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  • Cat had a habit of licking plastic grocery bags. Didn’t care two bits for catnip, but would go gaga for plastic bags. Well, one day the goober got so into it that she got her head into a bag handle, noticed that something was off, and panicked. So you have this cat sprinting all over the house, running away from the bag that’s billowing and making scary noises just behind her… In the end she started running up the stairs, got the rest of the bag stuck under her paws, and just stood there in self-pity because she’s pinned herself down.











  • That’s why I drew the distinction between banning things the government doesn’t approve of and banning Nazi symbolism. The former is a risk to freedom of expression, but the latter is just hate speech, and south of the border (heck, even here with the KKKonvoy) is a perfect example of where the line should have been drawn w.r.t. that.

    And just to be clear, I’m not defending the bill - I’ll criticising the examples that the article used.



  • While government censorship is dangerous, the article is picking some really disingenuous examples:

    Another provision would make it illegal (as a government backgrounder puts it) to “willfully promote hatred against an identifiable group by publicly displaying certain terrorism or hate symbols.” It specifies the Nazi swastika, the SS insignia and the symbols of designated terrorist groups. What that means is that someone could be arrested in Canada simply for waving a flag, a bad idea no matter how odious the idea it represents.

    If you’re waving a Nazi flag, you’re not “just waving a flag.” They could have gone with “you could get charged for protesting a genocide” but decided to go with “I won’t be able to show my approval of fascism.” ಠ_ಠ