The Decency Inquisition is alive and well in Canada too.

What a strange place Canada is - Ezra Levant

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080120.wcomment0121/BNStory/National/home

A few days ago, I was interrogated for 90 minutes by Shirlene McGovern, an officer of the government of Alberta. I have been accused of hurting people's feelings because, two years ago, I published the Danish cartoons of Mohammed in the Western Standard magazine.

Ms. McGovern's business card said she was a "Human Rights Officer." What a perfectly Orwellian title.

Early in her interrogation, she said "I always ask people … what was your intent and purpose of your article?"

It wasn't even a question about what we had published in the magazine. It was a question about my private thoughts. I asked her why my private feelings were of interest to the government. She said, very calmly, that they would be a factor taken into account by the government in determining whether or not I was guilty.

Officer McGovern said it as calmly as if I had asked her what time it was ...

While I really like Canada and enjoyed my four years living there, sometimes they take their commitment to "diversity" (as it is officially defined) too far. This is one of those times.

http://ezralevant.com/

I'd take anything he says with fucking huge chunk of road salt.

Sid

If half of what he's writing about actually happened, it merits mentioning. But Ezra seems like he wouldn't be too averse to *his* kind of Decency Inquisition.

He's probably just jealous of Ms. McGovern's position.