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The CBC ran a story on Ezra's and my testimony to the House of Commons, and Scaramouche has been bravely trawling through the comments from the CBC audience. I rather like this one. For someone with the amusing name of "Amusing", she nevertheless appears able to utter phrases like "mosaic of diversity" with a straight face:
Isn't it a matter of respect? Open discussion about issues specific to an ethnic or religious group is different from making fun of them.
Canada is the quintessential tolerant society. We are the world's mosaic of diversity and should be proud enough of that fact to ensure it continues to grow.
And come on, what's the big deal about freedom of speech and property rights next to the smug self-righteous glow you get from being so quintessentially mosaic-esque?
Speaking of which, how about this bit of obscure triumphalism? Chris McNally of Yellowknife points out this curious opening in a recent CHRC speech to the disgusting UN "Human Rights" Council:
Thank you, Mr. President.
I speak on behalf of the Canadian Human Rights Commission, a National Human Rights Institution accredited with A status.
"A status"? Is that good or bad? And on what scale? What "status" does Saudi Arabia have or North Korea? Or are they out of letters by then? And is this an internationally recognized credential of humanrightification or just something you can download off the Internet for $19.99?
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