Ezra Levant
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Well, he hasn't indicated that he won't. Let me tell you what's terrifying about that. Likely to. So that's a future crime.
So how do you defend against a future crime? Now, there are some future crimes in our criminal code uttering a death threat, I suppose, is a future crime. Attempted something, something. But likely to what? Punch someone, that's very measurable. No, likely to expose a person to hatred or contempt. So you're going to do something that's likely to cause him to have hard feelings about himself.
So how do you defend against a future crime? Now, there are some future crimes in our criminal code uttering a death threat, I suppose, is a future crime. Attempted something, something. But likely to what? Punch someone, that's very measurable. No, likely to expose a person to hatred or contempt. So you're going to do something that's likely to cause him to have hard feelings about himself.
So how do you defend against a future crime? Now, there are some future crimes in our criminal code uttering a death threat, I suppose, is a future crime. Attempted something, something. But likely to what? Punch someone, that's very measurable. No, likely to expose a person to hatred or contempt. So you're going to do something that's likely to cause him to have hard feelings about himself.
And how do you measure that? And what's likely to?
And how do you measure that? And what's likely to?
And how do you measure that? And what's likely to?
And truth is not a defense. What's truth got to do with it? You caused him to have hard feelings about him.
And truth is not a defense. What's truth got to do with it? You caused him to have hard feelings about him.
And truth is not a defense. What's truth got to do with it? You caused him to have hard feelings about him.
I was... pursued for 900 days. And the apex of that was we managed to convince the interrogator for the Alberta Human Rights Commission to allow us to make a record of my interrogation. Now, we didn't say radio, so it was in my lawyer's office. It was on a Friday afternoon. And we managed to convince the interrogator to come to us. So we had set up—it was conspicuous. It wasn't hidden.
I was... pursued for 900 days. And the apex of that was we managed to convince the interrogator for the Alberta Human Rights Commission to allow us to make a record of my interrogation. Now, we didn't say radio, so it was in my lawyer's office. It was on a Friday afternoon. And we managed to convince the interrogator to come to us. So we had set up—it was conspicuous. It wasn't hidden.
I was... pursued for 900 days. And the apex of that was we managed to convince the interrogator for the Alberta Human Rights Commission to allow us to make a record of my interrogation. Now, we didn't say radio, so it was in my lawyer's office. It was on a Friday afternoon. And we managed to convince the interrogator to come to us. So we had set up—it was conspicuous. It wasn't hidden.
We had set up a camera. This was before smartphones. This was—I had never used a camera before. And we set it up in the room. So the interrogator comes in. She looks at the camera. You can see she's sort of hesitating for a second. But it's Friday afternoon, and we had been negotiating this meeting for months. So she just sits down, and she proceeds to grill me. Yeah, yeah.
We had set up a camera. This was before smartphones. This was—I had never used a camera before. And we set it up in the room. So the interrogator comes in. She looks at the camera. You can see she's sort of hesitating for a second. But it's Friday afternoon, and we had been negotiating this meeting for months. So she just sits down, and she proceeds to grill me. Yeah, yeah.
We had set up a camera. This was before smartphones. This was—I had never used a camera before. And we set it up in the room. So the interrogator comes in. She looks at the camera. You can see she's sort of hesitating for a second. But it's Friday afternoon, and we had been negotiating this meeting for months. So she just sits down, and she proceeds to grill me. Yeah, yeah.
And what do you think her first question was? It was, Why did you publish the cartoons? Now, the thing is, if anyone else had asked me that question, I probably did 100 media interviews. I would try and be the most reasonable version of me I could be. I would try and explain it. Separation of mosque and state. It's the central artifact in a news story. We have to talk this out.
And what do you think her first question was? It was, Why did you publish the cartoons? Now, the thing is, if anyone else had asked me that question, I probably did 100 media interviews. I would try and be the most reasonable version of me I could be. I would try and explain it. Separation of mosque and state. It's the central artifact in a news story. We have to talk this out.
And what do you think her first question was? It was, Why did you publish the cartoons? Now, the thing is, if anyone else had asked me that question, I probably did 100 media interviews. I would try and be the most reasonable version of me I could be. I would try and explain it. Separation of mosque and state. It's the central artifact in a news story. We have to talk this out.
I would try and be as reasonable as possible. I talked to a lot of Muslim folks, and I tried to say, no, please understand why this was. I was trying to appeal to their reason. But when the government asks you the same question, you can't answer in the same way. Because the government is not asking out of curiosity or out of intellectual growth. They're asking because something turns on it.