In the context of the perhaps-imminent fall of the Canadian government, and the laughable chicanery of the San Francisco city government, Wretchard has an interesting post about how, once again, attempts to impose censorship are futile in the age of the Internet. Dean Esmay once wrote, with regard to the Swift Boat Vet story, that:

The Internet has detected the mainstream media as a form of censorship and simply routed around them.

It seems to be applying to real censorship as well.

Of course, while Colby Cosh was careful (it will be interesting to see if anyone from Ottawa goes after him), there's an interesting question as to whether Winds of Change is a Canadian blog, because it's run by Joe Katzman. Where is it hosted? Is Joe sticking his neck out legally, by posting to it from Toronto? Could other Canadians get into trouble by discussing it on Free Republic?

The absurdity abounds.

We're hosted in the USA. Most of our members are also from the USA. If I did indeed post that item from my secret rebel base^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H home in Canada, rather than, say, someone on my team posting on my behalf based on an outline, then there may or may not be any legal action that could be taken here. I'm soliciting a lawyer to a guest blog for us on that very topic.

Personally, I say bring it on. It would be a hell of a case to nail down for the government, and the reader boost would be awesome.

For anyone not familiar with it:

The Net interprets censorship as damage, and routes around it.
-- John Gilmore