Stupid Canadians

Two interesting articles about Canada:

Canadian snipers lauded as experts in Afghan action


It appears some Canuck has broken the longstanding record for the longest sniper kill. A Canadian sniper (with US observer) dinged an Afghan at 2,430 meters. Though I’ve said some disparaging things about the Canadian military from time to time, you’ve got to respect them for dropping a guy at 1.5 miles. This beat the 35 year record of 2,250 meters set by American Carlos Hathcock.


Authority to 'chastise' Jews claimed


The point of this story is that a man on trial for his anti-Semitic blog is claiming the defense that he, by virtue of some ancient documents in his possession, has the scriptural authority to “chastise” Jews. Sadly, the crazy racist’s defense against criminal charges doesn’t include a freedom of speech argument (which would presumptively lose in Canada). That’s right, Canada — our ostensibly freedom-loving neighbor to the north — can and will bring criminal charges against you for pure speech on the internet. Not only that, but the Canadian news source reporting on it doesn’t even find the ‘prosecution for speech’ aspect notable enough to deserve comment. It’s times like this where I thank God that we have the ACLU.