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On Friday at 12 noon Pacific Kangaroo Time, the British Columbia "Human Rights" Tribunal dismissed El-Mo's complaint against Maclean's and voted unanimously to acquit the hatemongers:
The panel has concluded that the complaints are not justified because the complainants have not established that the Article is likely to expose them to hatred or contempt on the basis of their religion. Therefore, pursuant to s. 37(1) the complaints are dismissed.
For the full monster PDF ruling, click here. I discuss their Marsupial Majesties' joke jurisprudence over at The Corner, and with Joseph Brean of The National Post. You can also hear me talking about the acquittal to Rob Breakenridge at 770 CHQR in Calgary.
"Mark Steyn Victorious, But...", writes Kathy Shaidle at Pajamas Media, with further reports from The Toronto Star, Reuters, the CBC, The National Post, The Vancouver Sun, CTV and LifeSiteNews. In the wake of the verdict, Mark Steyn is history over at Free Mark Ste... er, Free Everybody Else! "Ernst Gauss" notes the Steyn Exemption, and Deborah Gyapong the inauguration of the British Columbia Bureau of Facts, with additional comment from Andrew Coyne, Mark Hemingway, Michelle Malkin, The Weekly Standard, Sean Berry, the Canadian Arab Federation, the Canadian Islamic Congress, Andrew Bolt down under, Hot Air, Jules Crittenden, Jay Currie, Stage Left, Denyse O'Leary, Robert Spencer, Overlawyered, The Western Standard, the Hyacinth Girl, Hugh Hewitt, Scaramouche, Eowyn and the Girl in Blue.
And there's never been a better day to pick up a copy of The Tyranny Of Nice.
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