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The one freedom that underpins all others is freedom of speech. What good, for example, is freedom of assembly if those gathered are not allowed to express themselves? I believe Liberal MP and Pakistan-born Iqra Khalid's successful launch of a trial balloon called M-103 has put us on the path to losing this right in terms of being able to critically discuss the religion of Islam. In my opinion, this motion had two purposes; one, to create official recognition of the word 'Islamophobia', and two, to gauge how acquiescent Canadians are likely to be when the Liberal government eventually tries to curb our most basic freedom by outlawing any criticism of Islam. To my great dismay, Canadians simply allowed parliament to proclaim the existence of, and then denounce, 'Islamophobia' minus any explanation of how it will be defined. Our quiet acceptance of this obvious gateway motion has paved the way for the Liberals to introduce legislation to criminalize 'Islamophobia' if they remain in power.
The language used to justify suspension of our right to free expression will be soothing, and oh, so reasonable. It will sound something like this, "With all rights come responsibilities, and one of those responsibilities is to protect the most vulnerable among us from the fear and trauma caused by hate speech. The peaceful and tolerant vast majority of Canadians agree that spiteful vitriol has no place in a civil and civilized society ...." and on. You get the picture. But, what it really means is that any criticism of Islamic tenets, regardless of how fact-based and reasonable, will automatically be labelled hate speech. No due process will follow, as a charge of 'Islamophobia' will serve as both accusation and guilty verdict. The truth will not be a defense.
If Iqra Khalid and Justin Trudeau have their way, I would be declared a criminal for doing nothing other than telling a simple and easily verified truth about Islam. For example, verse 4:34 of the Qur'an clearly instructs men to beat their disobedient wives. I believe that I should be allowed to voice my displeasure with that command, but I also believe that one day it will be a crime to do so if we let the Liberals continue on the path they have obviously laid out. We can't let this happen.
http://www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Committee/421/CHPC/Reports/RP9315686/chpcrp10/chpcrp10-e.pdf
BTW, how's this for irony - The front page of M-103 shows a picture of the rotunda of the parliament building, which is where security officers were forced to gun down an Islamic militant who had killed Cpl. Nathan Cirillo and was bent on killing parliamentarians.
The language used to justify suspension of our right to free expression will be soothing, and oh, so reasonable. It will sound something like this, "With all rights come responsibilities, and one of those responsibilities is to protect the most vulnerable among us from the fear and trauma caused by hate speech. The peaceful and tolerant vast majority of Canadians agree that spiteful vitriol has no place in a civil and civilized society ...." and on. You get the picture. But, what it really means is that any criticism of Islamic tenets, regardless of how fact-based and reasonable, will automatically be labelled hate speech. No due process will follow, as a charge of 'Islamophobia' will serve as both accusation and guilty verdict. The truth will not be a defense.
If Iqra Khalid and Justin Trudeau have their way, I would be declared a criminal for doing nothing other than telling a simple and easily verified truth about Islam. For example, verse 4:34 of the Qur'an clearly instructs men to beat their disobedient wives. I believe that I should be allowed to voice my displeasure with that command, but I also believe that one day it will be a crime to do so if we let the Liberals continue on the path they have obviously laid out. We can't let this happen.
http://www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Committee/421/CHPC/Reports/RP9315686/chpcrp10/chpcrp10-e.pdf
BTW, how's this for irony - The front page of M-103 shows a picture of the rotunda of the parliament building, which is where security officers were forced to gun down an Islamic militant who had killed Cpl. Nathan Cirillo and was bent on killing parliamentarians.