On 19/11/05, Frank Pohlmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In that case, prosecute him for incitement. > > Agreed. Incidentally thats why I asked whether anyone > had an idea what Austrian law said in this matter. I > have a dim memory that incitement is actually not the > issue, but slander. But I might be wrong.
According to all the reports that I have read, he is not being prosecuted for incitement or slander. He is been prosecuted for "Holocaust Denial" because denying the holocaust is a crime. > Within the parameters you set, I have to agree (you > mean "Banning *political* speech"?) It looks like political speech to me (nasty politics, yes, but political speech nevertheless) -- b
