scary things at CRTC

[Thomas Milne]

On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 9:01 PM, Mr Chris Aitken <chris-n/jUll39koHNgV/OU4+dkA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
>>
>> | From: Mr Chris Aitken <chris-n/jUll39koHNgV/OU4+dkA at public.gmane.org>
>>
>> | Not to mention they want Christian websites to give "equal time" to all
>> other
>> | faiths.
>>
>> Can you explain this further?  As far as I know, the CRTC has nothing
>> to say about the content of web sites.  In the most abstract sense,
>> they regulate natural monopolies and there is none in web sites.
>>
>
> Well, a Christian organization that I have had no reason to mistrust (I can
> just /hear/ the obvious retort to /that/) has alerted me that the CRTC is
> trying to change that. So, if I put up a website called
> truthasrevealedinthebible.com I also have to include pages in there (or
> links or whatever) of completely opposing views. The commercial equivalent
> of this would be if coca-cola.com had to host pages and links to pepsi.com.
> I fear this thread will get ugly pretty quickly now (not my intention), so
> I'll withdraw until I've contacted the CRTC myself. Though, I'm sure someone
> will invoke a certain dead despot before this thread gets really out of
> hand.

That's probably a good idea. Without specific information (ie. actual
facts), it stinks of 'axe to grind', or the crap that Fox News always
pulls, the old 'People are saying...'. I can guarantee you that
someone is yanking your chain, or worse, this 'alert' is just a bunch
of hooey.
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