With unmitigated power comes corruption of ideals and thought. The BCHRT has ignored the Supreme Court of Canada, ignored reason and, now, ignored our plea to allow me to "testify" by telephone. Three years of my life have been jumping through HRC hoops and hiding in the shadows that accompanies a man found guilty until proven innocent. The HRC has crushed my spirit to perform and offer no faith in the current state of affairs in our country. This self-appointed, quisi-legal board of powertrippin' losers need to be dissolved. Despite the majority of Canadians crying "bloody murder" over the continuing inhuman wrongs perpetrated by the oxymoronic Human Right's Tribunal, the humorless, little people of the HRT go happily on, trying to destroy unqualified hapless dudes, such as myself. For almost three years, I have been defending myself to attacks from would be heroes blowing intolerance through their misguided horns. I AM NOT A HOMOPHOBE. I don't give a flying shit what you do in your bedroom and for that matter, it's none of my business... so why do you have to ram it down everybody elses throats? I never encountered a more hateful group than the people bent on my demoralization. The feeling of being hated, by people who don't even know you, has the most dysfunctioning effect on a guy who performed for the love of seeing others happy. The HRC has no perspective. They are being manipulated and I am being set-up. The HRT has no balance in it's ranks and can not see the evil that moves it. We've all made a fool of ourselves in a bar atmosphere and woke up the next morning feeling a little embarrassed about our outbursts... But, Hey, look out! now you can gain satisfaction by turning the left-blinded commission onto the very people you hurled obscenities at! Makes sense, right? You go to somebody's place of joy... insult, disrupt and offend them until they talk back to you and then, PRESTO, get the Canadian taxpayer to pay for a long drawn out process that makes you quid and destroys the sanity of the stranger you accosted in the first place. What an ingenious plan! A good heckler can make 10 grand a night going to free open mics....
There is some goodness in the world. On Jan. 14, my first baby, Eric Earle was born. He is the most beautiful thing I have ever laid my eyes on. Mommy and baby are doing well and he is growing by leaps and bounds EVERY day. Another reason that I am absolutely hating to go to Vancouver to defend myself in front of the HRT. A continuing waste of time and money. I don't have the cash to go and I will miss him so much in these formidable days ahead. I will worry sick that he and mom are alright and all the while I will be fighting for performers across the country... and yet, no one cares. I should present the HRT with a bill: $20,000 would only cover my expenses. I have moved across the country now, three times because of this and there is no telling how many opportunities I have missed. I can't get over the fact that this is a government sponsored cash grab and we as Canadians have nothing to say for it. We have become complacent, too comfortable in our "freedom"... If we don't all get involved in our government and show that we can be a pro-active part of our country, then we won't even notice when all the freedoms have been stripped away. A comic is socially aware and because of my ordeal, I have made the transition to politically active; whether I like it or not, this was not my choice. Now, it is my destiny and you better hope and pray that YOU aren't next.
Guy Earle is due to appear before the BCHRT in Vancouver on March 29, 2010. The hemlock will be doled out soon after...