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clvrmnky wrote: On 02/03/2005 6:36 AM, Al Patrick wrote: You aren't free to express your thoughts - IF they don't meet the politically correct mold - especially if your thoughts and speech happen to deny the holocaust! Hasn't there been one or more folks arrested in Germany for a book they wrote in the U.S? Well, Here's one whisked off to Germany, from Canada, so they could face the charge of denying the holocaust! Zundel tried and failed to get asylum in Canada as a political refugee. Canada gave him and his lawyers plenty of opportunity to state his case. More, in fact, than the average citizen want to give him. It was determine his case had no merit and was refused, and he was deported from Canada. He got the same chance to state his case as any innocent or despot from any other country. This was after being charged with distributing materials that are contrary to Canada's new "hate crime" laws. When he couldn't make a go of it in the U.S., he returned to Canada. He is not a Canadian citizen, and was asked to leave. Something similar happened in the U.S. I understand. Since he is still (AFAIK) a citizen of Germany, it is one of the few places he is "welcome." Remember that "freedom" has two parts: there is "freedom to", and then there is "freedom from." A truly free society has to find a balance between these two, often opposing, notions. Many countries have decided that freedom from Zundel's unsubstantiated and specious notions regarding recent history is more important than a single individual's freedom to spread hate propaganda. What does this have to do with shortwave? Colour me guilty of contributing to an OT posting. Well, no it is not really OT as Zundel was on shortwave, and his supporters apparently continue to air American Dissident Voices on WWRB. dxAce Michigan USA |
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