All Canadian Bloggers are being sued right now... or so some have insinuated.

It is more appropriate to say, a handful of bloggers (six all told) and a newspaper in Canada were served with papers because they continuously played with fire... and eventually, their shrieking nastiness caught up with them and finally, someone legally called them out.

As a warning: I have no intention of linking to these people nor naming them... I refuse to send traffic to people who I do think promote hate.

The way these bloggers are acting, you would think we are all "under suspicion". As of yet, Sue and I have not been "served"...

I would liken what's happening to an adult giving a toddler a bottle of arsenic with a rubber nipple... if the baby does not drink from the first one and tosses it away, they give the toddler a bottle cyanide... if that gets tossed, they try strychnine... until eventually the baby sucks some back and dies... then the adult claims they are aghast that they have been charged with a crime for their actions.

The bloggers in question are political... "hard right wing" or so they say... they have been known to stretch the truth a LOT, (one recent example,) they have been caught countless times doing so... and they have been, in most people's eyes, spewing apparent racism.

To quote Warren Kinsella about one of these bloggers being sued...

As I and others have summarized before, in December 2004 [the blogger] advocated building new residential schools* "if that’s what it takes." In the same month, [the blogger] wrote: "We need institutions to lock up the Indian activists and apologists." In April 2005, after the Marburg virus erupted out in Angola, killing scores of people, [the blogger] seemingly advocated genocide, writing: "Is there a point where we are allowed to stop feeling sympathy for these people, seal off the borders and just let nature take its course?" Just recently, [the blogger] called the proposed Toronto Afro-centric school a "school-to-jail pipeline." It goes on and on. There are many such examples; [the blogger] is proud of [their] racism.

* - For those not in the know, "residential schools" were considered one of the darkest bits of Canadian and church history. Click here for more info.

The "quote" from Mr. Kinsella above was from a post about this blogger using a "faked" tattoo image (looking like a death-camp tattoo on a Jewish prisoner from a Nazi concentration camp in WWII,) for a "joke" to hoax Mr. Kinsella... who's a member of the legal affairs committee of the Canadian Jewish Congress.

The same blogger recently received censure for this and prompted this post from me.

The blogger is also #1 on this list.

Another of these bloggers (in the suit) I'm familiar with is a (perhaps?) Catholic... and they seem to attack other religions (including other variations of Christianity, let alone non-Christian beliefs, including mocking Anglicans - "Your religion was founded on a divorce",) and has posted such comments as...

Where I came from, it is part of the "culture" to complain about "Paki" cab drivers, "faggots" and "drunken Indians". The corporal punishment of children is not unheard of. Italians treat their daughters very differently than they do their sons.

Her writings are enough to make one weep for any sort of universal suffrage and tolerance.

This one is also from the same blogger... You have to wonder what goes through some people's heads.

To be honest, this parody sums the blogger up wonderfully.

This also scared me... and made me question the "upstanding wonderfulness" of these poor, beleaguered bloggers that are being sued...

The above is a SAMPLING of those facing this issue... I would NOT reproduce the post that really got the lawsuit ball rolling because, quite frankly, it's repugnant to anyone with an IQ above that of the average garden slug.

My point in all this... even in that bastion of the free, America, the "Right to Free Speech" means the right to comment and question the current governing body of the people... not to preach hate, make racist comments, or worse...

...which is what these bloggers being sued in Canada, which DOES have harder "hate-speech" laws, do consistently... they are not advocates of "Free Thought", as evidenced of the two examples, they are advocates of intolerance.

...and currently, at least the two cited have their "hand out" for money for a legal defence fund.

I'm sorry, but to me it reads like, Give us money so we can win our right to preach racism and intolerance!

Now, I don't wish to lie... I do have an issue with the lawsuit... the post in question was a "copy-paste" from something else placed on a blog by a "guest poster" and is then backed-up with things posted by commenters. In other words, on the prima facia, it does appear to be almost like one could call a blogger who posts about a serial killer as an accomplice to their crimes...

...that said...

Where was the moderation of this blog? Where was the editorial eye? Are we not responsible for our content?

I have never been threatened with a lawsuit, but if I've offended anyone without cause or by mistake and I learn about it, it's removed within 24 hours of me finding out about the issue... or at least edited...

What happened here?

Sadly, one "knee-jerk" response from affectively a blog-post farm for the province that the blogger who was the main offender is from was to "shut itself down" in fear of being served as well.

This was an overreaction without doubt... and more than a little theatric. Again, if the "post-farm" had known about the offending post and link, it would behove them to moderate a touch. Again, had this been a post that said something like, Boy I hate the left and here's why... I would not be so nonchalant... but it was a racist screed that no one could deny.

Anyway, the "hauling down" of the post-farm has led many to say, See??? This IS about all blogs being sued! Being silenced! Being shut-down by the thought police! which is utter rubbish.

It is about someone being libelled, the lies being reproduced, and the people that make up the head of this snake being, without question, enormously questionable and yes, spewing intolerance... and finally, like the adult with the poisoned bottles, are now seeing the legal ramifications of their hate.

I'm all for "free speech" as the authors of our collective constitutions meant... you SHOULD be allowed to question your government. You SHOULD be allowed to rally and put forward better ideas and differing opinions from those in charge...

You should NOT be allowed to publicly try to paint all those who's views differ from yours as marginalized people... you should NOT be allowed to suggest violence or other torturous harm to come to the people you're "against".

You should not be allowed to publicly hate someone because of their race, philosophies, sexual preference, or lifestyle... provided these "other people" are not in conflict with society as a majority or within the terms of our current laws and policing.

I don't believe that these bloggers I've eluded to above have met this criteria... and now, hopefully, will pay the full price for their "pushing the envelope" on hate.

So, don't believe everything that you read... Canadian Bloggers as a whole are NOT being sued or silenced... just six people and a newspaper... for basically printing filth and hate... not comments and critiques... filth and hate. Period.

If you have read about this... or even THOUGHT about this and "helping" those poor bloggers who are being so set upon... read above and consider WHO you're giving money to... and what you're really supporting.

Would you be supporting "free speech"... or something else?

Would those who are asking for help be so willing to offer it to their opposite number had roles been reversed... or what do YOU think they'd do?

If you're a Canadian, call up your local Conservative party member and ask them if THEY would help support these bloggers...?

I still believe in these words which these "free-speech" bloggers were responsible for... their actions made me write them.

I don't like hate... can you tell?

For those that don't often read comments on posts, this was a perfect "summing up" from our friend, DrillerAA...

Since I don't actively seek out political sites (hard line right or left), I don't run across these people. But, I do know that these type of people want ALL of the rights associated with free speech and none of the responsibilities associated with it. If their words actually were the cause of some civil disturbance, they would claim that they are only words and had nothing to do with the people's actions. We have them here in the States as well, and I will not do them the honor of mentioning them by name. It does seem to be a common trait among those with the extreme viewpoint, right or left, that their civil rights outweigh their civil responsibilities. In fact, some seem to believe that they have no responsibility to control their tongues or thoughts.