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August 14, 2008
We must protect each other from hate
Covenant Zone argues that whatever the outcome of our current struggle for justice, Section 13 could only ever have lead to injustice. It is not the place of Her Majesty or the Canadian government acting in her name to police our thoughts or, indeed, our hearts.
Citizens disturbed by the latest revelations in the documents represented and linked at Free Dominion should re-affirm their commitment to a free society in which policing of hatreds becomes the responsibility of individuals and institutions in civil society. The moment we give this job to the state - the moment criminal or "human rights" law becomes concerned not just with wrong actions but also with "wrong" thoughts - especially in a society that defines itself as "multicultural", we have effectively given up our freedom to the whims of those who will define for the competing groups in society what is and is not politically acceptable. We will become locked in resentful group identities and will not lessen hatreds but only fail to mediate them effectively. Instead, we must re-affirm individual rights and responsibilities in ways that maximize our shared freedom. We must protect each other from hate.
Well said. Shame on you, Stephen Harper. You have allowed this farce to persist for years longer than it needed to. You have failed in your duty.
Posted by Ghost of a flea at August 14, 2008 08:00 PM
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