White
supremacists aren't as creative as they used to be.
Freedomsite.org,
Canada's largest
Internet hate site run by Heritage Front supporter
Marc Lemire, has stolen images, source code and design
from Canadian World Domination!
CWD's
visual identity, and in particular, a logo copyrighted
by the graphic designers behind Canadian World Domination,
now appears on Freedomsite.org
as design "created" by the racist organization tied to
Doug Collins, Paul Fromm, Ernst Zundel and groups like
the Tri-City Skins.
Freedomsite.org
bills itself as "Canada's Most Politically Incorrect
Web Site" and in a photo on the front page, a cake
reads in icing: "Free Speech Is The Issue."
Wow!
When you take stuff that's not yours, but pretend
that you made it, that's like, free speech? And
to think some people believe it's intellectual property
theft ...
If
Hitler were alive to see these jokers in action
he'd probably be embarrassed! Certainly Hitler would
have been sneaky enough to order a crony to edit
the source code he stole, and to change the filenames
of the graphics he snatched.
Developer
Marc Lemire writes on his site,
in a letter to the Hamilton Spectator, "Over
the past 6 months, our site has received in excess
of three and a half million hits ... Thats over
700,000 a month ... We are the cutting edge on the
Internet for people who are interested in immigration
reform and freedom of speech."
The
"cutting edge" eh buddy? Folks, why don't
you exercise your own right to free speech and send
your comments to Freedomsite?
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Adolf
Hitler: "Mein Gott! I designed my own uniforms,
Ja! You have betrayed yur stupidity und disappointed
der Führer. Idioten!" |
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Check
out the screen capture: It's Freedomsite.org -- But it
sure looks familiar!
The
following article from the 'Globe and Mail' summarizes
the situation:
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Jerks Steal From Canada's Sexiest Tyrants
Globe
& Mail - Monday, March 5, 2001.
Section:
A1 - A4
Byline: Anne W. Onderer
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The
typically high-energy atmosphere of methodical tyranny
found at Canadian World Domination headquarters was interrupted
Sunday afternoon when it was discovered that that the
internet organization "Freedomsite.org" had
plagiarized the visual identity of CWD's web site.
Freedomsite,
under the direction of webmaster Marc Lemire, has deliberately
appropriated source code, design and images belonging
to the online campaign of world infamous Generals Claire
and Jenny, without permission or credit to the original
creators.
Described
by Canadian media as a vehicle for attacking Jews, immigrants
and other minorities, Freedomsite is a "white pride"
organization supporting the Heritage Front and individuals
like Doug Collins and Paul Fromm.
Many
people connected with Canadian World Domination reacted
with disgust at the news of the plagiarism. "Of all
the people who could have ripped us off," complained
CWD staff member Phil Fulda, "It has to be white
supremacists. It's hard to be flattered by imitation when
you have losers for fans."
Top
officials at Canada's most successful instrument of tyranny
were as outraged as their underlings. "Can't the
white man get his own visual identity?" General Claire
howled in the spacious luxury foyer of CWD headquarters
after learning of the controversy. "They stole our
web site like they stole land from the natives!"
When
asked for comment, Greg Keelor of Blue Rodeo sang, "GIVE
BACK the INDIAN LAND! And the web site, MAN!"
General
Jenny's words to reporters were more subdued. "I'm
disappointed. Like most Canadians, I always assumed
our neo-Nazis were so much more creative than American
neo-Nazis. I think we're all a little sadder today."
Bill
Montes, General Jenny's personal assistant, agreed
with her assessment of Marc Lemire. "As a black
man I'm used to seeing whitey pull goofy stunts
like this, but I thought that a webmaster who calls
his site: Thought Provoking News and Information
would have the brain cells to design his own web
pages. Doesn't he have an eight year old kid around
to show him how to work the Internet?"
"We
expected more from the 'master race'," continued
General Claire as she raged in front of local and
national media. "Master race? They can't even
master HTML!"
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Marc
Lemire (back) and the Heritage Front's Ernst
Zundel: Two fifths of the white power version
of the Village People. |
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Several
followers of CWD wondered how Marc Lemire and fellow white
pride activists would react to the knowledge that the
design of the Canadian World Domination web site was created
by a task force of recent immigrants to Canada.
"I
spent weeks working on the site," said Mei Ling,
21, through a translator, "The graphic Untitled-1b_02.gif
was my contribution and they just stole it! I hope they
haven't seen Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon yet because
I plan to use my mystical Asian skills to fly over there
and kick in some of those lazy Nazi asses."
CWD's
"Untitled-1b_02.gif"
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Freedomsite's
"Untitled-1b_02.gif"
- Note to would-be thieves, change the filenames
of the images you poach!
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In
addition to the design task force, much of the visual
identity of Canadian World Domination was tested and then
produced by a coalition of black, Jewish, gay and lesbian
CWD staff members.
Brian
Mackenzie and lover Todd Anonbrit were the technical wizards
behind the red stripey background recently stolen by Freedom
Site. "Bri and I argued so much about the size of
the stripe," Mr. Anonbrit explained, "I thought
it should be thicker to emphasize the power of Canada,
but he thought a thinner line embodied the true terror
of Canada's ultimate tyranny."
When
told that a notorious hate group had copied the CWD web
site design for their own use, both designers reacted
with anger. "I
just want that Marc Lemire loser to know that Todd and
I were making out the entire time we created that graphic,"
Mr. Mackenzie commented.
Computer programmer Dave Felix expressed similar sentiments.
"The javascript they stole has my Jewish cooties
on it," he added gleefully, provoking laughter from
his co-workers.
Self-proclaimed
visual minority, "LL Atlantic G", who would
only describe his position at CWD as "Commissioner
of Funk", suggested the two web sites could resolve
their conflict through a peaceable meeting in a social
setting. "They
could bring their ladies, we'll treat them right. It's
like my boy Choclair says, 'Ladies like to bumpity bump
bump. Come over to the crib, like to thumpity thump thump.'
That's how we play it at home in Peggy's Cove."
Among
the general public, reaction has less jovial. An
Angus Reid nationwide poll found most people cited
feeling a combination of "shock and dismay"
at news of the scandal. The act of plagiarism has
left many victimized by the experience.
Kirsten Misclare, mother of three, was confused
by the similarities between the two very different
organizations. "I surfed onto Freedom Site
thinking it was Canadian World Domination. I just
wanted to show my kids the really funny Signs You
Might Be Too Canadian list. Instead we got all this
stuff about how immigration is bad and some races
are inferior. Now
my daughter shrieks in terror at the sight of Master
T or Ian Hanomansing!"
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Much
Music's Master T: He may be black, but he's
never ripped off anyone else's web site ... |
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Nanette
Sousa, a dental hygienist, expressed concern that Marc
Lemire's piracy would affect the reputations of the radically
right-wing organizations under the Freedom Site umbrella.
"I'm sure if the Heritage Front and Tri-City Skins
knew the source code Freedom Site copied was written by
'untermenchen' they'd probably be embarrassed," Ms.
Sousa mused. "One thoughtless neo-Nazi can make all
the other ones look bad."
Toronto-area
white-pride activist and skinhead 'KnightWolfe33'
was surprised to learn his favourite web site had
committed copyright violation. "I'm feeling
seriously messed right now," he confided to
friends in an online chat room. "How did this
happen? Aryans are supposed to fucking rule! Did
you notice the rollover script doesn't work on all
the pages? Maybe they need to get one of those smart
Asian kids to fix the site."
Freedomsite
and Marc Lemire are not without their own supporters.
Spokespersons
for Western separatist group, The Alberta Liberation
Front, told local media the organization believed
the alleged theft was in actuality an elaborate
hoax planned by the Liberal government to discredit
the country's increasingly disgruntled right-wing
contingent.
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True
Aryans beware: CWD source code contains Jewish
cooties. |
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"This
isn't the first time Ottawa has tried to pull the wool
over our eyes," ALF chairperson Bud Montag explained
from his office in Calgary. "We
have pie charts from the Fraser Institute proving through
the use of North Shore News and Alberta Report editorials
that the Canadian World Domination web site does not now
exist and in fact never has."
Fellow
Albertan Rupert Bogey, the Heritage Reform Party MLA for
West Cablows, further accused "liberal pinko commies"
of attempting to tarnish the good name of right-wing Canadian
extremists.
"They're
patriotic, godfearing citizens," Mr. Bogey said of
Freedomsite's staff. "They just hate that you can't
walk two feet in Satan's Lair, that's TORONTO, mind you,
without seeing a goddamn Gook. How the hell do these people
get into the country? I'd have trouble coming up with
original work too if there were Pakis and Jews distracting
me by taking jobs away from real Canadians. That's what
you hacks should be investigating, not this web site misunderstanding."
Back
at Canadian World Domination headquarters, many of the
Generals' staff shook their heads in disbelief at what
was described by General Claire as "an inexplicable
act of total retardedness" -- the CWD logo "reinvented"
as a 'Freedom Site' logo.
"If
I was going to rip off a better web site, I'd at least
try to match the font correctly," commented John
Martz, senior CWD graphic designer. "Goebbels is
rolling in his grave! 3D metal lettering? Are they trying
to deny the Holocaust or Unskinny Bop? Shit, that takes
me back ..." Mr. Martz refused more comment, leaving
the press conference mumbling, "Just blows me away
/ All night and day / She just loves to play ..."
CWD
original logo.
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This
logo needs a guitar solo!
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Freedom
Site's design and logo theft has attracted attention from
some of Canada's most high-profile pundits. Celebrities
from across the nation converged on CWD headquarters to
show support for the organization soon to dominate the
globe. "Normally
I'm against corporate branding in all forms," said
Naomi Klein, author of No Logo, "But if there are
two people who deserve to brand the world, it's Generals
Claire and Jenny, my favourite culture jammers!"
Sabastian
Tubman, press secretary for the Generals, later denied
that CWD was a culture jamming organization. "Who
told you that? Was it Avi Lewis? Was it Rick Salutin?
Was it Naomi? She will be punished for her loose lips!"
Check
it out, a March 9th update: Nazi
Losers Update!
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