Acquittal!
October 10, 2008
As I predicted, the kangaroo court blinked
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Mark Steyn writes:
Their Marsupial Majesties at the British Columbia “Human Rights” Tribunal have dismissed El-Mo’s complaint against Maclean’s and voted unanimously to acquit the hatemongers:
The panel has concluded that the complaints are not justified because the complainants have not established that the Article is likely to expose them to hatred or contempt on the basis of their religion. Therefore, pursuant to s. 37(1) the complaints are dismissed.
We’ll post the full ruling as soon as we can (the piece of wet string holding together New Hampshire’s Third World Internet service fell down down during the night so we have a few technical problems). I’ll be discussing the verdict later today after 6.30pm Mountain Time with Rob Breakenridge on 770 CHQR Calgary.
So the BCHRT opted to bury their dismissal of the “charges” against Maclean’s magazine — the central facet of which was Steyn’s article about the growth and spread of Islam in the world — in the hopes that the Thanksgiving weekend and the coming federal election would help keep the acquittal under the radar. And to be sure, most media outlets probably won’t carry the story, or will carry it only as an afterthought.
But that’s why we have blogs, isn’t it?
If thus can be publicized to a sufficient degree, it will make for a victory for human rights in Canada because of how it shames the BCHRT. If the story gets buried, it’s a victory for the other side; they’ll have gotten away with it.
Update: Welcome, Steynians!
