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Had to laugh at Rex Murphy's Globe and Mail column last week – so full of overblown moralism and self-righteousness. In it he complains about the hopeless hypocricy inherent in high-priced Hollywood movies.
It took less than 140 characters from Liberal MP, Michelle Simson, to get people riled up.
The B'nai Brith recently took out a full-page, Hitler-invoking fundraising advertisment in the National Post.
NOW Magazine, its readers, and a Canadian Holocaust survivors organization were among those angry with the ad. Read Susan G. Cole's post on the subject here.
In the spirit of fairness, here is Frank Dimant, the CEO of B'nai Brith Canada, responding to the criticism.
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