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Canadian MPs vote to drop some hate-speech sections of Human Rights Act

Discussion in 'Current Events, World News, & LGBT News' started by Dan82, Jun 12, 2012.

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  1. Dan82

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    http://www.canada.com/news/vote+drop+some+hate+speech+sections+Human+Rights/6740459/story.html


     
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    Sooo.... people can no longer run to the Human Rights Commission and bring in the heavies when someone dares to call them an idiot in an email, and instead the courts can determine whether it's an actual hate crime on a case-by-case basis.

    Sounds good to me.
     
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    The problem with that law was how vague it is. Just like SOPA and ACTA it would do more harm than good. I'm glad it's gone, you can't stop hate and that applies in magnitude more to the internet. It would just end up hurting things.
     
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