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Originally Posted by HOZ
Whatever you think of his opinion he has the RIGHT to it and should have never been persecuted in the first place. Now hopefully he will crawl into a cave somewhere.
Acquitted!
A Saskatoon judge acquitted David Ahenakew Monday on a charge of promoting hatred against Jews, but denounced comments the former aboriginal leader made in a speech and subsequent interview six years ago.
Ahenakew, the former head of the Assembly of First Nations, was charged after making inflammatory comments during a 2002 speech and interview with a journalist.
In his comments, the 75-year-old blamed Jews for the Second World War, called them a "disease" and seemed to justify the Holocaust. |
I rarely disagree with you, but then you must not have a problem with the white supremacist rallies in Calgary, or Clan gatherings?
If the courts are going to acquit him then the hate speech laws in Canada no longer exist. Just because Ahenakew isn't part of a actual hate group doesn't give him rights to free speech above these groups does it?
Hey don't get me wrong, I'm all about free speech, but either we have hate laws or we don't. They can't just apply to the more unpalatable groups.