tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10166090.post112085292199276241..comments2024-02-17T07:59:18.705-08:00Comments on Grad Student Madness: One Disadvantage in CanadaRufushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17762279210783841414noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10166090.post-1120923473654247362005-07-09T08:37:00.000-07:002005-07-09T08:37:00.000-07:00Thanks for the response! I wasn't so much misinfor...Thanks for the response! I wasn't so much misinformed as making a very bad joke about parking attendants. I do understand the law as you've explained it, and I certainly understand that the creep did everything he could to get fined. And, you're right- nobody would ever get arrested for criticizing parking attendants (hoo-ray!). But, I'm still uncomfortable with the law as it is, even though I should also mention that it is virtually identical to laws throughout Europe.<BR/><BR/>Canada is certainly quite free, and I dare say even more free than my own country at this time. But, since I openly criticize the excesses of the War on Terror (see Gokal and Shiela) I feel okay criticizing this particular law. I definitely hear the bitching about the government! Remember, I live in T.O. with a Canadian wife.<BR/><BR/>Thanks again!Rufushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17762279210783841414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10166090.post-1120902731417908832005-07-09T02:52:00.000-07:002005-07-09T02:52:00.000-07:00I think you are a little misinformed. You can say ...I think you are a little misinformed. You can say "I hate parking attendants..." in Canada all you wish!<BR/><BR/>But you cannot repeatedly praise Hitler for when he "fried six million Jews". HUGE DIFFERENCE!<BR/><BR/>I don't feel comfortable with censorship laws either (i don't like the state deciding what is history), but the legal reaction to his comments are at minimum understandible.<BR/><BR/>Nine times out of ten, the offender would apoligize publicly, attend a Holocaust memorial, and that would end the matter. But this nut really went out of his way to antagonize the jewish community and canadian government.<BR/><BR/>Mental note: Never defend your statements during a Hate trial. Oh, and blaiming the jews (media, lobby groups) for your verdict is also a bad strategic choice :)<BR/><BR/>Really, Canada is very free! You should see our daily news... we get more CIA agents taking about policy than you guys! (but in fairness by that time they are usually fired) And you should hear the things we say about our own government... bitching is our number one export!<BR/><BR/>Regards!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com