A Crime in the Mind

As if it wasn't bad enough that Section 13, that portion of our much vaunted Trudeaupian Charter that okays state censorship, gives the go-ahead to state "human rights" apparatchiks to punish/silence those who express ideas that "are likely to expose person or persons to hatred and contempt"--in other words, and in keeping with the film Minority Report, a "pre-crime"--here's something that's even worse. From the National Post:

OTTAWA — Canadian defence researchers are investigating how brain signals might distinguish hostile intent from everyday emotions such as anger and fear.

Though there is still much to learn, the goal is to push biometric science beyond identification techniques to a new frontier where covert security technology would secretly scan peoples’ minds to determine whether they harbour malicious intent.

“This ability can be used by members of the military and the security forces to isolate adversaries prior to commission of actions,” according to a research paper posted on the federal government’s Defence Research and Development Canada website last week.

The concept resembles Steven Spielberg’s 2002 sci-fi thriller Minority Report, in which police in 2054 apprehend criminals based on a foreknowledge of crimes yet to be committed...

Talk about giving new meaning to the phrase "thought crime." Can you even imagine how thrilled the control-freaks will be if they get to punish you for merely thinking something "blasphemous"/un-PC?