Comments on The Burd Report: Reading between the lines!

Yes, I defend freedom fighters. I have been doing ...

2009-04-15T22:41:00.000-04:00

Yes, I defend freedom fighters. I have been doing so for several decades now. During the 1980's I took my body where my mouth was and did several smuggling ops in and out and between the East European commie countries.

My beard length varies on my whim. I do not meet the criteria because I don't wear religious costumes, except briefly for performance purposes, when I don a martyr's religious explosive-belt.

And yes, it does mean something. CIC is part and parcel of the religious right.

Trust our Wally to defend the freedom fighters at ...

2009-04-15T11:19:00.000-04:00

Trust our Wally to defend the freedom fighters at Macleans magazine! I especially enjoyed his complaint that the "CIC have long beards, wear religious costumes..." as though that means something.

Wally, you have a long beard too, does that mean you are some kind of extremist who espouses non mainstream views that should be squelched immediately?

Jack Layton wrote a letter of support to the Canad...

2009-04-13T14:44:00.000-04:00

Jack Layton wrote a letter of support to the Canadian Islamic Congress' [CIC] battle against Macleans magazine for publishing a portion from Mark Steyn's book, America Alone.

What was it the CIC is battling for? A 5-page article, written by an author of their choice, to run without editing, except spelling and grammar. They also wanted to place their response on the cover and to art direct it themselves.

In local Cobourg terms, it means that some representative grievance group (unelected) demands that the editors of Northumberland Today or Northumberland News comply with the demands stated above. Or else. Or else what? We will drag you before the Ministry of Love, er, uh, Human Rights Commission and make you squander hundreds of thousands of dollars to defend yourselves against spurious charges of "Islamophobia."

Jack Layton wrote:
"The NDP appreciates the battle you [CIC] are waging against mainstream media’s portrayal of Muslim Canadians and the intolerance and hatred against other communities such as Arabs and South Asians."

The Canadian Islamic Congress represents nothing more than the fringe element of the mainstream Muslim-Canadian community. The far more moderate and secular Muslim Canadian Congress represents a greater number of Muslim-Canadians, particularly, and most importantly, Canadians who vigorously support the principles stated in Canada's Charter of Rights, especially the most fundamental freedom of them all; FREE SPEECH.

The CIC have long beards, wear religious costumes, consist of imams, self-appointed clerics and are anti-freedom. About the Maclean's issue the Muslim Canadian Congress said, "Labeling Canada's premier weekly news magazine as a carrier of Islamophobic literature is a thinly veiled attack on freedom of press that will serve no purpose other than to reinforce the stereotype that Muslims have little empathy for vigorous debate and democracy." This what Jack Layton and many of his tongue-bathers do not support.

What stand is Layton taking regarding the issue of...

2009-04-13T08:49:00.000-04:00

What stand is Layton taking regarding the issue of freedom of speech and human rights commissions? Is he a live and let live advocate concerning free speech?