While we wait for the human rights commissars to pronounce their guilty verdict, some links to pass the time..:Video from last Wednesday of Mark Steyn being interviewed by Mike Duffy on CTV. (a four minute interview worth waiting through the initial 30-second commercial to see)
Excellent Radio interview with "Canada's Victor Lazzlo", Mark Steyn recorded on Friday of last week, by Wendy Sullivan of Girl on the Right. Some interesting comments by Mark on the legal strategy pursued by both Maclean's and the canadian islamic congress during the trial. For instance, while Maclean's had elected not to place Steyn on the stand, under the rules (if you'll pardon the expression) of the tribunal, Steyn's presence in the courtroom that day gave prosecuting attorney Faisal Joseph the right (if you'll pardon the expression) to "turn around" and himself call Steyn to the stand! Yet Joseph chose not to, even though he tried to disparage Maclean's for their choice in not having him testify (if you'll pardon the expression).
Regarding the CTV interview... it took place on the third day of the trial, and makes prominent reference to Andrew Coyne's diligent live-blogging efforts from the courtroom. Given that it took until the last lunch break of the last day of the trial, two days after this CTV broadcast, for the court to discover that Coyne was "broadcasting" direct from the trial, it suggests that precious few individuals within the circle of co-workers, friends, and family members of the tribunal, let alone the troika of the tribunal themselves, follow CTV very closely... or Maclean's... or much of the Canadian blogosphere... otherwise they would have known we were following their every word all week long.
(And Thank God they don't pay attention to non-CBC media, else we would have been denied even this brief glimpse into how ludicrous these proceedings have been)
