Word: canadas
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...justify his pro-censorship argument, Frank cites the "successful" use of speech codes in other "liberal democracies" such as Germany and Canada. This assertion would be almost laughable if there wasn't a risk that it would be believed...
...Canada recently barred the release of any information about the murder trial of Karla Homolka, an act that resulted in the widespread censorship of newspapers and other media, and even warrantless searches of computer accounts for information that individuals could obtain about the trial from sources in the United States and elsewhere...
...Canada's "success" was the trampling of the rights of its citizens and yet making the trial perhaps the best known one in Canada's history...
...fact, in recent years censorship in Canada has perhaps made the term "liberal democracy" inapplicable to the country. Canada recently adopted a law advocated by Andrea Dworkin allowing, in essence, the censorship of works with derogatory depictions of women. Similar attempts to enact such laws in the United States have been repeatedly found unconstitutional...
...March 1987 Disney opened its first studio store, at California's Glendale Galleria, 30 miles from Disneyland. The store was an immediate hit; and rather than eating into park revenue and attendance, it helped promote them. The company now has stores in the U.S., Canada, Britain, Germany and Japan. The Champs Elysees Superstore and another in Frankfurt opened late last year. And Disney is planning stand-alone stores on the Warner model in upmarket venues like Michigan Avenue in Chicago and Fifth Avenue in Manhattan...