They don't like Indians, Pakis or Polish folks either.

Canada Court: 'Let's Burn the Jew' Not Racist

Judge rules high school student who lit Jewish girl's hair on fire saying 'let's burn the Jew' did not commit hate crime.


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By Dalit Halevi, Ari Yashar
First Publish: 1/8/2014, 12:15 Am


In Canada, a Winnipeg provincial court judge recently ruled that a 2011 altercation at a local high school, in which a student lit a 15-year-old Jewish student's hair on fire with a lighter while saying "let's burn the Jew," was not a hate crime.

The judge claimed despite the facts of the case that the offender, who pleaded guilty to assault with a weapon, did not mean to burn the girl's hair or target her because she was Jewish.

In a statement the girl said the incident "changed her world upside down," mentioning that she had been in therapy to deal with her fear and anger.

The decision has ignited outrage, both from Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center (FSWC) and B'nai Brith Canada.

"To ignore the racial overtones - the perpetrator's direct reference to the Holocaust and the burning of six million Jews in the concentration camps - is almost incomprehensible," argued FSWC President and CEO, Avi Benlolo.

"This ruling does a terrible disservice to the concept of justice and sends a message of utter disregard to the Jews of Winnipeg and Canada," added Benlolo. "I cannot imagine the same decision would have been rendered had the perpetrator targeted any other minority group in a similar way."

B'nai Brith Canada called on the Canadian Attorney General to review its guidelines for imposing enhanced sentences in hate crimes.

"It is a disappointing decision that makes no sense in the face of the facts and the troubling situation that apparently prevailed in the school,” commented Frank Dimant, CEO of B’nai Brith Canada. “The finding is disappointing in the sense that it muddies the waters of hate crime legislation while giving a most unfortunate license to those that hate and bully -- particularly in the school system."

Dimant argued that the ruling reveals a misperception as to the nature of hate crimes, giving a free pass to impulsive hate.

"The notion of hate motivated crimes in the Criminal Code is not limited to those crimes which are planned in advance," noted Dimant. "There is nothing in the Code to suggest such a limitation. The prosecutor and court seem to think that a dish is only hatred if it is served cold. Yet hatred is a dish which can be and is most often served hot."

The case comes as anti-Semitism appears to be on the rise worldwide, particularly in Europe. French comedian Dieudonne M'Bala M'Bala, widely condemned for his anti-Semitic comments, is under calls to ban his performances

Apparently, this judge hasn't read " The Diary of Ann Frank".

Sounds like here in the states

seems it is slowly starting again!

Hate isn't malevolence. This sounds like just plain malevolence. I doubt the girl who lit the other knew the first thing about antisemitism. That would make it far more like thinking it a good idea to steal daddy's gun and go rob a liquor store. Yes you have to prosecute it, yes it is a serious crime, but you wouldn't call the teenager that did it a member of organized crime now would you?

A legal system that has any connection to justice whatsoever must tell the truth.

don't matter how much you wash it!
If a 15yo doesn't know about anti-semitism,he has been locked into a room for the last twenty years!

Could believe the ignorance if it just were an isolated Incidence!
BTW,who said anything about Organized Crime,or is that just a little Red Herring?