Orwellian Canada
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 41 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
musing Well, it’s not a cause and effect thing, but more laws, less justice is true– at least retail level, because “justice” depends heavily on expectations.
If the culture is so disjoined that folks don’t know what to expect, there’s going to be more injustice, just from misunderstandings.
“Law reflects but in no sense determines the moral worth of a society. The values of a reasonably just society will reflect themselves in a reasonably just law. The better the society, the less law there will be. In heaven there will be no law, and the lion shall lie down with the lamb. The values of an unjust society will reflect themselves in an unjust law. The worse the society, the more law there will be. In hell there will be nothing but law, and due process will be meticulously observed.”
― Grant Gilmore, The Ages of American Law
“We in America have the First Amendment. You in Canada have hate speech laws.” Ben Shapiro to Dr. Jordan B. Peterson.
It is likely only a matter of time before there are Federal “hate speech” laws targeting religious expression (excepting Muslims, of course). They will be justified on the basis that, for example, preaching Christian truth is so “offensive” that it amounts to shouting “fire” in a crowded theater, and thus warrants an exception to the First Amendment freedom of speech. Freedom of religion will be reduced to “freedom to worship”—in private. The seeds have already been planted in many liberal court rulings and administrative rules. As soon as there is a Democrat in the White House who enjoys a majority in both the House and Senate, this will happen quickly.
Hate is not a mortal sin, nor even a venial sin, if we hate hate. Hate the devil. Hate tyranny, Hate injustice. There is a coiled viper in the marshmallow person.