Posted: Oct 27, 2010 2:31 pm
GreyICE wrote:
Denmark, France, Germany, and Serbia have not yet been granted admission to the United States, much to their extreme chagrin (I'm sure).
I didn't write admission in the US. I was referring to freedom of expression which would include also freedom to campaign hatred for some ethnicities if such freedom was total even in the US where (e.g.) you can say you don't like the President in office but you go to jail if you say he should be shot.
Denial of the Holocaust belongs within the freedom of expression protection according to some States but not for others, and this reflects the differing opinion of the general population as you can learn by reading the Wikipedia chapter on Laws against Holocaust Denial.
To summarize, those opposing such a Law say it would be futile and soon forgotten, while the best solution would be teaching the history of the Holocaust and providing all the evidence which certifies the authenticity of the worst genocide in human history.
Those in favor of such a Law say it is important for the few survivors of Nazi concentration camps and for the youth in general, that such a denial is akin to a new massacre and, in view of the rising number of extreme right parties who thrive on such denials and on the old clichés denigrating the Jews, a helping hand to win elections.