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   From: jon@than.ball   
      
   On Sun, 31 Mar 2024 03:20:38 -0230   
   David Dalton  wrote:   
      
   > For now   
   > I am not charging, but if you are happy with   
   > the reading a gift wouldn’t go astray.   
   Meanwhile most Canucks are terrified to speak in public any more   
   because:   
      
   https://nypost.com/2024/03/14/opinion/canada-wants-to-put-you-in   
   prison-before-you-commit-a-thoughtcrime/   
      
   No, Canada!   
      
   The country that brought you debanking protesters and government-assisted   
   suicide for the poor now wants to criminalize speech to lock up people for   
   life and to put wrongthinkers under house arrest if the state sees a chance   
   they will commit a crime.    
      
   Doesn’t get more Orwellian than that.    
      
   The chillingly titled Online Harms Act was introduced in February by   
   Justice Minister Arif Virani.   
      
   Pissed at your girlfriend? Tell the government she’s likely to commit a hate   
   crime and have her house-arrested.    
      
   Worse, one provision in the bill would “increase the maximum penalty   
   specifically for advocating genocide from 5 years to life imprisonment.”   
      
   We’re sure a law that criminalizes “advocating for genocide” could never   
   be twisted to criminalize support for Israel.   
      
   The pro-Hamas left will have a field day.   
      
   The law would saddle social media companies that refuse to bend the knee with   
   insane fines reaching up to 6% of global revenue.    
      
   In short, it would be the end of free expression in Canada.    
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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