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   Message 137,075 of 137,311   
   Cryptoengineer to Evelyn C. Leeper   
   Re: Montreal Worldcon code of conduct   
   13 Nov 25 12:49:35   
   
   From: petertrei@gmail.com   
      
   On 11/13/2025 12:18 PM, Evelyn C. Leeper wrote:   
   > On 11/13/25 12:09 PM, Evelyn C. Leeper wrote:   
   >> On 11/13/25 11:02 AM, James Nicoll wrote:   
   >>> In article <10f4sia$26gpu$1@dont-email.me>,   
   >>> Evelyn C. Leeper  wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Do not forget that Montreal is in Canada, and their free speech laws   
   >>>> differ from those of the US. In specific, Canada has laws restricting   
   >>>> hate speech, obscenity, and defamation. Montreal is, so far as I can   
   >>>> tell, merely trying to incorporate this information in their Code of   
   >>>> Conduct.   
   >>>   
   >>> Montreal is also in Quebec so it may be an idea to learn one or   
   >>> two phrases in French, such as Bonjour (Hello), Merci (thank you),   
   >>> and Je suis maudit Anglais (I am not from Quebec).   
   >>   
   >> Vraiment amusant.   
   >>   
   >   
   > Actually, the important phrase is "J'ai vote pour Kamala." :-)   
      
   This may well be true. Many Canadians are *very* upset with the   
   toddler in the White House, and his tariff tantrums. This extends   
   to his supporters.   
      
   If we're lucky, SCOTUS will read the Constitution for once, and   
   rule that tariffing is the job of Congress, not the Executive   
   branch.   
      
   I remember that back when the US was invading Iraq, on a false   
   pretect of 'weapons of mass destruction', Americans abroad   
   sometimes wore shirts saying 'I apologize for my President.   
   I did not vote for him' in about 30 languages.   
      
   Maybe we need a new edition.   
      
   pt   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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