A joke that circulated in various forms during the Second World War imagined a confrontation between a Nazi and a Jew. “The Jews are the cause of all of the problems of the world ” says the Nazi. The Jew nods sagely and replies: “Yes, the Jews and the bicycle riders.” “Why the bicycle riders?” […]
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The free-speech tipping point
When it comes to curbing hate crimes, there’s good news and bad news. That’s bad news, says B’nai Brith’s MARVIN KURZ – by Marvin Kurz Sometimes an old joke has a timely moral. Before sending her somewhat sheltered son off for his first day at school, Goldie hugged him and said: “Good luck, sweetie. Be […]
Read MoreWarring couples misuse courts, judge says
Breaking News KIRK MAKIN, Globe and Mail Wednesday, April 09 4:31 AM An Ontario judge has criticized the criminal-court system for permitting warring spouses to lodge assault charges as part of a strategy aimed at winning custody of their children. Ontario Court Judge Bruce Pugsley expressed frustration that a spouse can cause family-law havoc, setting […]
Read MoreJudge finds court abused in spousal assault case
WES KELLER, Orangeville Citizen In what is likely to be seen as a landmark case, Ontario Court Justice Bruce Pugsley has found that the criminal court system was misused by a father to gain custody of his children in a marriage that was “inevitably” doomed.In a 10-page written judgment, Judge Pugsley found that although Alison […]
Read MoreDivorce’s atomic bomb: false abuse allegations
SARAH HAMPSON, Globe and Mail April 24, 2008 at 9:48 AM EDT The charges were eventually dropped, and his criminal record expunged, but the action had the desired effect. He was traumatized. She had exacted her revenge. They had been married for 20 years when she discovered, through an e-mail account, that he was having […]
Read MoreNasty Internet jokes called poor subject for Canada’s ‘mad’ anti-hate legislation
By Colin Perkel, The Canadian Press ADVERTISEMENT OAKVILLE, Ont. – Parts of Canada’s human-rights act are a punitive and gross infringement on free expression that have no place in a democratic country that prides itself on freedom, a tribunal heard Wednesday.The legislation, which targets hate on the Internet, has put Canada among a “sorry group […]
Read MoreRuling reserved in case to strike down section of Human Rights Act
KIRK MAKIN Globe and Mail Update September 17, 2008 TORONTO — Behind every genocide and pogrom in history lies a trail of racially intolerant screeds that helped distort the way a minority group was viewed, a human rights tribunal hearing was told Wednesday.“The road to Auschwitz was paved with hate propaganda, Mein Kampf and the […]
Read MoreTeen enters brainwashing battle to seek brothers’ release from parents
KIRK MAKIN March 10, 2009 BRAMPTON, ONT. — JUSTICE REPORTER An 18-year-old asked a court yesterday to let him rescue his brothers from the clutches of psychiatric deprogramming therapists and “incompetent” parents battling for control of their children. The young man injected himself into the parental alienation case after his brothers – aged 12 and […]
Read MoreOntario teen wants to care for his brothers as parents battle for custody
TORONTO – An 18-year-old is trying to convince the courts he’s the best person to care for his two younger brothers and wants his feuding parents to pay for the siblings’ new life together.But first a judge must decide if the Mississauga, Ont., teen even deserves a say in the custody case, and whether or […]
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