Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Chris Selley: What’s so crazy about discussing abortion?

Chris Selley
Chris Selley
There is something almost pitiful concerning the New Democrats’ efforts to drum up outrage over Motion M-312, backbench Conservative Mega pixel Steven Woodworth’s private member’s motion that will begin a parliamentary committee to think about the legal chronological age of personhood. It appeared to possess little possibility of passing wouldn't dampen their shrillness (The election was Wednesday evening the motion unsuccessful 91-203) that government whip Gordon O’Connor several weeks ago shipped a withering defense of things as they are - “Whether one accepts it or otherwise, abortion is and try to will participate society. … I am unable to realize why individuals who're adamantly in opposition to abortion wish to impose their values on others through the Criminal Code” - would on no account be used at par value. That much more progressive nation than Canada place - indeed, every more progressive country than Canada places - legal limitations on abortion is, as always, irrelevant. No, the mere information on this motion to strike a committee was presented being an affront.

Monday, September 17, 2012

Bangladesh blocks YouTube over anti-Islamic film

YouTube
YouTube
The government in Bangladesh has blocked YouTube to prevent people from seeing an anti-Islam video produced in the US ridiculing the Prophet Muhammad.

Independent and Somoy television stations said the government blocked the popular video search engine late Monday.

On Sunday, the chief of the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission said the government sent a letter to Google, which owns YouTube, urging it to remove the video. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina made the same request.

Google has blocked access to the video in Libya and Egypt following violence there, and in Indonesia and India because it says the video broke laws in those countries.