Term 4 Assignment #3 Movie Review
9 years ago
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
No Shoes Day, April 8th!
So tomorrow, my school is planning to fundraise and participate in and for "A Day Without Shoes" and Soles4Souls. We are trying to help raise awareness for children in underdeveloped countries who have no shoes. Every dollar we raise will go towards buying 1 pair of shoes! So! (Mr.Vancamp, I know you are reading this :P) Take off your shoes for a day, and DONATE!
Ann Coulter~ Modern Day Racist
"Take a camel." Now, this sentence seems fairly innocent, but when you find out that it was said by American right-winger Ann Coulter, to a Muslim student at the University of Western Ontario, it takes on a whole other racist meaning. Ann Coulter, a social and political commentator, has described herself as a polemicist and someone who, according to a Wikipedia quote, "does not 'pretend to be impartial or balanced'". She has many racist views towards many different nationalities, races, and even sexes. She is especially racist towards Muslims, and on several different occasions, has made derogatory comments in speeches towards them, always brushing them off later as "jokes". She has written 7 books and many columns for different newspapers and journals, spoken and participated in interviews for TV and the radio, and has even appeared in three films.She is a very intelligent woman who has some very different and racist views on world events and people.
In 2010, Ann Coulter came to Canada to do a University Tour. A day before she was to speak at the University of Western Ontario, Francois Houle the provost of the University of Ottawa, sent Coulter an e-mail stating that "promoting hatred against any identifiable group would not only be considered inappropriate, but could in fact lead to criminal charges." Coulters reply was that by sending her this e-mail, Houle was promoting hatred against Conservatives. A few days later, her speech at the University of Ottawa was cancelled due to overly rowdy protesters outside of the university. Coulter`s security and organizers of the event decided it was to dangerous for her to present her speech. She was outraged and and ranted about how she has never had a speech cancelled and that she was “guessing the scores to get into the University of Ottawa are not very challenging.” This event has caused a lot of controversy and has people questioning not only why she was aloud in the country in the first place, but did she break any laws and how far is too far when it comes to The Feedom of Speech.
According to the criminal code of Canada, in sections 318 and 319, it is a criminal offence to advocate genocide, publicly incite hatred, and willfully promote hatred towards any "identifiable group." Also, in section 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act prohibits the communication of messages that are likely to expose a person or persons to hatred or contempt. In her speeches, and Coulter broke both of these laws. She discriminated against Muslim`s with her "camel " comments and bashed all left wing views. A person can only take freedom of speech so far, but when you break two laws when enacting this "right", then you know that person has stepped over the line.
Freedom of speech is a right but not a "right" per se. It is a privilege. Any speech that promotes hate, suggests harm or death to another human being, should be made illegal and the speaker subject to prosecution. Ann Coulter has crossed the line numerous times in Canada, and their should be some legal action taken against her; just like how the Germans prosecute hate and Nazi speech. What is the difference between police men profiling and discriminating against the black community (which has gotten many police into trouble, and has mostly disappeared) and discriminating against "identifiable groups" in speeches. Both hurt those people, maybe not physically, but mentally, and both fuel the fire of racism and hate towards certain groups of people. If the world were to ignore this, and take no action, something like the Holocaust could happen again. We ignored what was happening Germany, and millions were killed. Canada needs to take action. Hasn`t the world learned anything from its past mistakes?
In 2010, Ann Coulter came to Canada to do a University Tour. A day before she was to speak at the University of Western Ontario, Francois Houle the provost of the University of Ottawa, sent Coulter an e-mail stating that "promoting hatred against any identifiable group would not only be considered inappropriate, but could in fact lead to criminal charges." Coulters reply was that by sending her this e-mail, Houle was promoting hatred against Conservatives. A few days later, her speech at the University of Ottawa was cancelled due to overly rowdy protesters outside of the university. Coulter`s security and organizers of the event decided it was to dangerous for her to present her speech. She was outraged and and ranted about how she has never had a speech cancelled and that she was “guessing the scores to get into the University of Ottawa are not very challenging.” This event has caused a lot of controversy and has people questioning not only why she was aloud in the country in the first place, but did she break any laws and how far is too far when it comes to The Feedom of Speech.
According to the criminal code of Canada, in sections 318 and 319, it is a criminal offence to advocate genocide, publicly incite hatred, and willfully promote hatred towards any "identifiable group." Also, in section 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act prohibits the communication of messages that are likely to expose a person or persons to hatred or contempt. In her speeches, and Coulter broke both of these laws. She discriminated against Muslim`s with her "camel " comments and bashed all left wing views. A person can only take freedom of speech so far, but when you break two laws when enacting this "right", then you know that person has stepped over the line.
Freedom of speech is a right but not a "right" per se. It is a privilege. Any speech that promotes hate, suggests harm or death to another human being, should be made illegal and the speaker subject to prosecution. Ann Coulter has crossed the line numerous times in Canada, and their should be some legal action taken against her; just like how the Germans prosecute hate and Nazi speech. What is the difference between police men profiling and discriminating against the black community (which has gotten many police into trouble, and has mostly disappeared) and discriminating against "identifiable groups" in speeches. Both hurt those people, maybe not physically, but mentally, and both fuel the fire of racism and hate towards certain groups of people. If the world were to ignore this, and take no action, something like the Holocaust could happen again. We ignored what was happening Germany, and millions were killed. Canada needs to take action. Hasn`t the world learned anything from its past mistakes?
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