So recently, Ann Coulter, an American ultra-conservative christian nut, was touring a couple of Canadian universities giving speeches. She's responsible for such intellectual gems as:

Quote Originally Posted by Ann Coulter
Airports scrupulously apply the same laughably ineffective airport harassment to Suzy Chapstick as to Muslim hijackers. It is preposterous to assume every passenger is a potential crazed homicidal maniac. We know who the homicidal maniacs are. They are the ones cheering and dancing right now. We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity. We weren't punctilious about locating and punishing only Hitler and his top officers. We carpet-bombed German cities; we killed civilians. That's war. And this is war.
She was due to speak at the University of Ottawa this week, but organizers cancelled the event at the last minute citing safety concerns as a couple thousand students protested against her at the entrance. The protesters were peaceful, and while police was called, no incidents or arrests were reported.

To add fuel to the fire, a senior official at the university warned Coulter before her visit that her typical rhetoric could potentially violate Canadian hate speech laws, and that she should educate herself on what is "acceptable" in Canada. Advocating genocide or inciting hatred against an identifiable group is prohibited under the Criminal Code of Canada, and provinces have similar laws.

This is sparking some controversy over freedom of speech on both sides of the border. Personally I feel that freedom of speech should come with a measure of common sense. Too long have hatemongers hidden behind the absolute right to free speech to spread their racism and violence. I'm sure this was not the intent of our respective politicians while drafting our rights to free speech.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/stor...niversity.html

Questions? Comments? Ideas?