> I agree in general about freedom of speech safeguards, but one could argue > that this behavior amounts to a hate crime and an incitement to violence. > In the US, certain forms of speech are illegal if they amount to hate > crimes or an incitement to violence, and Holocaust denial goes under the > same category, IMHO.
I was with ya, until this paragraph. Denying the holocaust USUALLY goes hand in hand with behavior that amounts to a hate crime. But the act in and of itself of deying the holocaust...i dont' see where that is an incitement to violence. If an 80 year old woman is sitting on her front porch in a rocking chair sippin lemonade......and for some reason blurts out that she's not so sure there was a holocaust.....then goes back to sipping her lemonade.....I don't think she should go to jail. Again...this is from an American law point of view. If enough Austrians feel this should be illegal....ok, i'm fine with that. I just don't think i'd support the same thing here in the States. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:198594 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
