Comments on: Robert Worsley: not a Nazi http://blogs.ubc.ca/ubcinsiders/2009/09/28/robert-worsley-not-a-nazi/ Against old people, policing, renovations, and fiscal planning since 2007 Sun, 24 Jul 2011 18:55:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sheldon http://blogs.ubc.ca/ubcinsiders/2009/09/28/robert-worsley-not-a-nazi/comment-page-1/#comment-3846 Sheldon Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:21:56 +0000 http://blogs.ubc.ca/ubcinsiders/?p=866#comment-3846 This reminds me of the time Bill Vander Zalm sued a cartoonist. This reminds me of the time Bill Vander Zalm sued a cartoonist.

]]> By: Alex Lougheed http://blogs.ubc.ca/ubcinsiders/2009/09/28/robert-worsley-not-a-nazi/comment-page-1/#comment-3844 Alex Lougheed Tue, 29 Sep 2009 06:23:28 +0000 http://blogs.ubc.ca/ubcinsiders/?p=866#comment-3844 Yet another argument for the need for a satire defense in Canadian defamation laws. I don't think any reasonable person could have interpreted that article as seriously alleging Mr. Worsley as an officer of the Third Reich. And really, if you're a public servant, you should expect and embrace public criticism. It's how the public keeps its institutions serving themselves. This was an unprofessional move, for sure. Yet another argument for the need for a satire defense in Canadian defamation laws. I don’t think any reasonable person could have interpreted that article as seriously alleging Mr. Worsley as an officer of the Third Reich.

And really, if you’re a public servant, you should expect and embrace public criticism. It’s how the public keeps its institutions serving themselves. This was an unprofessional move, for sure.

]]> By: The Kommander http://blogs.ubc.ca/ubcinsiders/2009/09/28/robert-worsley-not-a-nazi/comment-page-1/#comment-3843 The Kommander Tue, 29 Sep 2009 06:18:16 +0000 http://blogs.ubc.ca/ubcinsiders/?p=866#comment-3843 Awesome. Awesome.

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