The banality of evil, 2007 edition

Ezra Levant, publisher of the defunct Canadian magazine Western Standard, has been called before the Alberta Human Rights Council to answer for publishing the "Mohammed cartoons" after a couple of Canadian Muslims filed complaints. His lawyer videotaped the proceedings, which are pretty instructive in the ways thoughtcrime is punished in Canada. Clips start here. Levant, BTW, isn't taking this lying down; despite the expense involved in fighting this particular branch of City Hall, he's not yielding an inch to the AHRC. You want to see real fascism, folks? Listen to what the nice bureaucrat from the AHRC asks him. Let her sort develop long enough, and you'll wind up with a fresh crop of O'Briens.

The banality of evil, 2007 edition

Ezra Levant, publisher of the defunct Canadian magazine Western Standard, has been called before the Alberta Human Rights Council to answer for publishing the "Mohammed cartoons" after a couple of Canadian Muslims filed complaints. His lawyer videotaped the proceedings, which are pretty instructive in the ways thoughtcrime is punished in Canada. Clips start here. Levant, BTW, isn't taking this lying down; despite the expense involved in fighting this particular branch of City Hall, he's not yielding an inch to the AHRC. You want to see real fascism, folks? Listen to what the nice bureaucrat from the AHRC asks him. Let her sort develop long enough, and you'll wind up with a fresh crop of O'Briens.

It's hard out there for an artist...or is it?

Contains spoilers for The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier.
( An observation on popular culture )

It's hard out there for an artist...or is it?

Contains spoilers for The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier.
( An observation on popular culture )

This sounds familiar

For "school" read "Army", otherwise, this could have been me at any time in the last 25 years.

(NB: for this post and all subsequent posts, IHTFP = "I Hated That Fucking Place".)

This sounds familiar

For "school" read "Army", otherwise, this could have been me at any time in the last 25 years.

(NB: for this post and all subsequent posts, IHTFP = "I Hated That Fucking Place".)