Canadian Human Rights

Imagine a bunch of Doctor Caricatures – giant heads,  reflector and stethescopes strapped on, and black shiny boots – they’re jabbering wildly with pointed teeth, smiling and promising that they’re here to help while they stick sharp needles in your belly–

That’s what it feels like when you read the Ontario Human Rights Commission‘s website.

For those of you still under the delusion that you live in a free country, the Human Rights Commissions are a group of government run secret courts where the presumption is guilt until you can prove innocence.  They’re premised on the Third-Wave-Feminist concept of Institutional Violence, which posits as an article of faith that the sole reason women and minorities have trouble achieving social parity with the Rich White Male over-class, was that the world had been built from the ground-up with malicious intent and latent sadism.

Which is all well and good on it’s own – I’m never one to discount a good Conspiracy Theory, not with the sick lunatics we have running the show, but the solution they crafted was bent three ways left of sideways.  Instead of tearing down the establishment through patriotic acts of the old Ultraviolence their foremothers had believed in, the third-wave Tank Girls instead chose to hire groups of thuggish bureaucrats to hammer down on errant nails until everybody was equal.

So now the joke’s on them.  To quote from Jean Toomer

We’re all niggers now-get me?
Black niggers, white niggers, -take your choice.

Ann Coulter’s going to get censored, and Rap’s going to get banned.  It doesn’t matter who you are anymore, the Human Rights Tribunal is going to enforce their version of equality whether you like it or not.

An article from June 7th caught my eye, “Understanding human rights in Canada has become easier”.  Funny that, I thought, I never figured Human Rights were all that difficult to understand – the basic idea is that, what with you being a Free Man and all, you can pretty much do whatever you want as long as you don’t walk over to my house and take a shit on my lawn.  Sure, things can get a bit confusing when you try and explain why you’re defending Fred Phelps or a group of peaceful Skinheads – but on the whole I didn’t really think Human Rights were the sort of things that needed explaining – wikipedia pretty much has the market cornered on that produce.

Except what they’re talking about isn’t Human Rights – not that any Frenchman living two-hundred years ago would recognize, anyway.  What they’re really talking about is your ‘Right’ not to be offended – not to be put off, or made uncomfortable by any number of things.  Remember folks, we’re not talking about Jim Crow laws here – sunset clauses or not – we’re talking purely about emotions.  And if someone had a problem, don’t expect your day in court, or some slap on the wrist – expect to show up to a closed-door tribunal that winds up costing you tens of thousands of dollars, and ruins your business.

What, you don’t believe me?  Just ask this guy.

Oh, but the Fuckery doesn’t end there.  Their latest newsbulletin stated: “The OHRC introduces a new resource for human rights and mental health.”

Now my problem here isn’t that I’m going to have to work alongside a manic-depressive borderline who can’t be fired.  Hell, with the way my personal life has been going lately, that’d feel perfectly normal.  No, the problem here is that they are decreeing – remember, these bastards decree, stronger than any legislator – that Mental Illness is now a Thing.  It’s now a label – to be put onto your Universal ID along with your Race, Blood Type, and Religious Preference (you know – all those things that are the Government’s Business).

Only this one’s worse.  Your race is self-evident, and it’s going to fuck you over or benefit you depending on the situation.  But being labelled as Crazy?  Now that’s a terrifying prospect.  You see, Crazy people – much like women who suffer ‘False Consciousness‘ – aren’t entitled to the full Rights of a Citizen.  They’re even worse off than criminals – once they get that label, they become permanent Wards of the State.  I honestly can’t think of a more terrifying prospect.

So one last story from this site, just in case your stomach isn’t churning.  This one from the Province where I reside:

On June 27, Albertans will join their fellow Canadians to reflect on our country’s rich diversity. Canadian Multiculturalism Day encourages Albertans to honour our shared commitment to democracy, equality, mutual respect and understanding, and the important role Albertans from all national and cultural backgrounds play in helping to promote these key civic values.

Emphasis mine, but you get the point.

I gotta say, that bit about ‘mutual respect’ really rubs me the wrong way.  Where I come from, respect has always been something you earned – not something handed away freely, at gunpoint.  The poison here seems to stem from that ugly bit of folk-wisdom “Judge not lest ye be judged.”

Fuck. That. Noise.

Judge – and be prepared for the Judgement of others.  A Free Man lives with pride and dignity – not the mewling prostrations of a slave or infant.  And something that calls itself The Human Rights Tribunal has no business degrading people like this.

I can already hear what Jesse’s gonna say about all of this:

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Yo – this shit is Kafkaesque, bitch!

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Leo M.J. Aurini

Trained as a Historian at McMaster University, and as an Infantry soldier in the Canadian Forces, I'm a Scholar, Author, Film Maker, and a God fearing Catholic, who loves women for their illogical nature.

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