David Harris’s “Look at me” letter in the Calgary Herald was amusing in so many ways. Mr. harris complained that his comments got edited by CBC staff. hmmm, that must mean the CBC is just a vipers nest of Islamists then. Forget the fact that all newspapers edit letters and comments – and Canwest “edits”.
This letter on censorship appears in a Canwest owned newspaper – the same Canwest people who are threatening freedom of speech by suing some social activists for producing a spoof of the Vancouver Sun (see seriously free speech website for details). The same Canwest that shows the spoof filled Saturday Night Live. If you happen to be unfortunate enough to rely on the National post or other Canwest papers, you probably dont know about this lawsuit, since they dont talk about it. editing anyone ?
Of course, Canwest probably doesnt need to censor – its writers like Barbara Kay, Jonathan Kay etc., who all screamed loudly and vicously at Muslims over the Mark Steyn and Ezra Levant affairs are all smart enough not to use big words like “Mordechai Briemberg”, “SLAPP lawsuit” and “Canwest is threatening freedom of speech” in their columns. More so, Canwest has also managed to house train its “moderate” Muslims like Tarek Fatah, Salim Mansur, Farzana Hassan amd Raheel Raza to not mention those same big words. These are of course, people who were trotted out to criticise CIC and other Muslims on free speech and satire.
As if we didnt have enough irony on freedom of speech already, Tarek Fatah is censoring all questions on the Canwest lawsuit on a public discussion group. The Toronto Peace Action Coalition, a yahoo group formed after 9/11, was a place for open discussions unil tarek fatah was made moderator. Tarek immediately appointed himself Chief Martial Law Administrator – first he ignored all questions on his hypocrisy over the Mordechai Briemberg issue .. then he just started censoring all posts on it. The same Tarek who lectures Muslims on freedom of speech, doesnt have the honesty or integrity to stand up for Mordechai Briemberg – but will censor discussion on the Canwest lawsuit.
shameful.
Tags: canwest, david harris, farzana hassan, national post, tarek fatah
