A fan-blog for riders of the Toronto Transit Commission's subway system has taken the Commission to task for censoring a humorous anagram map of the system. They've called on Commissioner Howard Moscoe (who has a very good record on free expression — he reinstated Now Magazine at North York City Hall after the city's failure of a mayor had it removed) to apologize to the map's creator and to rescind his threat.
Angered and frustrated by the TTC's ability to almost instantaneously flush all this goodwill down the toilet, we at ttcrider.ca have put the original map back online and written an open letter to TTC Chair Howard Moscoe requesting the map be allowed to exist. Moscoe has a good track record of promoting free speech (he led the charge to reinstate NOW Magazine after former North York mayor Mel Lastman banned it from City Hall over its personal ads). We view the TTC as belonging to the Toronto public and feel that celebrating the TTC through projects like the anagram map should be encouraged, not quashed.
(Thanks, James!)
