How not to behave when visiting Canada.

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I know DVX has a no politics rule, but this isnt politics, this is just how not to behave in a country you are visiting.

http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/03/22/13322641-qmi.html

Fatima Al-Dhaher, a political science student from London, rose and spoke about comments Coulter made after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.


The firebrand Republican had suggested Muslim countries be invaded, their leaders killed and all Muslims converted to Christianity. She later suggested Muslims denied air travel take “flying carpets” instead.

“As a 17-year-old student of this university, Muslim, should I be converted to Christianity? Second of all, since I don’t have a magic carpet, what other modes do you suggest,” Al-Dhaher said to loud and sustained applause.


“I thought it was just American public schools that produced ignorant people,” Coulter replied, prompting her own round of applause.
Coulter then noted many Japanese were converted to Christianity after the Second World War and “we haven’t heard a peep out of them.”
To shouts of “Answer the question,” Coulter finally replied “What mode of transportation? Take a camel.”
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Also take note, that for some reason, some students there were on her side, giving her applause for her comments.

Also, she (Ann) wants to file a human rights complaint because she got a warning message from the university of Ottawa saying...

You will realize that Canadian law puts reasonable limits on the freedom of expression. For example, promoting hatred against any identifiable group would not only be considered inappropriate, but could in fact lead to criminal charges. Outside of the criminal realm, Canadian defamation laws also limit freedom of expression and may differ somewhat from those to which you are accustomed. I therefore ask you, while you are a guest on our campus, to weigh your words with respect and civility in mind.
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Andrew McCarrick said:
Sorry, but I don't see how this discussion could go in any direction other than political.
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Well visiting a country and telling a young student that she should ride a camel and not be allowed to fly in the air except on a carpet, well that has nothing to do with political beliefs.

I'm all for freedom of speech, but such concrete statements are just not the polite thing to do when you are a guest in another country. And then trying to bring up Hate crime charges because she was warned that she is free to say anything she wants as long as it doesn't break the law is just silly.
 
While the issue itself isn't really political, I think it can be taken in a direction that is most definitely political.
 
Seeing as this is all about if this will turn political, well then it most probably will.

But yes, she's a well hated American by us Canadians even well before this when she had her original 15 minutes. I'm surprised she even came here. She's said many times she hates Canada and thinks we're only good for our ski-resorts and that the US should just bomb us and take our resources. It's people like her that makes everyone (in the rest of the world) hate America.
 
Jon Starr said:
What's the point of saying something like that in a thread like this? To provoke something?

Mods... close please...
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You're right. A mild joke about our neighbors to the north is much more politically provocative, than a discussion revolving around Anne Coulter, and her comments on terrorism and Islam...
 
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