Canada: No Free Speech Zone

I am a regular reader of Kathy Shaidle's Five Feet of Fury. Many times I agree with her, sometimes I don't, but she is always compelling. She has a wonderful way of packing a lot of meaning into few words. I've always admired people who can do that...it's a talent I wish I had.

Kathy and numerous other prominent conservative Canadian bloggers are being sued by one Richard Warman, a man who -- on a habitual basis -- actually sues people for offending his delicate sensibilities and wins. No he is not laughed out of court, he wins. Another one of the defendants, Ezra Levant, explains the lawsuit and Warman's background. Warman is a former employee of the Canadian Human Rights Commission, which is some sort of Orwellian star chamber used to regulate and punish people for saying the "wrong" things and having the "wrong" opinions. Like so many things in government, it started out as something to help protect the rights of the weak, but is now being used by those with a sense of entitlement to bully others.

Kathy and her fellow Canadian bloggers will need help fighting this lawsuit:

We can only fight this man's attempt to silence conservative opinion if we have international support: both moral and financial.

This lawsuit will cost me at least $30,000 to fight.

And fight it I will.

Richard Warman's friends at the Canadian Human Rights Commission say "freedom of speech is an American concept" they refuse to recognize.

Well, some Canadians DO believe in freedom of speech.

Please help Kathy if you are able. If the Canadian bloggers who are being sued win this lawsuit, it will be a tremendous step forward towards true free speech in Canada. If Warman wins, the enemies of free speech will become further entrenched.