I have to admire Canadian restraint--if this had happened in the US, both Berner and Mitch Podolak would have been eaten alive on the talk shows. Podolak would have been compelled to resign, Berner would have made a conspicuous public apology, and, in the fullness of time, been given a talk show of his own, perhaps on satellite radio.

I admire Berner, who, rather than defending freedom of speech, or pretending to be some sort of lone Nazi-hater, simply said that he was making joke. This wouldn't have worked in the US, where it is known as "The Imus Defense".   Americans are too smart to belief that an entertainer who does topical humor would ever say something he didn't really mean to get a laugh.

Podolak deserves kudos for taking such aggressive stand against Volkswagen fifty years after it made any difference to anybody, and of course, special nods go to the folkies who say, "Forget it, it's over, they'll be back next year, because they need us much more than we need their money."

A proud day for "Folk Music", all around.