“The way this started was that the International Free Press Society called the catering department about a month ago and said that they had a Dutch MP coming to Canada for a speaking tour and that it was part of the Tulip Festival,” Ms. Thompson said, stressing the centre was not sponsoring the event
Suffice to say, the "Bleached Führer" is not on the Tulip Fest schedule. I think the IFPS guys just bullshitted to ease things along, but I've emailed the festival for a confirmation.
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Just heard Litwin on CBC radio defending "free speech" and "free thinking", with no apparent awareness of any contradiction between his claims in this regard and the fact that Wilders' talk is a closed, invitation only event.
And then there's Wilders complaints about how Muslims treat women, and this:
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/orthodox-jewish-paper-apologizes-running-photo-digitally-deleted-232338125.html
The bigger contradiction with Litwin's concerns about freedom of speech is that Wilders wants the Koran banned. How do you reconcile freedom of the press with the banning of books?
And incidentally, do you realize "Dr." McVety is in this up to his tulips? Canada Christian College is a co-sponsor of the speaking tour.
How do you reconcile freedom of the press with the banning of books?
You can, but it's not pretty.
I just love how the Israeli Apartheid crowd which takes over publicly funded universities for two weeks and also almost killed funding for Pride in Toronto can't stomach a lecture at the National Arts Centre.
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