Thursday, January 3, 2008

You Shut Up!

In his October 26 ruling in Warman v. Jessica Beaumont, Canadian Human Rights Tribunal Member (Judge) Athanasios Hadjis ruled: "I find that in most of the impugned messages, Ms Beaumont engaged in the communication of matter that was likely to expose persons identifiable on the basis of a prohibited ground of discrimination (namely, race, religion national or ethnic origin, and sexual orientation) to hatred or contempt." (para. 74)

There were 30 messages in total. If "most" or the messages violated Sec. 13.1, still some did not. Which ones? Hadjis won't tell us.Now comes the hammer held over this young woman's head: "Ms. Beaumont is ordered to cease and desist from communicating or causing to be communicated ...any matter of the type contained in the messages at issue in this case that is likely to expose a person or persons to hatred or contempt by reason of the fact that the person or persons are identifiable on the basis of a prohibited ground of discrimination." (para 80)

Should Miss Beaumont violate this order, she faces contempt of court charges and jail.However, as Hadjis hasn't specified which messages are problematic -- other than "most" -- she has scant guidelines, except to avoid discussions of immigration, the homosexual agenda and multiculturalism.

In other words, YOU SHUT UP!

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