You've heard of Canadian bacon. David Battistuzzi offers of his version of Canadian free speech. Battistuzzi, a 24 year old former Concordia student who protested Benjamin Netanyahu's speech at the Canadian University was quoted as saying, "There's no free speech for hate speech." Protester's threw chairs and smashed windows which resulted in the cancellation of Netanyahu's speech.

Oh to be in college again. I remember those days where I knew everything. Whether or not Battistuzzi likes Netanyahu is immaterial. He is dead wrong when it comes to freedom of speech. Protecting people's freedoms is very easy when you agree with what they say. However, true freedom of speech comes from allowing those you disagree with to express themselves.

Take a look at flag burning as a form of protest. While I hate flag burning (as a form of protest, not proper disposal), I don't think it should be illegal. I also don't think that people should be able to deny other's their right of peaceful assembly and expression.

However, I reserve my right to protest their protest. People still need to be held responsible for what they say. It also wouldn't break my heart if the penalty for attacking a flag burner was a $1 fine and 10 minutes in jail. Ok, I'm just kidding about that last part. Fifteen minutes in jail is more appropriate.