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> So he more or less had to create a controversy out of nothing. The great majority of people consider the question a matter of courtesy and hold no strong feel
by jnbiche 9y ago
> So he more or less had to create a controversy out of nothing. The great majority of people consider the question a matter of courtesy and hold no strong feelings.
Well, this is now enshrined in Canadian law, so it doesn't matter much what the great majority of people feel. It only matters how courts will interpret the law.
- upofadown 9y agoNot at all, although Dr Peterson has spent a lot of time arguing that it is. In particular, he thinks that a recent addition of gender to anti-discrimination law means something about the sort of gender pronouns you can use. He has not been dissuaded in his opinion by a great number of people with much better qualifications in that sort of law.
- mercer 9y agoThat's interesting. Do you have any links at hand explaining this? I mean, I can and will do some Googling, but perhaps you can save me some trouble?
- dragonwriter 9y ago> Well, this is now enshrined in Canadian law Well, something is enshrined in Canadian law, but the heat of the debate over whether what Peterson claims Bill C-16 does is a desirable thing for a law to do sometimes obscures the fact that people—including people who are experts in law, which Peterson is not—have challenged his characterization of what the law actually does.