Way to Go Calgary!!

Have I told you lately how much I love that city. This is why.

Check out the Calgary Herald:

"In Calgary, Harrison (U of C provost) said it's not up to a university to suppress an individual viewpoint.

"The purpose of a university is to encourage and promote the free exchange of ideas. To do anything other than that is, I think, to go against what the university stands for," he said. "Our concern is to ensure this event goes on smoothly and that she receives the same respect for her opinions as everybody else would expect to receive for theirs," he said."

And these choice words from commenter:

"Jason Devine is in no position to decide for me what I think is controversial, racist, or anything else for that matter. Nor is he in that position for ANYBODY unless he is the parent of a minor. It's called free speech, folks; and the right to employ it was won with blood, not censorship. Nobody is forced to go hear what Ms. Coulter has to say; just as nobody should be forced to join in the Ottawa group-think."

Take that and shove it, U of O.

PS: Ann Coulter was right about Canadians in Vietnam, too. Those of us of an advanced age remember, and some of us, gasp, actually honour them.

And they served in Iraq, too.

"...our soldiers have actually been in front-line positions and even been wounded."

So, to all you pantiwastes out there, go fuck yourselves.