Conservative author and pundit Ann Coulter is certainly used to controversy, but even she must be shaking her head at the antics of University of Ottawa President and former Liberal Cabinet Minister Allan Rock.
Canadian Press has obtained excerpts from an email exchange between Mr. Rock and Francois Houle, the university’s provost. They make clear that Mr. Rock was the guiding force behind Mr Houle’s now-infamous letter to Ms. Coulter warning her not to run afoul of Canada’s hate laws when she was invited to speak at the campus last March.
“Ann Coulter is a mean-spirited, small-minded, foul-mouthed poltroon,” Rock wrote to Houle in a March 18 email. “She is ‘the loud mouth that bespeaks the vacant mind’.”
“She is an ill-informed and deeply offensive shill for a profoundly shallow and ignorant view of the world. She is a malignancy on the body politic. She is a disgrace to the broadcasting industry and a leading example of the dramatic decline in the quality of public discourse in recent times.”
At the same time, he argued, “we should not take any steps to interfere with her plans to speak next week on our campus.”
Instead, Rock advised Houle he should write to Coulter informing her of the different rules surrounding free speech in Canada compared with those in the United States.
“You, Francois, as Provost, should write immediately to Coulter informing her of our domestic laws. … You should urge her to respect that Canadian tradition as she enjoys the privilege of her visit.”
After seeing a copy of the final email to Coulter, Rock praised Houle: “Quel excellent message! Merci et felicitations. I am sure she has never been dressed down so elegantly in her life!”
Most disturbing is not Mr. Rock’s point of view – he is entitled to his opinion, however small-minded and mean-spirited it may be. It is his attempt to curb Ms. Coulter’s “foul mouth” by means of Mr. Houle’s missive that raises serious questions about his capacity as president of a university.
[More]
Related:
Plan to invite Coulter back thwarted by University of Ottawa advisers
Notes:
“Boy”… I can hardly wait to see what Ann does with this one. It will be a hoot.
Ann should wear that as a badge of honor.
mid island mike
Agreed. What is interesting is that it all being blamed on his “advisors” in the Globe article.
It’s as if the man can’t walk and chew bubble gum at the same time.
And who knew that?
Allan Rock should be registered; he’s dangerous to society.
Speaking of a mean-spirited, small-minded, foul-mouthed poltroon….not only has Allan Rock proven himself to be all of the above, he’s also a snivelling coward. A gutless swine hiding in his university office while engaging others to do his bidding because he hasn’t got the gonads to do so himself. By comparison Rock makes Pee-wee Herman look like Attila the Hun.
Allan Rock……………haven’t we heard that name before? Oh yeah, the gun registry.
Wow, I am gobsmacked! I cannot believe that a president of a university would stoop this low to say such awful things. So much for our hallowed, higher education system. There seems to be a real great fear for Ann Coulter and probably much more for Sarah Palin that the liberal establishment wants to stifle any exposure of this sort at all cost.
I wish Mr. Pelladeau good luck with his new venture of ‘Fox News North’, but with people such as Rock in high places it is going to be one heck of a challenge.
#2…wasnt that Bush who couldnt chew a pretzel and walk at the same time.
Of course Allan Rock used a surrogate to snipe at Ann Coulter. He is such an intellectual coward! He couldn’t confront the conservative femme fatale with a mano a
mano discussion, she would have skewered his pitiful lefty logic with devestating results. He would have been exposed as an “lightweight” leftist reactionary. Too bad that the cage match didn’t occur. Cheers.
Allan Rock the man who thought doctor’s offices built to government specs such as Edmonton’s Northeast Health Centre was going to save Canada’s health care system. You mean that Alan Rock has a kept Coulter out of the U of Ottawa? Once again his genius is proven!
Heh , can you imagine if Allan Rock came face to face with Ann Coulter and she showed him her gun ?
He’s a disgusting and evil little man, doing his disgusting and evil things.
This must be the liberal values that so many liberal ministers and candidates referred to as Canadian values. I remember Paul Martin referring so many times to Canadian values, a statement that was never defined. This must be an example of what he meant. There aren’t words to describe how petty and evil Alan Rock is.
mid island mike
Jack – what are you thinking? Putting a picture of that revolting former MP on your frount page! I almost went right past your site, thinking I was somewhere else – like the CBC or CTV 10 years ago! Those were terrible dark days as we watched our freedom draining from Canada via the Liberano/Dipper/Blochead controlled parliament and the sleazy liars like this fool inventing ways to steal our money and ‘put us in our place’ (as ‘servants/slaves without rights or property!). We were saved by the Reform Party and now we have almost forgotten those Dark Ages of Liberano Rule and how horrible it was to look on the faces of those evil men and women who were robbing us of all that we and our ancestors had worked for, fought for and many had died for; it was terrifying. We found a light at the end of the dark tunnel when we pitched those gangsters out and put in PMSH and the Conservatives to run the show.
I hope that the American people will not wait eight years to boot out their Bolsheviks and their ‘present’ President. We lost so much in those wasted years. Think where we would be today had we never seen the likes of this ugly mug on our TV, in our Parliament, writing laws to rob us of life and Liberty? He (Boulder brain) was against everything that I value; therefore, he has no value, IMO. Seeing him gave me that gagging sensation again.
As for the topic; the mini manikin verses beautiful Ann Coulter – she would shred him in ten seconds; if she even bothered to address such a putrid piece of quivering plasma.
Good comments everyone!
Yellow Dog cur ‘Rock- a -poof’ go back to your nice, comfy, fake fur, a Lassie like Ann is way out of your league. Speaking of fake fur, when was the last time Rockhead changed that mat he wears on the top of his blochead?
Incredible! And we pay this narrow-minded loser how much to be U of O President? He should be fired immediately. He’s a Liberal, surely he’s stolen enough money from us that he won’t starve.