Another
Canadian man has had his vanity license plates revoked because officials deemed
them offensive. What was the repugnant message, you ask? What kind of vile
verbiage did his plates sport? None. His “custom” plates simply displayed his
last name.
The
Nova Scotia Registrar of Motor Vehicles banned Lorne Grabher from continuing to
use his last name on his vanity license plates, due to fear that the public
might not understand the context. The province’s Transportation Department
claims they received a complaint about the plates from a woman in October of
2016, shortly after then-candidate Trump’s infamous comments were leaked. She
deemed the plates “misogynistic.”
Canada’s
Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms correctly contends that the removal
of the plates was a violation of Mr. Grabher’s right to free expression. You
know your society is in dire straits when the most vile, vulgar and violent
lyrics are perfectly acceptable- in fact ubiquitous- in rap music, online and
on the majority of cable television shows, but the government will not allow your last name to be seen in
public.
Would
Mr. Grabhim be forced to remove his
name from his license plates? Would Mrs.
Grabhim be so compelled?
Check
any big city’s White Pages and you’ll find Cockmans and Pussmans. Should they
be prevented from putting their last names on their car’s plates? Their
mailboxes? It’s one thing for a 10-year-old to snicker at them, but quite
another for a government to find one’s surname offensive.
In
fact, I’d call it a hate crime.
Eh?
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