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Bye-Bye Zundel - Holocaust Denier to be deported
Holocaust denier Zundel ordered deported to Germany
Good news from the Supreme Court of Canada.... http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...el_deportation Quote:
The Supreme Court of Canada has ordered a new trial in the case of some skinheads charged with hatecrimes from a 1997 rally here in Toronto... which of course means I have the great pleasure of testifying against them again... and almost certainly recieving death threats and such again... |
so.. did he actually do anything or is this another example of how the US is great because of our First Amendment?
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Oh and Canada does have in it Charter of Rights and Freedoms a clause protecting free-speach (Section 2b actually). |
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So yes free speech as long as someone doesn't take you to court over what you have said (private individuals or the government). Zundel's main defense was that he was advocating his freedom of expression and speech - but the Supreme Court just didn't buy it... and I don't blame them - the guys a grade 'A' nutter that has been exploiting legal loopholes and avenues to keep himself in Canada and to keep promoting his hate for decades now. Of course that isn't to say that others haven't tried to take non-legal action against him... like the bomb the police had to defuse about a decade ago... or the firebombing and burning down of his house/office - which was ironic because he had just published a pamphlet praising those that had firebombed a mosque and synagogue earlier about a week before.... |
Section 2(b) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms says:
freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of the press and other media of communication; Now, this is a fundamental freedom entrenched the the Charter, however it technically only protects you from the government. It does not guarantee you protection from individuals. However, it does not give one the license to commit crimes. Like RACooper said, it is very much like the U.S bill of rights. If anyone is interested, here it is Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms |
This clearly shows why hate speech laws infringe on constitutional freedoms. He may be an idiot racist, but he should have the right to be so and say & print his stupidity.
Canadian censorship must really suck balls. |
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s.318(1) of the Criminal Code says: Every one who advocates or promotes genocide is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years also s.319(1)(a) and (b) of the Criminal Code says: Every one who, by communicating statements in any public place, incites hatred against any identifiable group where such incitement is likely to lead to a breach of the peace is guilty of (a) an indictable offence and is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years; or (b) an offence punishable on summary conviction. So yes, he is committing a crime and he is not a Canadian citizen. |
I cant believe Canada is doing something that might hurt someones feelings, even if he is a bastard.
Looks like little brother up to the north might have found his balls. |
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In my opinion, "hate crimes," including "hate speech," are perhaps the most insidious assault on liberty that has ever been faced by a free people. |
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The Canadian Criminal Code differentiates between people inciting hatred and people expressing thoughts and feelings that some might consider hateful. The law protects those from the zealots that might take their feelings and act on them. They are not regulating thought. |
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If the law is superfluous to existing laws, its a diminishment of liberty, and even worse, it begins a slow and slippery slope to tyrany. |
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Canada is it's own country with its own leaders, citizens, and laws. It is free to kick this guy out for breaking the law.
-Rudey |
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