Tag: British Columbia
It's Not Illegal To Be An Asshole ... Yet.
MayorBob.
Posted to Legal on Wed Jul 30, 2008 at 08:42:49 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
Guy Earle claims to be an edgy stand up comic and one who will fight back if heckled. So, last year when he was heckled during a performance, he responded in kind. Used a bit of abusive language, he did. Made disparaging remarks about the sexual orientation of the hecklers, he did. He says it's allowed as he's a bit of an asshole and it's part of his act. Apparently, not everyone agrees because he's facing a hearing in front of a provincial Human Rights Tribunal. He sees it as an attack on his free speech rights while the government likes to think of it as more like prosecuting hate speech.
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Six Feet Underwater
MayorBob.
Posted to Etcetera on Fri Jun 20, 2008 at 04:05:35 PM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
Canadian police are puzzled, the public fascinated and discoverers horrified as the latest in a series of grisly events has occurred in British Columbia (BC). Another severed foot was discovered on the banks of the Campbell River. This marked the sixth severed foot found washed up on shore in BC in the past year and the second time it's happened in a week.
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