. . . comes from Reynolds, re: the Canadian Kangaroo Court and its case against Mark Steyn/Maclean's—which the Canadian populace finds too silly to take terribly seriously: "When the stormtroopers wear clown shoes instead of jackboots, it's easy to forget that they're still stormtroopers."

Yup.

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Graeme Wood summarizes Mark Steyn's show trial today for The Atlantic.

The plain language of the British Columbia Human Rights Code prohibits exactly the kind of ridicule and contempt to which Mark Steyn exposes everyone left of John Howard, often with dazzling effect. He's guilty as charged -- and not only of violating the BC Code. The U.N.'s Universal Declaration of Human Rights protects against "attacks upon honor and reputation." These are Steyn's tools of trade. But the U.N. version, I note, also guarantees "the right to freedom of opinion and expression," which by contrast with protection from taunters seems like an actual human right, and a right in direct conflict with the right not to have one's honor attacked. The B.C. Human Rights Code is at least consistent: it makes no mention of the right to free expression at all. Whatever else the Steyn show-trial demonstrates, it's proven that "human rights" remains a hopelessly muddled concept, and that British Columbia is a place where the best face conviction, even when the worst aren't filled with passionate intensity.

Wood's conclusion? The hyper-sensitive Canadian Islamic Wankers are much less creative than were those who opposed Salmon Rushdie's Satanic Verses, back in the good old days across the pond.

And the world is poorer for it—in so many ways. Read the whole thing.

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Unbelievable: Canada's HRC is now sending hired thugs to harass senior citizens—namely, Ezra Levant's parents.

Just as well that I live in this country, and that it's a free country. My mother may not approve very heartily of what I do on the internet, but she doesn't take kindly to strange men messing around with the family.

Neither does her dog, who always has to be reminded that my husband and my brother are "good people"—there is that split-second of hesitation that tells me that a grown man was mean to her when she was a pup.

I'm just so angry about this. I know there are bullies in the world, but it makes me crazy when they attain power, and governmental "authority."

This is, I suppose, as good a place as any to plug Mark Steyn (also a victim of the HRC), and Canada's "Freedom Five": Kate McMillan, Kathy Shaidle, Mark and Connie at Free Dominion, and Levant himself.

Thanks to Insty.

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. . . takes on the Canadian Human Rights Commission, along with infamous anti-speech agitator Warman.

Go. Now. S'good.

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Its citizens are tired of getting more-timely health care for their pets than they are permitted to for themselves. And its Supreme Court just blew the lid off.

(Via Insty.)

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. . . includes the biggies: Steyn, McMillan. Go read. This is a massive shift, and we need to pay more attention to where Canada is headed.

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Is celebrating the win of Canada's conservatives. Apparently there are high hopes that this will begin a transformation for our neighbors to the North.

UPDATE: Not surprisingly, Captain's Quarters live-blogged history in the making.

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The Canadian government just collapsed; there will be new elections in January. I guess they'd like non-corrupt leaders for the new year, and who can blame them?

But it still feels shocking. Thank goodness, though, that there are ways to unseat corrupt leaders in Western democracies.

Here's an MSM summary; Insty has a few more links. And Kate McMillan live-blogged the live-blogging of the "no confidence" vote. I'll be checking in on her and Captain Ed a lot more in the coming weeks.

Wow.

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