tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15300514.post114049896982202209..comments2023-10-21T04:59:47.322-07:00Comments on One Bad Apple: Deny the Holocaust, go to jail.Wiwillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17025502444554791494noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15300514.post-1140589704779801182006-02-21T22:28:00.000-08:002006-02-21T22:28:00.000-08:00See I don't buy the fact that Germany and/or Austr...See I don't buy the fact that Germany and/or Austria have passed such laws to stamp out the Neo Nazi movement. Why did they stop there? Why do they still allow memebers of the party to be elected to parliment? Hell why do they allow the party to still be recognized as a legitimate one?<BR/><BR/>I'm adamantly against Canada's imprisonment of Holocaust deniers. It shows a real apathy on their society's part to instead of countering their speech with fierce debate, education, etc. they'd rather lock them up and not worry about it. Canada, Austria, and Germany, like many in the US, seems to rather have this "safe" view of freedom of expression rather than accepting that true exchange of unfiltered thought can be dangerous. I'd rather live with the danger and allow the good people of our culture to debate any such thoughts and hopefully change the minds of people who think such ways.Wiwillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17025502444554791494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15300514.post-1140585897570282632006-02-21T21:24:00.000-08:002006-02-21T21:24:00.000-08:00While I believe fervently in freedom of speech and...While I believe fervently in freedom of speech and expression, these laws might be in place for a reason other than just PR. The Nazi party still exists there and has some power. <BR/><BR/>Not recognizing the errors of history makes it easier for them to be repeated. Holocaust deniers do more for the Nazi party than one might realize. <BR/><BR/>And lest you think only Austria jails holocaust deniers, Canada has done so too. Ernst Zuendel was put in prison there for a pamphlet he published. While it wasn't for a holocaust denial law exactly, that was the real problem. If you haven't seen the documentary "Mr. Death", you ought to watch that soon - excellent documentary that deals in some ways with Zuendel's case.Mattbearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743880099310194234noreply@blogger.com