I find it not a little humorous that the National Post is backpedalling furiously over their publishing Charles McVety’s repulsive homophobic ad. Even more humorous is the Post’s high-minded explanation of why it published an ad that should never have been published in the first place.
The most humorous though is how many times NatPost mentions ‘free speech’ during its ‘apology’. You can just feel the angst with which the apology was written. Which makes me think there would be no apology without a great number of complaints. This was a business decision, not a moral one.
I don’t think the National Post would have given a moment’s hesitation in refusing to publish an ad critical of Israel. Somehow that country does not fall within the ‘free speech’ mandate. It is simply verboten.
