If I Had a Royal Commission
tagged blogosphere, Bruce Cockburn, Canada, human rights, London, Ontario, Richard Warman, Section 13 and Unprotected Group
Satirical brilliance from London, Ontario musicians Unprotected Group — a commentary on the current human rights fracas in Canada:
Here comes the Rights Commission, second time today
Everybody logs off and hopes they go away
How many folks they’ve framed now, only God could say
But if I had a royal commission, I’d make somebody payI don’t believe in Section 13 or investigators leaving bait
Cause if there ain’t no haters out there, Lord, they’re easy to create
And when I read on FreeDominion of Human Rights folks spreading hate
If I had a royal commission then I would set things straightIn the right wing blogosphere, one hundred thousand wait
To be sued by Richard Warman, or some less humane fate
It’s just like Charlie Manson suing Sharon Tate
If I had a royal commission I would not hesitateYou can get them on the stand, but they’re just gonna lie
Or say they don’t remember who wrote those words or why
Stealing people’s wireless — echoes of the victims’ wails –
If I had a royal commission, somebody’d go to jail
I almost like it better than Bruce Cockburn’s original.
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