Zionists have speech rights too
July 11, 2009 - 2:50pm
What a laugh. Nobody loves speech laws more than Bernie Farber. In Farber's society only those he agrees with are given a platfom. Except Farber has far more power and influence than Zebarias.
Antonia Zerbisias betrays her own rather stilted agenda by targeting "Zionists" (as though being a Zionist is a bad thing) as unworthy of constitutional protections.
According to Zerbisias, Zionists (that seems to be anyone who supports Israel and is concerned about anti-Semitism) should neither be seen nor heard.
According to Zerbisias, Zionists (that seems to be anyone who supports Israel and is concerned about anti-Semitism) should neither be seen nor heard.
How dare we speak out here in Canada on issues that concern our community!
In Zerbisias' society, only those with whom she agrees ought to be given a platform.
Farber's letter is indeed quite laughable.
I want to read what Antonia wrote?
Here is what irked Bernie
In recent months, to list just three examples, there have been concerted campaigns against the staging of Caryl Churchill's controversial Seven Jewish Children: A Play for Gaza and an academic conference at York University where the so-called "one-state solution'' was to be discussed. We also saw British MP George Galloway be denied entry to the country for a speaking tour, just because he brought aid to bombed-out Gaza.
Now comes word that the only way the respected Al-Jazeera English news service, currently applying for TV distribution in Canada, can win the support of these same Jewish groups is to have them become consultants.
Journalistically speaking, that is hardly kosher.
This is incredible. Farber and his cronies are active in stifling the free speech of others, yet they claim they are the ones being targetted. I don't know about kosher, but I believe the appropriate term for this type of behaviour is "chutzpah."
Here is what irked Bernie
In recent months, to list just three examples, there have been concerted campaigns against the staging of Caryl Churchill's controversial Seven Jewish Children: A Play for Gaza and an academic conference at York University where the so-called "one-state solution'' was to be discussed. We also saw British MP George Galloway be denied entry to the country for a speaking tour, just because he brought aid to bombed-out Gaza.
Now comes word that the only way the respected Al-Jazeera English news service, currently applying for TV distribution in Canada, can win the support of these same Jewish groups is to have them become consultants.
Journalistically speaking, that is hardly kosher.
I don't see anywhere he say that zionists should not have freedom of speech.What is Bernie Farber talking about?
Farber wants immunity from criticism for "Zionists' exercise of their freedom of speech." It doesn't work that way.
Thank you Lord Palmerston, quite the leap I would say.
If privilege is "a law of one's own", what is the word for "a logic of one's own?" Because this is what militant Zionists seem to be allowed in too-scared-to-stand-up-to-murderers'-apologists liberal Canada.