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2003-11-04 01:55 | User Profile
Canada Customs Admits It Burns Books Opinion; Posted on: 2003-11-03 11:31:39 [ Printer friendly ]
[url]http://www.nationalvanguard.org/story.php?id=1005[/url]
by Paul Fromm
It's hard to believe, but Canada Customs actually admits they're book burners. In a recent talk with a Customs agent -- of course, no one has a name -- one of our supporters asked what happened to banned books that the thought police confiscate. "We burn them," she replied.
Our supporter had received a "Notice of Detention Determination." In the arcane language of the Customs censors, inanimate objects like books and pamphlets are "detained," pending a decision. This particular determination found that David Duke's new book Jewish Supremacism: My Awakening to the Jewish Question and a flyer "The Dark Side of Diversity" are inadmissible.
David Duke, the former Louisiana state senator, is in good company, joining a growing list of thinkers and writers our politically correct thought police don't want you to read, including President Theodore Roosevelt and Martin Luther -- the religious reformer, not the political agitator of the 1960s.
The brave person conveying this book banning information is #16012. Yes, honest to God, a number! Consistent with the thuggish cowardice of the book-banning bullies at Customs, none of the book burners will own up to having a name.
The letter also advised our supporter that he might be liable for costs of storage and destruction of his own property! The threat was reminiscent of the practice by the Red Chinese during the Cultural Revolution madness to bill the family of their victims for the cost of the bullets needed to execute them! But, this is Canada. When our supporter inquired what these costs might be, he was assured that they were only assessed against people who brought in several hundreds of books. Such distributors would be punished by being billed for the cost of storing and destroying the books the thought police had stolen. Such costs did not apply to individual free thinkers bringing in banned books. Whew!
Our supporter asked what drew Customs' attention to his package of Duke's book and a few leaflets. With innocent irony, the Customs spokesman, actually spokeswoman, said they were on the lookout for Duke's publisher "Free Speech Press." Only in dictatorships and Canada is free speech a dangerous threat.
"We've been watching Duke for a long time," she added. Too bad they're not more diligent about watching for the drug smugglers in their own ranks.
The spokesman added: "We've been looking into all packages that look like books for a number of years."
Our supporter suggested that he should be allowed to keep his book, as he wanted his teenage children to be able to see for themselves what the controversy over racism and "hate" was all about. "Well, our laws don't allow it," he was told. However, the helpful Customs woman advised: "Use the Internet. There's hate all over the Internet."
Our supporter and his teenagers had better hurry before Canadian Human Rights Commission censor Richard Warman gets rid of all the "hate" on the Internet -- at least, those dissident or controversial sites with a Canadian connection.
Paul Fromm Director CANADIAN ASSOCIATION FOR FREE EXPRESSION
2003-11-04 03:40 | User Profile
Buring books is nothing unsual. When I went to jail for having Rushton and MacDonald books "for distribution" they were order to be burned. In Germany, books/CDs/tapes/publications are regularly commited to be "recycled" and in Sweden they had a public book burning of "hate material" a few years back sponcered by various "anti" groups and the ministry of culture and the photos were floating about the internet for a while. The same kind of events (although rarely public) happen in the UK as well. Obviously the current order is going to destroy material they find threatening and there is nothing shocking about this at all.
2003-11-04 03:51 | User Profile
Itââ¬â¢s disgraceful when thought and written word are placed as threats to Canada, a country where freedom and diversity is ââ¬Åsupposedââ¬Â to flourish. Unless fitting with the ââ¬Åpolitically correctââ¬Â agenda, itââ¬â¢s unwelcome and destroyed.
2003-11-04 04:23 | User Profile
[QUOTE=triskelion]Buring books is nothing unsual. When I went to jail for having Rushton and MacDonald books "for distribution" they were order to be burned. ...Obviously the current order is going to destroy material they find threatening and there is nothing shocking about this at all.[/QUOTE]
For Americans, and from the sounds of it Canadians too, going to jail for possession of books is shocking.
[quote=Melissa]Itââ¬â¢s disgraceful when thought and written word are placed as threats to Canada, a country where freedom and diversity is ââ¬Åsupposedââ¬Â to flourish. Unless fitting with the ââ¬Åpolitically correctââ¬Â agenda, itââ¬â¢s unwelcome and destroyed.
Welcome to OD Melissa.