More opinion on Guy Earle’s “trial”

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on April 26th, 2011

This time from Mark Steyn, himself a target of the “human rights” regime.

There is a word for a judge who tries and convicts a man without testimony or representation or a jury of his peers. I mean, aside from words like “dick”, “ass” and “cunt”, all of which one might apply to “Judge” Geiger-Adams. That word is sham. As with any show trial in any nickel-and-dime banana-republic presidency-for-life, the outward forms of “justice” are deployed for a precise inversion of it. That’s wretched enough when it happens in North Korea or the Soviet Union. When a jurisdiction that’s heir to one of the oldest sustained legal inheritances on the planet decides to dump due process, it’s even more shameful.

We couldn’t agree with him more.

To be sure, Steyn makes a few wince-inducing comments (generalities, really) about standup comics and standup in general, but we can understand how it might appear to Steyn that the vast majority of the comedy community is against Guy Earle (and, by extension, tacitly supporting the BCHRC’s “assault on one of the most basic principles of justice”). We, too, were appalled at the lack of support or the tepid– and ultimately worthless– support Earle did receive. And we were gratified when a handful came out and offered a strong and eloquent defense for Earle (and condemnation of the BCHRC) in our comments. (And we were also pleased to see blogger/author/radio host Kathy Shaidle weigh in after linking to us.)

It’s worth it to read the entire essay.