They're laughing at us in the Cayman Islands

They're laughing at us in the Cayman Islands, and not just because of our weather.

According to this report in the Caymanian Compass newspaper, they're having a debate over there about whether or not to create a Canadian-style human rights commission.

Reverend Nicholas Sykes knows what's in store for Caymanians. An excerpt:

Mr. Sykes detailed several cases taken on by the Canadian Human Rights Commissions.

“In [Human Rights Commission] the defendant’s right to due process is withdrawn. They reach judgments on the basis of no fixed law and by simply agreeing to hear a case, they tie up the defendant in bureaucracy and paperwork, and bleed him for the cost of lawyers, while the person who brings the complaint, however frivolous, stands to lose nothing.”

Mr. Sykes said over half all of the Canadian Human Rights Commissions “hate crime” cases have been brought by one person who was a former employee of the Canadian Human Rights Commission.

Here are a few other choice words of warning from Mr. Sykes:

“I can assure you that justice in the eyes of these newly–conceived bodies has been quite unlike the justice to which we are accustomed,” he said..

“The function of the commission and any related appropriate bodies is to assist the complainant, to assist the bringing of complaints, to help individuals... “What about the other side of the issue?... All the assistance goes to the complainant, but where is the assistance given to the defendant?

“The system is one–sided, and in this matter alone, is offensive to a reasonable person’s sense of justice.”

...“This is the sort of madness you’ll face in Cayman....

What good fortune for the Cayman Islands to have a man like that on guard. I have no doubt that, given our wintery conditions, a half-dozen Canadian human rights commission staff are proposing to fly to the Caymans on our taxpayers' dime to lecture such obstinate men, and to stay there until they're convinced, or spring arrives in Canada, whichever comes first.

Good for the Caymans -- and for the Compass, which has already done more hard news reporting on the subject of Canadian Human Rights Commission than most Canadian newspapers have.