Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utcsrgv.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcsrgv!peterr From: peterr@utcsrgv.UUCP (Peter Rowley) Newsgroups: net.religion Subject: Re: CBN and Fair Play Message-ID: <1603@utcsrgv.UUCP> Date: Fri, 24-Jun-83 00:39:45 EDT Article-I.D.: utcsrgv.1603 Posted: Fri Jun 24 00:39:45 1983 Date-Received: Fri, 24-Jun-83 16:29:21 EDT Organization: CSRG, University of Toronto Lines: 11 The activities on CBN described in the article by machaids!brf sound very close to hate literature ("designed to incite hatred against any identifiable group") which, if expressed in print and possibly on the air, is illegal under the Canadian Criminal Code. The 700 Club is carried on a Toronto station, though I have never seen it; if they are carrying the US version, they may well have broken the law. Anyone seen the shows and know the criminal code so that they can say for sure? peter rowley, U. Toronto CSRG {cornell,watmath,ihnp4,floyd,allegra,utzoo,uw-beaver}!utcsrgv!peterr or {cwruecmp,duke,linus,lsuc,research}!utzoo!utcsrgv!peterr