Canada actually is a Western country where blasphemy trials are pursued quite vigorously, through the 'hate speech' and 'hate crime' laws and via the various Canadian "human rights" commissions.
The only thing is they are applied for the most part on behalf of perpetually aggrieved and perpetually offended Muslims against various infidel groups.
Muslims are never the haters-only the victims. The most aggressively pursued individuals are usually white, Christian males, including clergymen and well known writers like Mark Steyn.
However, white Jews like Ezra Levant have also been put through the wringer at the taxpayer's expense, with the deaf-mute silence of most of the establishment media and politicians (I'm looking at you Stephen Harper and Jason Kenney).
Recently, we have also seen many examples of Muslim aggressors co-opting the police, unions and other public groups such as libraries and public school and university curricula. Pro-western, pro-American and pro-Israel voices are intimidated, and are even physically assaulted here in North America on a regular basis.
Campuses are epicentres of anti-Jewish hatred but the world yawns.
So basically, this article appeared to me gutless, soulless and skirting the real issues concerning blasphemy in Canada.
Aside from a handful of ballsy bloggers, and a few writers (here and ex-pats) we are a nation of chickens. No wonder the fifth columnists feel so empowered and comfortable here.
Pathetic.
