My latest at Examiner.com, on proposed (by a Democrat, naturally) cyber-bullying legislation that would stifle free speech the way it is here in Canada.

Believe me, there are a few trolls who serve no other purpose but to insult and demean anyone who doesn’t fall into lockstep with them, and I’d personally love to see them in person and ask them to repeat themselves. Sadly, 99.9% of them are too cowardly for that sort of thing. Most of them won’t even write under their real names.

That said, this bill is nonsense on so many levels. I know the Obama administration has behaved like a bunch of teenagers with Daddy’s credit card at times, and taken the family plane out for a joy ride from time to time, but must we also legislate on the basis of a hormonal teenage girl?

We’re a day early due to the long weekend on both sides of the border (Thanksgiving in the North and Columbus Day in the South). We decided that this show, regarding the Steyn/MacLeans verdict was too important to miss, so we’re giving you an extra day with it!

This week we welcome Pete Vere, co-author of The Tyranny of Nice, to talk about some of the lesser-known human rights complaints in Canada, as well as to discuss the Steyn verdict.

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… but that still doesn’t make me any more comfortable with this measure.

Cyber-bullies who plague internet chat rooms with obscene and insulting comments will be banned under the first national scheme to strip them of their anonymity.

People going online will be forced to provide their real names and social security numbers under a new law that makes internet portals responsible for policing message boards and weblogs.

The law has been introduced in South Korea, and is certain to be closely monitored by other countries where there is concern over online abuse.

The move, which is decried by some as an overly fierce infringement of online liberties, aims to curb the most damaging excesses of so-called “keyboard warriors” – people who concoct sex-scandals, fraud allegations and other libels that chiefly target figures in the public eye.

No thanks. As long as I’m not getting spammed, I’m pretty tolerant in my comments section. No death threats, no spam… other than that you can say what you want. I have rarely (very rarely) deleted or banned anyone. If you want to be an anonymous wank-stain, you’re welcome to it.

Dean Esmay says “Talk about anything“. I call bullshit. Fucking hypocrite.