Blogging will be light…
Last week’s ‘roo court “trial” of Macleans was important, diverting and fun to meta-blog. Too much fun ‘cause I have a heap of work to do.
Ezra and Andrew Coyne were, apparently, breaking the rules by live blogging at the ‘roos hearing. These are rules which need to be changed.
The collective attention which was focused on Macleans days before the ‘roos has kicked MSM coverage up a notch. Not to where it should be but we’re on the radar.
Day after day revelations of the CHRC’s misconduct and brutal arrogance are coming to light. With luck, the Warman v. the Canuck 5 will focus still more light on the cockroach lair which is the CHRC.
Summer is – despite the temperature at the Oak Bay Tea Party today – coming. Summer means that politicians – federal and provincial – are going to go to barbecues and generally “meet the people”. While I will be blogging about the outrages of s.13 I will also be going to as many of these “meet and greets” as I can. With one question, “What are you doing to protect free speech from Human Rights Commissions?” It is a simple question and hard to waffle on. If that question is asked a thousand times over the course of the summer the Harpers and the Dions and the Campbells, their Ministers and shadow ministers, their members will all realize that “there is an anger in this land”.
Write the emails, talk to your friends, and make a point of asking at least one politician of whatever party, “What are you doing to protect free speech from Human Rights Commissions?”
By July 31 these folks are going to hate hearing that question. Especially from people who can follow up.
June 9th, 2008 at 12:14 pm
Jay,
I learned an interesting fact over the weekend from someone who actually sat in the sauna/courtroom. Apparently the Toronto Star’s Petti Fong also had realtime wireless Internet access. True, she never blogged from the courtroom, but so what?! And, in fact, had she done so, do you think she would have been told to stop, like Coyne was? I absolutely doubt it!
June 9th, 2008 at 3:01 pm
Robert,
They probably still would have told her to stop. These people thrive in darkness, and even the chance that a friendly voice might accidentally reveal something they don’t like revealed would be too much.
June 9th, 2008 at 7:50 pm
Jay – here in BC you might ask your government member why it is necessary to prevent public discussion in the run-up to an election. No doubt, the BCTF et al would like to run ads critical of the Campbell government. In a democracy, that’s the price you pay to sit in the big chair, Gordo!