Saturday, February 5, 2011

Send in the 'Human Rights' Clowns

Rex Murphy regales us with another farcical tale from one of our "human rights" tribunals (the same case Margaret Wente detailed here). In brief: it has something to do with a Muslim chick who thought her "rights" were being violated when her boss objected to the overpowering aroma of the curry-infused lunch the chick warmed up in the company microwave. A "human rights" body sided with the chick, natch, and ordered the boss to pay up (money the boss, a small business owner--as are many "human rights" targets--could come up with only by selling her house, thereby becoming homeless); the ruling was later overturned by a real court. Murphy wraps things up thus:

How long must it be before provincial and federal political parties come out of their respective caves of cowardice and timidity and pronounce on the degradation of human rights in Canada? The public are so far ahead of the politicians on this issue that it has become a matter of wonder why the politicians continue to hold back.
How long must it be? Your guess is as good as mine, Rex. I think it could well be a very long time indeed (because no one, not even a Conservative government, which should know better, has the cojones to face down the powerful "human rights" industry).

3 comments:

Jan said...

I think a pre-requisite to holding a position on the HRC (since knowledge of the law is of absolutely no value) would be" experience in the field". By this, I mean advocating for the same rights as they advocate for the "the Oppressed" in Canada, only do it in third world countries (Pakistan, Nigeria, Cuba. Sudan, Egypt.) All lefties (including Ignatieff should applaud this as international perspective is a goal we should all aspire to. (sarc on).

scaramouche said...

Good idea. And by the time they've gained all their, er, "field experience," we can have mothballed the whole bleeping "human rights" apparatus.

Unknown said...

Only when the politicians are dragged before these fascists will things change. In the meantime pressure can be applied to have the decision time reduced. If no decision can be made in 60 days or less then the plaintiff must go to a real court on their own dime. Anything longer is too complex for the amateurs at the various HRC's.