Richard The Menace
And to think, the media was hailing Richard Warman as an unassailable crusader for human rights just a few months ago:
What to believe, who to believe.
But this is highly ironic, given that the New Conservative Government of Canada is currently suing the Opposition for informing on its nefarious activities involving Chuck Cadman ("Cadscam"), thereby effectively silencing debate on the entire sordid affair:
But John Dixon, a two-term former president of the B.C. Civil Liberties Association who has locked horns with Warman in the past, says it's disingenuous for someone with Warman's means and legal acumen to run from the consequences of his cases. "Unless you're an idiot, you have to be thinking about what kind of conception of the law, what conception of freedom of expression, what conception of the relationship between the individual and the state is cemented in place by your action," he says. "Cases like these foster an atmosphere in which sensible people who know they can't summon the resources to defend themselves will censor themselves. It creates an ever-growing body of very regressive law when it comes to the integrity and freedom of a democratic forum."
You mean, like Parliament? But sure, Richard Warman is the threat to free speech, not Stephen Harper and Bush Inc. and the Patriot Act and Homeland Security and no-fly lists etc etc etc.
Give. Me. A. Fucking. Break. Macleans.
