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Human Rights Internet Investigator on Freedom of Speech: "...I don't give it any value."
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by jr | January 28, 2008 at 02:22 pm
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Does the Canadian Human Rights Commission value free speech? A chilling answer was given by Dean Steacy, the primary internet "anti-hate" investigator for the Canadian Human Rights Commission, when questioned by Barbara Kulaszka, a lawyer for a website owner in the human rights case Warman vs. Lemire.
MS KULASZKA: Mr. Steacy, you were talking before about context and how important it is when you do your investigation. What value do you give freedom of speech when you investigate one of these complaints?
MR. STEACY: Freedom of speech is an American concept, so I don't give it any value.
MS KULASZKA: Okay. That was a clear answer.
MR. STEACY: "It's not my job to give value to an American concept."
There are concerns amongst Canadians, as expressed by dag, a Vancouver blogger who wrote "What Price Free Speech?" at No Dhimmitude, that investigators such as Steacy have been granted the power by the Canadian state to, " 'cleanse' the Internet of critical opinions, ideas, and speech they don't like. And unfortunately for Canadians, they have the authority to assess fines of up to $50,000 and incarcerate would-be 'haters.' "
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at 23:31 on January 28th, 2008
That is an outrageous position for someone in that office to hold.
at 16:01 on February 2nd, 2008
Steacy is wrong. Americans did not invent free speech, nor are they the only ones who value it. It's a "series-of-tubes"-level miscomprehension of what online communication is and how it works.
at 22:52 on February 2nd, 2008
Hello J.R.,
At it's core, there is no free speech in America. We speak as we're permitted to speak by the government. Any other belief is caused by illusion.
And now this is happening in Canada. How is this any different to the censuring problems occurring in China with their bloggers?
Will they too have to register their names and blogs with the government, so that they can be permanently monitored as Chinese bloggers have to do?
America and Canada believe that they are progressive countries, and perhaps I believe that Canada is in some ways - but America? No, America is slowly regressing before our eyes.
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