Emotional Farewell for Free Speech Warrior in Toronto

Written by Paul Fromm

Wednesday, 03 April 2013 04:28

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This email newsletter was sent to you in graphical HTML format. If you're seeing this version, your email program prefers plain text emails. You can read the original version online: http://ymlp329.net/zqRNGO -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Emotional Farewell for Free Speech Warrior in Toronto TORONTO. March 23, 2013. Friends, clients, admirers and fellow free speech warriors going back to the two Zundel “false news trials” (1984 and 1988) gathered in Toronto today for a memorial to free speech lawyer Doug Christie who died of liver cancer in Victoria, March 11. Marc Lemire who assisted CAFÉ in organizing this meeting, brought several interesting collages of photos of Doug Christie’s life and cases, especially those in Toronto (Zundel, Finta, Lemire, etc.) Michelle Erstikaitis provided a portrait of Mr. Christie and a bouquet of flowers. Erich Holy of the German World Congress (Deutsche Welt Kongress), a long-time admirer of Mr. Christie, said: “Doug could cast a spell over an audience. We drew inspiration in the battle for free speech from him. … On behalf of the German World Congress, we honour Doug Christie’s memory and extend our condolences to the family of this great man.”in Toronto today for a memo...rial to free speech lawyer Doug Christie who died of liver cancer in Victoria, March 11. Marc Lemire who assisted CAFÉ in organizing this meeting, brought several interesting collages of photos of Doug Christie’s life and cases, especially those in Toronto (Zundel, Finta, Lemire, etc.) Michelle Erstikaitis provided a portrait of Mr. Christie and a bouquet of flowers. Erich Holy of the German World Congress (Deutsche Welt Kongress), a long-time admirer of Mr. Christie, said: “Doug could cast a spell over an audience. We drew inspiration in the battle for free speech from him. … On behalf of the German World Congress, we honour Doug Christie’s memory and extend our condolences to the family of this great man.” One of Doug Christie’s clients, a teacher persecuted and eventually relieved of his teaching position for expressing his religious and political views, especially opposition to Zionism, on his own time, spoke next. Malcolm Ross from Moncton, New Brunswick recalled: “For 10 years I was fighting and testifying as to my belief that Canada was a Christian nation, but that many of the Christian churches are enemies of our Race and our people.” Mr. Ross hailed Doug Christie as a fellow traditional Christian, “but the Christianity we both shared was the masculine Christianity of the Crusades,” he explained. Recalling the Supreme Court hearing into the New Brunswick Human Rights Commission complaint against him, alleging that his views expressed outside the classroom created a “poisoned environment,” Mr., Ross said “there were 23 lawyers, many of them Jews, versus two Scotsmen. Now, those are pretty good odds,” he quipped. “Then, I was sent away and told I couldn’t assist Doug. So, then it was 23 to one.” Mr. Ross remembered one of the Supreme Court judges complaining: “This talk by Mr. Ross about the Kingship of Christ makes me very uncomfortable in a pluralistic society.” “The Supreme Court voted 9 to 0 against me,” Mr. Ross recalled. “Doug said: ‘We’ll go to the United Nations.’ The Canadian Government’s brief was basically that of the Canadian Jewish Congress. We lost there 17-0.” Amazingly, Mr. Ross recounted, “the Supreme Court of Canada said even though they found no evidence that I had taught my beliefs in the classroom or that I had influenced anyone, still it seemed ‘reasonable’ for them to assume that I had contributed to a ‘poisoned environment.” Mr. Ross said that, in 1996, “the Supreme Court returned its decision on the Eve of Passover, a Wednesday. The Court usually releases decisions on Thursday. Keith Landy of the Canadian Jewish Congress said the date ‘sent a message.’ It was unusual because it was in the middle of the Christian Holy Week, when Christians remember the sufferings of Our Lord Jesus Christ and His glorious Resurrection.” “We are not defeated when we lose in court,” the New Brunswick teacher told his hushed audience, “but only when we compromise.” “Doug Christie,” he said, “was a righteous man with a heart of fire.” “The government of New Brunswick paid the personal lawyer of the complainant David Attis (Atlantic head of the Canadian Jewish Congress) $225,000. They paid my lawyer nothing.” The main witness against Malcolm Ross was David Attis’s daughter. She had not attended the school where Mr. Ross taught nor had ever seen him. Still, she claimed that anti-Jewish taunts directed at her by several students should be laid at his feet. One boy called her names after she wrestled him to the ground and stuck two fingers into his eye with the goal of ripping out his eye. “Doug was a good friend. He enjoyed himself. Indeed, we were the only two people in that court in New Brunswick who seemed to be enjoying themselves,” Mr. Ross recalled. “Doug Christie had a passionate love of freedom and the Red Ensign,” Canada’s traditional flag, Mr. Ross concluded. Sydney White who lectures on Studies in Propaganda at the University of Toronto read a poem she’d composed called “Censored”. In her introduction, she added: “I have heard Doug Christie speak. Freedom of speech is the most important part of any democracy or republic,” she said. “Canada is becoming increasingly politically correct and factually incorrect.” Marc Lemire, the only victim to win a Sec. 13 (Internet censorship) case, and who is currently before the Federal Court of Appeals seeking to have Sec. 13 declared unconstitutional, said: “I’ve known Doug for 20 years. I first met him when I was 17. He was one of my heroes. The comments, even in some nasty articles in the press, show how many people loved and admired Doug.” “Doug was great at cross-examination, like his cross-examination of government witness Karen Mock (of B’nai Brith) in my case. He delivered a forceful summation, December 11, 2011, in my Sec. 13 case in Federal Court.” Mr. Lemire recalled attending CAFÉ meetings where Doug spoke years ago. “His comments about free speech first brought it alive in me what free speech really means.” Mr. Lemire quoted Helen Keller’s comment frequently quoted by Mr. Christie: “I am only one, but I am one; I cannot do everything, but I still can do something.” “Doug was aware of the awesome power of the state to crush people, people like Malcolm Ross. Doug made many trips to the Supreme Court of Canada. He would be alone facing many lawyers opposed to free speech. He’d ask: ‘Do each of these lawyers get the same amount of time as me?’ And, when informed that they would, he’d say with that wicked grim of his: ‘That seems fair.’” “There’s ‘state approved speech’ and then there’s ‘free speech’, Doug would say. “The life of Doug Christie showed me that one person could make a difference. Doug Christie never refused to do what he could.” And, to the enemies of freedom, Mr. Lemire sent the warning: “Enjoy your happy dance. Your glee at Doug Christie’s demise will be short-lived. The battle for freedom will continue.” Another co-organizer of the memorial, Christian Klein, Director of the Historical Society of Mecklenburg and Upper Canada, said: “I am a spokesman for the German survivors of World War II. My group was expelled from Silesia. History has been falsified or only partially told. There has been practically nothing told of the forced expulsion of 16-million Germans or the bombing of German civilians or the German holocaust by bombing.” “I was very impressed Doug Christie the lawyer. He was often one alone against many. I was shocked as I was there in the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal and learned that truth was no defence,” Mr. Klein added. “We must keep telling our account of real history.” Mr. Klein, a talented musician, then sang, accompanying himself on his guitar, a German freedom song from the Napoleonic Wars – Thoughts Are Free. Die Gedanken sind frei, wer kann sie erraten, sie fliegen vorbei wie nächtliche Schatten. Kein Mensch kann sie wissen, kein Jäger erschießen mit Pulver und Blei: Die Gedanken sind frei! Ich denke was ich will und was mich beglücket, doch alles in der Still', und wie es sich schicket. Mein Wunsch und Begehren kann niemand verwehren, es bleibet dabei: Die Gedanken sind frei! Und sperrt man mich ein im finsteren Kerker, das alles sind rein vergebliche Werke. Denn meine Gedanken zerreißen die Schranken und Mauern entzwei: Die Gedanken sind frei! Drum will ich auf immer den Sorgen absagen und will mich auch nimmer mit Grillen mehr plagen. Man kann ja im Herzen stets lachen und scherzen und denken dabei: Die Gedanken sind frei! Ich liebe den Wein, mein Mädchen vor allen, sie tut mir allein am besten gefallen. Ich sitz nicht alleine bei einem Glas Weine, mein Mädchen dabei: Die Gedanken sind frei! Thoughts are free, who can guess them? They flee by like nocturnal shadows. No man can know them, no hunter can shoot them with powder and lead: Thoughts are free! I think what I want, and what delights me, still always reticent, and as it is suitable. My wish and desire, no one can deny me and so it will always be: Thoughts are free! And if I am thrown into the darkest dungeon, all this would be futile work, because my thoughts tear all gates and walls apart: Thoughts are free! So I will renounce my sorrows forever, and never again will torture myself with whimsies. In one's heart, one can always laugh and joke and think at the same time: Thoughts are free! I love wine, and my girl even more, Only her I like best of all. I'm not alone with my glass of wine, my girl is with me: Thoughts are free! Paul Fromm, Director of the Canadian Association for Free Expression, read a tribute to Doug Christie sent by Ottawa-based former diplomat Ian Macdonald. Mr. Fromm added: Doug Christie “put others in the legal profession to shame. He didn't just believe in a client's right to a full and proper defence, he really did believe in freedom of speech: that freedom of expression is the gift you must give to your worst enemy, he told a CAFE meeting in Toronto, December 2, 2012. Many other lawyers lost that belief. Terry Tremaine, later one of Doug's clients and another Richard Warman free speech victim, called on seven Regina law firms to represent him in a "judicial review" (appeal) against the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal decision finding him guilty of spreading "hate" on the Internet. Finding out that this was a controversial free speech case running headlong into political correctness, not a single Regina law firm would touch Mr. Tremaine's case. Murderers, child molesters, rape-kidnap-murder perpetrators like Karla Homolka and Paul Bernardo, or more recently accused murderer and butcher Luka Magnotta, had no trouble finding counsel. The media and other bien pensants would praise their counsel as brave and creative lawyers. Yet, Doug Christie, who stood up for non-violent freethinkers assailed for having unpopular beliefs was often reviled in the press and in the legal profession. It will take a decade or two before the public appreciates what a legal giant and idealist it has lost,” Mr. Fromm concluded. _____________________________ Unsubscribe / Change Profile: http://ymlp329.net/ugmjhqsqgsgbbqgwbbgguewwmw Powered by YourMailingListProvider

 

Tax Rebel Jack Klundert Speaks at Doug Christie Memorial in London

Written by Paul Fromm

Monday, 01 April 2013 06:48

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This email newsletter was sent to you in graphical HTML format. If you're seeing this version, your email program prefers plain text emails. You can read the original version online: http://ymlp320.net/z0zuU3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tax Rebel Jack Klundert Speaks at Doug Christie Memorial in London LONDON, March 24, 2013. At the second of four memorials for free speech lawyer Doug Christie, tax rebel Jack Klundert of Windsor, Ontario paid tribute to his long-time lawyer and friend. The memorials are being organized by the Canadian Association for free Expression: Toronto, March 23; London, March 24; Edmonton, March 25; and Vancouver, March 26. "In 1992," Mr. Klundert recounted, "I heard from Murray Gauvreau that the Income Tax Act was illegal. I was advised to get a copy of Canada's Constitution. Believe it or not, the Queen's Printer didn't have one. I finally got a copy from Ron Gostick." "In 1994, I decided to challenge the Income Tax Act. In 1997, I went to court and won," he said. "In fact, we've been to court four times and won three times, However, the Federal Court always overturned our lower court victories. It has been over 17 years of battle" and Doug Christie was his lawyer throughout. "And the presence of that fine man was the only reason," he added, "why I had any success at all in fighting the oppression of our freedoms under the repressive Income Tax system. I was seeking freedom in a different way," the Windsor optometrist explained. "Doug Christie had a great heart for freedom and for justice," Mr. Klundert explained. "He is the man God sent me. Every case we vowed to fight for freedom and for justice and to do God's will. It is difficult to stand day after day getting flack because you don't believe in political correctness." Doug "bought his cowboy hat to celebrate after winning a case in the expectation of being paid. He wasn't but he continued to wear it as a celebration of freedom and the unpredictable nature of the life of a lawyer." ( https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=162634107236171&set=pcb.162634170569498&type=1&relevant_count=1 ) Also speaking at the meeting was another Doug Christie client, Malcolm Ross from Moncton, New Brunswick. He lost his teaching position after the Supreme Court upheld a New Brunswick Human Rights Commission finding that his writings and very presence in the classroom created "a poisoned environment" even though he never taught the girl who had complained and she had not even attended the school where he taught. Meeting chairman Paul Fromm noted that Doug Christie sometimes felt despondent about the threats to free speech in Canada and felt that he had accomplished little. Mr. Fromm reminded Mr. Christie on occasion and has told many audiences across Canada that Doug Christie is a legal giant. He had been to the Supreme Court at least nine times. "He appeared before the Supreme Court so often they had to give him his own dressing room," Mr. Fromm quipped. "Most lawyers never go to a court of appeal let alone the Supreme Court." "Doug Christie got rid of Canada's arcane 'false news' law in the Zundel case, when the Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional in 1992," Mr. Fromm noted. "Also," he added, "Doug Christie gutted the 'war crimes law' in the Finta case which went all the way to the Supreme Court. Canada would no longer be able to try people who had not been Canadian citizens for action committed in a foreign country against people who were not Canadians," he added. "At least this aspect of German-bashing and Slav-bashing, brought in by Brian Mulroney at the behest of the Jewish lobby was overturned." "And, while Doug Christie did not live to see the demise of Canada's notorious "hate law" -- Sec. 319 of the Criminal Code -- he did develop arguments about Internet communication advanced in the Terry Tremaine case, that may, in future cases. limit this law's use to hobble free expression on the Internet," Mr. Fromm concluded. _____________________________ Unsubscribe / Change Profile: http://ymlp320.net/ugmjhqsqgsgbbqgwbjgguewwmw Powered by YourMailingListProvider

 

Vancouver Friends & Supporters Mourn the Passing of Doug Christie

Written by Paul Fromm

Friday, 29 March 2013 18:55

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This email newsletter was sent to you in graphical HTML format. If you're seeing this version, your email program prefers plain text emails. You can read the original version online: http://ymlp207.net/z00oO7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vancouver Friends & Supporters Mourn the Passing of Doug Christie VANCOUVER. March 26, 2013. The last of four memorial meetings sponsored by the Canadian Association for Free Expression across Canada took place here this evening. Friends, former clients, admirers and members of Doug Christie's Western Block party gathered to remember the Battling Barrister. Cecilia "Sissy" von Dehn is a former nurse and midwife who, with a friend, several times passed out copies of Bill 48, the draconian legislation, brought in by the former NDP government, that sets up bubble zones around abortion clinics where no protests are allowed. "I felt no one knew what a bubble zone was. I distributed the law. We never discussed abortion. Apparently telling people what the law is in British Columbia is illegal. Our sign said: 'You are in a bubble zone, Read Bill 48,'" Mrs. von Dehn explained. The Vancouver abortion clinic called the police and Mrs. von Dehn and her friend were arrested. She approached many law firms. "They were afraid of an unpopular case. I am grateful Doug Christie fought for another unpopular cause in my case," she added. Another Doug Christie client, Terry Tremaine, spoke. Mr. Tremaine has been victimized by Richard Warman through a human rights complaint, a Criminal Code "hate law" complaint, three "contempt of court" complaints and a complaint to the University of Saskatchewan which resulted in the loss of his teaching position. "This whole country has become a bubble zone against free speech," he said. "Doug Christie was my lawyer, but he was also my friend," Tremaine said. "I haven't been so affected by the death of anyone since the death of my own father in 1985," he added. "No only have I lost my lawyer, I have lost my dear friend." Mr. Tremaine was teaching at Red Deer College in 1983 while the James Keegstra "hate law" case was in progress. A student whose father had been Mr. Keegstra's principal invited him to attend court one day. This was the first occasion Mr. Tremaine saw the Battling Barrister. James Keegstra was testifying. Mr. Tremaine had been prepared to see a monster from hyperventilating stories in the press. "But James Keegstra didn't have horns. He was a sincere and thoughtful person and he started me off on a course of research that continues to this day." "Doug Christie's life was built on principle. He was devoted to freedom of speech and fought against people being fed into an unjust system." "Doug Christie's life was based on principle and he would withstand the rejection of lesser men. He was not swayed by the opinions of insignificant men. Doug was a hero for freedom," he concluded. In his wrap-up, CAFE Director Paul Fromm reminded the audience that Doug Christie often said: The only freedoms you have are the ones you're prepared to fight for." "We have had thirty years of Trudeau's lying Charter. He hijacked our Anglo-Saxon Common Law and replaced it with continental Napoleonic Law, where the state stingily doles out 'rights' to the serfs. The Charter, despite the apparent guarantees of freedom of speech, freedom of belief, and freedom of religion is a fraud. We are far less free today, in terms of free speech, than we were before the Charter," Mr. Fromm said. "In the Whatcott decision, traditional Christians have just had the boots put to them by a Supreme Court panel of six who included three Jews, who, and we're not supposed to notice this fact, constitute less than one percent of the population. Made up rights, like self actualization and satisfaction for privileged minorities, have trumped freedom of speech for Christians. These are hard times." "Doug Christie helped hold back the censors' onslaught. He got the archaic 'false news' law thrown out at the Zundel trial and developed many challenges to the hate law which have not been adjudicated. He achieved the acquittal of Chief David Ahenakew and the staying of charges against Terry Tremaine in hate law cases. We must carry on with his work," Mr. Fromm pledged. -- Paul Fromm Vancouver Friends & Supporters Mourn the Passing of Doug Christie VANCOUVER. March 26, 2013. The last of four memorial meetings sponsored by the Canadian Association for Free Expression across Canada took place here this evening. Friend...s, former clients, admirers and members of Doug Christie's Western Block party gathered to remember the Battling Barrister. Cecilia "Sissy" von Dehn is a former nurse and midwife who, with a friend, several times passed out copies of Bill 48, the draconian legislation, brought in by the former NDP government, that sets up bubble zones around abortion clinics where no protests are allowed. "I felt no one knew what a bubble zone was. I distributed the law. We never discussed abortion. Apparently telling people what the law is in British Columbia is illegal. Our sign said: 'You are in a bubble zone, Read Bill 48,'" Mrs. von Dehn explained. The Vancouver abortion clinic called the police and Mrs. von Dehn and her friend were arrested. She approached many law firms. "They were afraid of an unpopular case. I am grateful Doug Christie fought for another unpopular cause in my case," she added. Another Doug Christie client, Terry Tremaine, spoke. Mr. Tremaine has been victimized by Richard Warman through a human rights complaint, a Criminal Code "hate law" complaint, three "contempt of court" complaints and a complaint to the University of Saskatchewan which resulted in the loss of his teaching position. "This whole country has become a bubble zone against free speech," he said. "Doug Christie was my lawyer, but he was also my friend," Tremaine said. "I haven't been so affected by the death of anyone since the death of my own father in 1985," he added. "No only have I lost my lawyer, I have lost my dear friend." Mr. Tremaine was teaching at Red Deer College in 1983 while the James Keegstra "hate law" case was in progress. A student whose father had been Mr. Keegstra's principal invited him to attend court one day. This was the first occasion Mr. Tremaine saw the Battling Barrister. James Keegstra was testifying. Mr. Tremaine had been prepared to see a monster from hyperventilating stories in the press. "But James Keegstra didn't have horns. He was a sincere and thoughtful person and he started me off on a course of research that continues to this day." "Doug Christie's life was built on principle. He was devoted to freedom of speech and fought against people being fed into an unjust system." "Doug Christie's life was based on principle and he would withstand the rejection of lesser men. He was not swayed by the opinions of insignificant men. Doug was a hero for freedom," he concluded. In his wrap-up, CAFE Director Paul Fromm reminded the audience that Doug Christie often said: The only freedoms you have are the ones you're prepared to fight for." "We have had thirty years of Trudeau's lying Charter. He hijacked our Anglo-Saxon Common Law and replaced it with continental Napoleonic Law, where the state stingily doles out 'rights' to the serfs. The Charter, despite the apparent guarantees of freedom of speech, freedom of belief, and freedom of religion is a fraud. We are far less free today, in terms of free speech, than we were before the Charter," Mr. Fromm said. "In the Whatcott decision, traditional Christians have just had the boots put to them by a Supreme Court panel of six who included three Jews, who, and we're not supposed to notice this fact, constitute less than one percent of the population. Made up rights, like self actualization and satisfaction for privileged minorities, have trumped freedom of speech for Christians. These are hard times." "Doug Christie helped hold back the censors' onslaught. He got the archaic 'false news' law thrown out at the Zundel trial and developed many challenges to the hate law which have not been adjudicated. He achieved the acquittal of Chief David Ahenakew and the staying of charges against Terry Tremaine in hate law cases. We must carry on with his work," Mr. Fromm pledged. -- Paul Fromm _____________________________ Unsubscribe / Change Profile: http://ymlp207.net/ugmjhqsqgsgbbqgwbmgguewwmw Powered by YourMailingListProvider