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About the notion of “human rights” under which Steyn and Macleans are being prosecuted in British Columbia. The Albertan Human Rights Commission continues to widen the speech it regulates. Such hate crimes cases apparently have a 100% conviction record. Of course; such bodies are dominated by the “concerned” and such convictions extend their

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[jordan179]

From the Guardian:

... he offers that the next president would not need 100 days to change America's image in the world, just "10 minutes" - the time it would take to deliver an inaugural address that would promise that America "will never again torture a prisoner... never again attack another country unless our security is directly threatened", will honour its international agreements and do the right thing on climate change.

The second statement would certainly change not only our "image in the world" but also the world itself. How long do you suppose it would be after that statement was made before China attacked Taiwan? This reminds me of the poorly-chosen definition of our "security perimeter" that encouraged Kim Il Sung to attack South Korea.

Europeans may warm to Carter's clear pride in a clean sheet on the use of force - he branded the Iran hostage rescue effort a humanitarian, rather than a military, mission so as to maintain the purity of his record - but too many Americans saw that as wimpishness.

... and hypocrisy.