courage? nahhh
A couple of people emailed me, congratulating me on my "courage" for all the links in yesterday's post. The thing is, courage implies an element of personal risk. Yes I am a Canadian, and yes my permanent residence is in Canada... however, my blog is hosted on a computer in the United States, and I myself am presently in the USA. There is no way that any contempt of court charge would apply to my situation. No risk: no courage.
Would I have still published yesterday's post if I was in Canada right now? Probably - I am curmudgeonly sort, and this is precisely the sort of information that Canadians need to know about the Liberal government. Would I have been charged if I was in Canada yesterday? Possible, but unlikely: once Captain's Quarters published, the publication ban was moot.
Will I publish the same sort of thing when I return to Canada? Could be... however I have a sneaking suspicion that a similar situation will not present itself anytime in the near future.
Some things the events of the last few days have shown me is that (1) it is really easy to get oneself placed pretty damn high on Google searches, even unintentionally (2) publication bans are ultimately futile; in the age of the blogger, all it takes is one bigmouth to render such bans ineffective, and (3) Justice Gomery (intentionally or not) did us all a favour by applying the ban - it served to bring an inordinate amount of attention the the Inquiry.
Now, if only voters in Ontario will remember this Inquiry when Canadians go to the polls next time, there might still be hope for my country... they might actually throw the bastards out of office, rather than rewarding them with 75 out of 100 Ontario seats in Parliament. Of course, that may be too much to hope for; a 2 billion dollar waste by HRDC and another 2 billion waste on a gun registry (which has yet to catch a single criminal) wasn't enough to do it last time; a 250 million dollar waste on the federal Sponsorship program may not be enough this time. Oh well, time will tell...
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