Why yes I believe it is. The same Ed Morgan who wrote:
"The complaints filed against Hasbara allege that the very image of the blue-and-white Israeli flag appearing on the group’s pamphlets is hateful and must be banned. The complaints filed against Maclean’s allege that the very discussion of radical Islam contained in that publication is hateful and must be banned. That anyone can take either complaint seriously shows how dangerous the suppression of speech in the name of anti-hate can be. It turns out, if we read our history correctly, that the Holocaust began not only with words, but with book burning. Once we go down the road of censorship for the sake of promoting tolerance, we may soon be standing at the heights of intolerance. "
And:
"Fighting bad speech with good speech has turned out to be the right way to go,..."
In Canada, saying the wrong thing even in jest can drag you through Star Chamber tribunals and commissions without the benefit of due process, can bankrupt you, destroy your career and your family, result in lifetime bans on free speech and expression (of the Gospel, no less) and ultimately even lead to imprisonment. Freedom of speech and expression, freedom to practice religion as we choose, are guaranteed by our constitution.
Blazingcatfur is "Poisonous". ... It's not "right wing" - it's pro-war, pro-U.S., virulently Islamophobic, McCarthyite - and that's just after 3 minutes of reading the front page...
Phrillie, how did you happen on that blog? It is truly repulsive.
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Thanks very much, BCF!
NP, but thanks are really due to the reader who forwarded this to my attention.
Isn't Professro Morgan the presewnt head of Canadian Jew2ish Congress' legal committee and its immediate past president?
Why yes I believe it is. The same Ed Morgan who wrote:
"The complaints filed against Hasbara allege that the very image of the blue-and-white Israeli flag appearing on the group’s pamphlets is hateful and must be banned. The complaints filed against Maclean’s allege that the very discussion of radical Islam contained in that publication is hateful and must be banned. That anyone can take either complaint seriously shows how dangerous the suppression of speech in the name of anti-hate can be. It turns out, if we read our history correctly, that the Holocaust began not only with words, but with book burning. Once we go down the road of censorship for the sake of promoting tolerance, we may soon be standing at the heights of intolerance. "
And:
"Fighting bad speech with good speech has turned out to be the right way to go,..."
http://www.cjnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15557&Itemid=86
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