I swear this actually happened: during the question-and-answer session Brown was asked about his reaction to the controversial Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons. He started by saying that, having investigated the facts, he felt that the newspaper probably was acting in bad faith and had been trying to bait Muslims deliberately. "But I believe strongly in freedom of expression," he added, "and I'm pleased that there were other publications, like Harper's and the Western Standard, that were willing to reproduce the cartoons. That took courage."

"he came out and showed us basically in a nutshell how Louis Riel came about and then took questions ... bad idea people were confrontational and repetitive at best the worst was asking the same old question ... like "why did you choose the 2 x 3 format?" RIVETING. A REAL ZINGER THERE BUDDY. WHY DON'T YOU ASK HIM WHAT TYPE OF TOILET PAPER HE USES WHILE YOU ARE AT IT! moron."