Comments on: In Defence of Free Thought http://beingrightisnotwrong.com/2008/01/12/in-defence-of-free-thought/ Politics in Canada. From the Right side. Sat, 10 Jul 2010 15:41:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Mike Brock http://beingrightisnotwrong.com/2008/01/12/in-defence-of-free-thought/comment-page-1/#comment-62 Mike Brock Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:31:32 +0000 http://beingrightisnotwrong.com/2008/01/12/in-defence-of-free-thought/#comment-62 "the Courts have been able to tear apart the moral fabric of our society" What moral fabric is that? “the Courts have been able to tear apart the moral fabric of our society”

What moral fabric is that?

]]> By: Sheldon Kotyk http://beingrightisnotwrong.com/2008/01/12/in-defence-of-free-thought/comment-page-1/#comment-61 Sheldon Kotyk Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:22:16 +0000 http://beingrightisnotwrong.com/2008/01/12/in-defence-of-free-thought/#comment-61 It is not the charter itself but the way it is being used. I agree with much of the charter but the way it is interpreted by our courts is concerning. Unfortunately, because the charter works as a veto against new laws (and old,) the Courts have been able to tear apart the moral fabric of our society. It is not the charter itself but the way it is being used. I agree with much of the charter but the way it is interpreted by our courts is concerning. Unfortunately, because the charter works as a veto against new laws (and old,) the Courts have been able to tear apart the moral fabric of our society.

]]> By: Mike Brock http://beingrightisnotwrong.com/2008/01/12/in-defence-of-free-thought/comment-page-1/#comment-60 Mike Brock Sun, 13 Jan 2008 22:46:49 +0000 http://beingrightisnotwrong.com/2008/01/12/in-defence-of-free-thought/#comment-60 "I didn’t say the charter endorsed the commissions. I said the charter was used to take the country down the wrong, destructive direction." Explain further. You disagree with the provisions laid forth in Section 2 of the Charter? “I didn’t say the charter endorsed the commissions. I said the charter was used to take the country down the wrong, destructive direction.”

Explain further. You disagree with the provisions laid forth in Section 2 of the Charter?

]]> By: Jon http://beingrightisnotwrong.com/2008/01/12/in-defence-of-free-thought/comment-page-1/#comment-59 Jon Sun, 13 Jan 2008 19:03:17 +0000 http://beingrightisnotwrong.com/2008/01/12/in-defence-of-free-thought/#comment-59 I won't call you wrong, KC, but explain please how a commission to enforce charter rights didn't then exist came to be. I won’t call you wrong, KC, but explain please how a commission to enforce charter rights didn’t then exist came to be.

]]> By: KC http://beingrightisnotwrong.com/2008/01/12/in-defence-of-free-thought/comment-page-1/#comment-56 KC Sun, 13 Jan 2008 18:43:48 +0000 http://beingrightisnotwrong.com/2008/01/12/in-defence-of-free-thought/#comment-56 "The Charter was the first step, the commissions are the second as they give unelected bureaucrats the ability to play judge, jury and executioner." ... except for that pesky fact that the Commissions came first. “The Charter was the first step, the commissions are the second as they give unelected bureaucrats the ability to play judge, jury and executioner.”

… except for that pesky fact that the Commissions came first.

]]> By: Sheldon Kotyk http://beingrightisnotwrong.com/2008/01/12/in-defence-of-free-thought/comment-page-1/#comment-57 Sheldon Kotyk Sun, 13 Jan 2008 15:01:47 +0000 http://beingrightisnotwrong.com/2008/01/12/in-defence-of-free-thought/#comment-57 I didn't say the charter endorsed the commissions. I said the charter was used to take the country down the wrong, destructive direction. The Charter was the first step, the commissions are the second as they give unelected bureaucrats the ability to play judge, jury and executioner. I didn’t say the charter endorsed the commissions. I said the charter was used to take the country down the wrong, destructive direction.

The Charter was the first step, the commissions are the second as they give unelected bureaucrats the ability to play judge, jury and executioner.

]]> By: Mike Brock http://beingrightisnotwrong.com/2008/01/12/in-defence-of-free-thought/comment-page-1/#comment-58 Mike Brock Sun, 13 Jan 2008 08:58:09 +0000 http://beingrightisnotwrong.com/2008/01/12/in-defence-of-free-thought/#comment-58 I don't know if you can blame the charter. The Charter of Rights and Freedoms does not endorse Human Rights Commissions in any way. That's just misleading. In fact, Section 2 of the Charter would seem to preclude the legality of the commissions. They are able to find legitimacy through the murky (and dangerous) grey-area enabled by Section 1 that proclaims that all the rights in the charter can be limited if such limitations are "demonstrably justifiable in a free and democratic society". Many people such as myself, find that particular line quite dangerous as the meaning is purely subjective. I don’t know if you can blame the charter. The Charter of Rights and Freedoms does not endorse Human Rights Commissions in any way. That’s just misleading.

In fact, Section 2 of the Charter would seem to preclude the legality of the commissions. They are able to find legitimacy through the murky (and dangerous) grey-area enabled by Section 1 that proclaims that all the rights in the charter can be limited if such limitations are “demonstrably justifiable in a free and democratic society”.

Many people such as myself, find that particular line quite dangerous as the meaning is purely subjective.

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