and unlike typhoons, which are said to be triggered by a butterfly flapping its (...)

16 Jan. 2008 | 2 comments | Werner Patels

How not to build bridges

Ezra Levant fighting for his right to speak

In western-style democracies, people enjoy a wide range of rights, with freedom of speech and expression being just one example. When seeing reports from around the world, such as the current disaster that is Pakistan today, we in the West are reminded (...)

14 Jan. 2008 | 3 comments | Werner Patels

Citizens treated like noxious animals by french authorities

Citizens treated like noxious animals by french authorities

The city hall of Argenteuil has issued that homeless citizens must be driven out of the centre town during the estival period. Since three years, the UMP (1) mayor of Argenteuil, Georges Mothron, has established successive "arrêtés" (assimilated (...)

27 Aug. 2007 | 1 comment |

Good news for freedom of the press

According to several reports, Josh Wolf is either about to be released from prison or has already been released. If the name doesn’t ring a bell, he’s the young video blogger who was jailed for contempt of court - for refusing to turn over a (...)

4 avr. 2007 | | Mathew Ingram

Child Pornography Blocking Plan a Risk Worth Taking

Child Pornography Blocking Plan a Risk Worth Taking

My weekly Law Bytes column (Toronto Star version, homepage version) wades back into the Project Cleanfeed Canada debate. My last post on this issue generated considerable discussion with many valid criticisms of the ISP plans to block access to child (...)

4 déc. 2006 | | Michael Geist

Toronto to Roll Out Free Anti-Censorship Tool

The University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab will make free software available later this week that will help people deal with Web censorship issues in countries where access is restricted or limited. A downloadable tool, called psiphon, can transform (...)

29 nov. 2006 | | Mark Evans

Arts & Entertainment

Are games being politically pounded?

Are games being politically pounded?

Games are getting a lot of attention in the U.S. political arena. But do the latest game bills equate censorship? According to the ESA it does. I’m going to try and approach this topic with padded gloves, specifically because I’m not American (...)

10 Jul. 2006 | 3 comments | James Francis

Freedom for everyone

Let the people decide and they are happy. There exists a certain populist measuring staff that capitalism thrives on - the market force. As much as the marketing companies are trying to yield terrific control over us, all they seem to be accomplishing are (...)

3 mar. 2006 | | James Francis

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