Historian Faces 20 Years for Holocaust Denial
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Yet another reminder that there is no First Amendment in Europe:
The best weapon against a lie is not the law, but the truth.
POST SCRIPT #1: Meanwhile, in Saudi Arabia saying nice things about Jews will earn you 750 lashes.
POST SCRIPT #2: Here's the hat trick.
British historian David Irving was arrested last week in southern Austria on a warrant accusing him of denying the Holocaust, the Interior Ministry said Thursday.As despicable as Holocaust deniers are, isn't it better to subject their theories to objective repudiation — and subsequently to ridicule — than to teach post-Holocaust generations that some ideas are taboo?
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Irving was detained on a warrant issued in 1989 under Austrian laws that make Holocaust denial a crime, [an Interior Ministry spokesman] said.
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If formally charged, tried and convicted on the charge, Irving could face up to 20 years in prison...
The best weapon against a lie is not the law, but the truth.
POST SCRIPT #1: Meanwhile, in Saudi Arabia saying nice things about Jews will earn you 750 lashes.
POST SCRIPT #2: Here's the hat trick.
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17 November 2005
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