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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