Having also grown up as a child of a publicly labeled political dissident, actively persecuted by a totalitarian regime, I have much empathy for Weiwei…
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February 6, 2013 — xanthippaGavin Boby spoke in in Ottawa tonight
February 4, 2013 — xanthippaThanks to CAIR-CAN’s protest against this event, Gavin Boby’s talk in Ottawa tonight was well advertised – so, together with some 60-80 other Ottawans, I decided to go check it out.
And, we were not disappointed.
Though I missed the protesters outside, I spoke to others who got to see them being interviewed by CBC. I guess that a February night in Ottawa with temperatures well below -20 degrees Celsius, most outdoor protests will tend to be brief and limited to the length of the interviews…
Mr. Boby spoke for an hour or so and then took questions from the audience. I will write it all up for tomorrow, when I hope Vlad Tepes will have a teaser video up.
Let me just say that it was a very positive message of reasoned restraint and the rule of law to maintain civil society. He unequivocally condemned anger and hate as motivators. If you happen to find yourself in Montreal on Tuesday, the 5th of February, 2013 or in Toronto on Wednesday, the 6th of February 2013, it is definitely worth it to go hear Mr. Boby speak.
UPDATE: Here is Brian Lilley interviewing Gavin Boby:
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