Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Quebec Mystery Man Posts Anti-Jewish Videos On Youtube

A series of videos posted on YouTube by a Quebec man over almost two years preach hate toward minority groups, especially Jews, says B’nai Brith, the Jewish anti-defamation league.
In some of the more than 200 videos, a few of which were posted just days ago, the man – known as Michel or 911allo – denounces Israel and makes anti-Semitic statements.
Some of the explicit comments include calling the Pope a satanist and closeted Ashkenazi Jew. He also calls Woodrow Wilson – the U.S. president during the Second World War – a traitor.
He claims French President Nicolas Sarkozy must attempt to establish a new world order.
Bob Lovell, a member of B’nai Brith, said the organization flagged the videos as inappropriate, but YouTube has not taken them down.
The video postings shouldn’t be treated as an isolated incident, Lovell said, but rather they should be considered part of a bigger problem.
“There’s a seething racism that is coming up in what used to be a very quiet Canada,” he said.
Although the man’s videos number in the hundreds, most comments posted by viewers disapprove of his views.
“On top of being a fraud, you’re a liar,” was one person’s take on establishing a new world order to defeat Zionism.
Sgt. Luc Bessette, spokesperson for the RCMP, said there must be criminal grounds to remove a video or any other posting from a public forum such as YouTube.
In Canada, the launch of police investigations into individuals who post offensive videos – and sometimes criminal acts – is on the rise.
Three Saskatchewan men were charged with a series of crimes for shooting baby ducks and a Quebec man known as Sylvain faces criminal charges for allowing his 7-year-old son to drive a car while he flimed the stunt. Both videos were posted on YouTube.
Bessette said not all flagged videos warrant a police investigation, especially where an individual’s constitutional right to freedom of speech can be argued.
“The group who is concerned could make a complaint to YouTube, but it doesn’t mean it is necessarily a police matter,” Bessette said.
In order for rhetoric to be considered criminal, it must first qualify as hate propaganda.
Section 320 of Canada’s criminal code, which defines public incitement of hatred and outlines its penalties, condemns anyone who publicly “incites hatred against any identifiable group.”
A person found guilty of such an offense could face up to two years in prison.
The mystery man from Quebec who posted the questionable content may have an advantage because his opinion might not directly correspond with any section of the criminal code.
The man said the birth of his own son gave him a sense of relief, since it ensured his stronger genes would be passed on for another generation.
In another of his posts, the man reinforces conspiracy theories about the financing of Nazi Germany.

Source : Tha Gazette

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