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April 8, 2005 5:23 AM PDT
Net weakens media ban in Canada scandal probe
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So what happens if I show up to a Red Wings game with a Tee-shirt or hat with an offending web URL, and it gets shown on CBC? Are the Mounties going to be waiting for me the next time my family takes a trip to Toronto? Pathetic rule.
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Notwithstanding the current NHL strike saving us all from such risk, it was only a week anyway. And the phenomenon of the publication ban's lack of effectiveness will only serve to reinfoce that in the age of the Internet - such things will go the way of church inquisitions, indulgences, etc.
Besides, I don't think Canada can exactly be accused of having a monopoly on or even being a home to "holier-than-thou" attitudes. Many outside the United States think of America long before Canada when such talk starts, thanks to the US President in his so-called effort to "defend freedom" in the world.
And, as a Canadian, I prefer being called inflammatory. ;)