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Book Review: The Tyranny of Nice – How Canada Crushes Freedom in the Name of Human Rights
Book Review: The Tyranny of Nice – How Canada Crushes Freedom in the Name of Human Rights
With intro by Mark Steyn. "An excellent and necessary book."
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My new book The Tyranny of Nice gets first review: "an excellent and necessary book"
AllJohn Jalsevac writes: Indeed, this humble pair has done a great service for those who are concerned about the future of democratic freedoms in Canada. They have pulled together in one short, easy-to-read, 80-page volume, a goodly portion of the lunacy of the commissions, well documented and entertainingly presented; and the end result is to leave no question that the commissions amount to a serious threat to freedom in Canada and that something must be done about it. The question, however, as ...

Well, if Bill Ayers can airbrush history and claim he was never a terrorist
protein wisdom — ... And in so doing, lead society back to a time when we all lived in huts. And were feasted upon by polar bears — if we happened to interfere in their territorial claims. So much for the survival of the fittest. To which I quip, “KEEP YOUR RELIGION OUT OF MY SCIENCE!” 4. A review of Mark Steyn’s Tyranny of the Nice . Your assignment: in 500 words or less, explain to me how said review runs afoul of intentionalism, and why that matters. (h/t Dan, who was reading this instead of finding me an agent, like he said he would). 5. ...

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