It is, as the delightful John Carpay says, “a full frontal assault on the English language”, this insane revocation of a personalized licence plate by Manitoba Public Insurance (MPI). In any case, it was crystal clear by how Troller displayed the plate that his context was Star Trek and his use of assimilate was only in that sense. MPI didn’t say who found it so, why it was offensive, or if there had been complaints. More than a month later, a time span that suggests a considered response, MPI told the lawyer it wouldn’t. But the proper response to such concerns must be, “So what?”, because freedom of expression pretty much is about saying whatever you want to say.

Source: National Post August 01, 2017 23:33 UTC