Mark Steyn responds to a review of his debacle from one Jim Henley. Henley quotes only one sentence from Steyn's article: "Just look at the development within Europe, where the number of Muslims is expanding like mosquitoes" and calls this statement "frank bigotry" on Steyn's part. Unfortunately for Henley, these were actually the words of Norwegian imam Mullah Krekar, not Steyn. You might think that Henley would then make a post about the "frank bigotry" of Mullah Krekar instead. But no, the imam gets a free pass, and Mark Steyn is still liable for the rest of his article, which is really just showing the why and how behind the imam's statement -- that's why it is used as the final and concluding statement of the piece.
And this gets to the absurdity of the CIC and HRC's case against Mark Steyn. According to these accusers of him, he is subjecting Canadian Muslims to "hatred or contempt" by showing how the words of a Norwegian Muslim leader about Muslims in Europe are true. How truly "flagrantly Islamophobic" to state that a Muslim leader is correct! Sinister really. Just imagine if someone moves from this already egregious bigotry of agreeing with Muslims, to such catastrophes as standing up and saying that Muslims are wrong! Oh the horror! Or...errr...wait?
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Henley now offers the Dan Rather defense (fake but true): "UPDATE: I see I made an embarrassing mistake in attribution in the original text of this piece. That was my error, careless on my part, and I apologize for it. I stand by the rest of what I wrote."
But here's the thing that gets me. This whole tape fiasco could have been a total non-story. Imagine if, instead of there being a court case, Raitt controlled the story, and played ball with the Chronicle Herald reporter. What would have happened if, instead of seeking a court injunction, Raitt said to the reporter "listen, this was a private conversation, and I chose my words very poorly. Obviously, my staffer wasn't the sharpest, and that problem has now been resolved. In the meantime, I continue to work with all my colleagues in caucus to find a resolution to the medical isotope shortage." Bam. Done. One day story, if that.
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