Freedom of speech is an American concept, so I don’t give it any value. — Dean Steacy, Canadian Human Rights Commission. Conservative and libertarian American bloggers should be very, very glad that angry leftists are pretty much limited to hurling…..

JayHaw Phrenzie:Not all Canadians dislike America,we are
your neighbour,your friend and ally!

And yes,Canada seems to have gone orwellian
too political correctness!

Yer a moron.

Canada sucks.

“…this guy is simple enough to wanna square off with kathy shaidle in a court of law?

“geezus… that’s like shakin’ up a bag of feral cats… and then sticking your face in to see how they’re doin’.

“i ALMOST feel sorry for this dumbstick.”

50 smackers have gone out to each of the respondants in this annoyances lawsuit.

I’ve read Levant’s blog, but I’m guessing much of this will be based on the demeanor of the judge who handles the case – as to whether it’s a baseless suit, whether previous HRC stuff can come into play, etc. I was just wondering if anyone more familiar with Canadian law could, er, put it into perspective (and, no, I don’t exactly trust Levant’s postings on this aspect since he clearly has a stake in the outcome – even though I do agree with him in principle, Warman should have no basis for a lawsuit).

The only differences between Mugabe or Kim Jong Il and this turd are 1) scale and 2) a trail of bodies.

That SOB doesn’t just need to lose, he needs to spend at least 5-10 in PRISON for extortion and abuse of authority, and as many of his co-conspirators as possible.

I realize that we in America are very, very lucky when it comes to right and law, but we care about our neighbors, too.

I don’t know much about libel law, but this guy might end up being sorry he took on Ezra Levant.

Free Republic has also been covering this, as Free Dominion hosts a spot for freepers to gather when FR is down, God bless ‘em!

It’s a great place for Paulians and Michael Savagites to congregate. If you’re Savage fan and post “George Bush is the worst president ever” you get loads of love. If you mock Savage and post the same thing you get banned.

FR is a Klown Klub.

Regarding “previous HRC injustices,” would that even be admissible in this current civil suit? To further that, could this case be turned into a case that is a defacto ruling against HRC? Or am I getting my hopes too high for you frozen freepers?

#1 The recent Warman lawsuit alleging libel by certain bloggers and a national newspaper, and

#2 All the previous HRC injustices, fascism and corruption that came to light, with Warman and Stacey at the center, and the blogging and reporting thereof, leading to #1, the Warman lawsuit.

That is, unless he pays up after he loses, he is basically estopped from bringing other actions (ok, there are other tests…but if he loses against Levant, et al, any other purported slander claim *would* be ‘frivolous and vexatious”.

It is also an incredible act of hubris by the ignorant idiot Warman. This action leaves him open to paying the costs of the defendants when (not, if) he loses. You should remember that in Ontario, COSTS FOLLOW THE EVENT and THE LOSER PAYS.

And that can hurt. A lot.

If we could just entice the freedom loving Canadians to change places with the US Marxist/Lib crowd currently running the Democratic Party and cities like SanFran, then everyone would be happy.

Misha, the cure is to have Canadian Law changed so as not to outlaw or chill free speech. In other words, take away Warman’s gravy train.

Sounder on April 9, 2008 at 2:49 PM

Couldn’t agree more!

Silencing Canadian bloggers into submission, one lawsuit at a time. Much more from Kathy Shaidle, who’s one of the bloggers being sued…….

I mean, obviously one has to defend oneself if attacked, but it doesn’t seem to me that defeating him in court will solve the problem. He’ll just file more suits.

And since he’s apparently pretty much a one-man frivolous suit machine, i.e. he’s the entire problem concentrated in one person, it’d make a whole lot more sense to me to do something about him.

Cure the cause, don’t waste time treating the symptoms.

But that’s just silly old pragmatical me.

 Per Potfry’s previous post, “Word today from Kathy Shaidle that a new lawsuit has been filed by Canadian schoolgirl Richard Warman (picture) against a group of conservative bloggers including Kathy’s Five Feet Of Fury blog, Ezra Levant,…

Plus, this is why I think evolution is bogus. Natural Selection couldn’t possibly account for this sort of stupid in a species that survives in Nature solely on its intelligence. Not that I’m a fan ID either.

Warman will lose, and be forced to pay court costs.

Krydor on April 9, 2008 at 11:45 AM

That would be nice, but it won’t happen even if he does lose. He literally has nothing to lose in these lawsuits but his time. (It’s not like he has a reputation worth worrying about.)

Given the foothold that this sort of thing has gained in speech codes on college campuses, this is somthing that Americans have to worry about as well. We have a whole generation of young people who are accustomed to be censored and don’t really see anything wrong with it. These are the people who will be writing, arbitrating, and enforcing the laws starting in the next decade or so. We don’t really have much time to fight back against it, so if we don’t act now, we’ll certainly pay later.