Birth control in the water blinds you to irony
March 13, 2008
In addition to making you an advocate for censorship, that is.
The York University Federation of Students — yes, the same York University group that denied pro-life students at York the right of freedom of expression — recently condemned McMaster University for censoring an anti-Israel poster which contained violent imagery and the phrase “Israel Apartheid.”
Just so we’re clear, here’s the apparent policy on freedom of speech at York University:
- pro-life students showing pictures depicting graphic, bloody images of aborted babies = not allowed
- anti-Israel students showing pictures depicting graphic, bloody images of Palestinians killed by Israeli weapons = must be allowed
- pro-life students comparing abortion to other notable historical injustices such as the Holocaust = not allowed
- anti-Israel students comparing the current situation in Gaza to other notable historical injustices such as South African apartheid = must be allowed
Or, to put it more succinctly:
- forbidding pro-life students from holding events or displaying materials = not Censorship
- forbidding anti-Israel students from holding events or displaying materials = censorship
Look, there’s a lot of evidence coming out now that details the drastic, devastating effects of birth control and other drugs on aquatic ecosystems (when you pee it out, ladies and gents, it has to go somewhere!). We know it affects animal life, and we know that current water treatment schemes don’t filter all of it out. We know that these drugs are getting into our Food chains and water supplies.
I swear…that has to be the explanation for why the York Federation of Students has absolutely no ability to understand why its banning of a widely publicized, multi-student-group event would be seen as an act of censorship, and for why the same student federation (apparently without a trace of irony) then has the temerity to criticize a different educational institution for an act of censorship. It’s got to be something in the water. I hope it’s something in the water.
The alternative? My God but progressives are dense!
Update: Welcome, Steynians! BCF also has some information pertaining to YFS hypocrisy.
