Why or why not?
2007-01-15 20:12:23 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
I am not proposing the idea myself. It has been/is being discussed at the moment.
Read more here if you're interested:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/germany/article/0,,1991371,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=1
2007-01-15 20:22:01 · update #1
No, I don't agree that Holocaust Denial should be made illegal throughout the EU. That would be very unwise and would definitely provoke anti-Jewish and fascist tensions.
Why should it be illegal for people to have views that are totally ridiculous ? A person should be free to be a fool if they want to be. If they wish to spout their Holocaust Denial garbage let them do so. It's the quickest way of showing they are idiots.
To suppress Holocaust Denial is to deny free speech.
If laws are broken by Holocaust Denial these can be dealt with in the courts in the usual way. There is simply no need for any ban on this stupid theory.
2007-01-15 20:25:05 · answer #1 · answered by democracynow 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Everyone with half a brain knows it happened. I don't see why one group should be able to have special recognition in law. It is absurd that anyone would suggest it. What would be the crime exactly? Would it all come down to an over/under of 6 million? And would i have broken the law by saying anything that is not approved in the synagogue? It is funny, the difference that 62 years make, Put up swastikas, or take them down. Some Germans are as nuts as the off-the-deep-end socialist/communist French. Eurotrash. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.
2007-01-15 20:19:01 · answer #2 · answered by great gig in the sky 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Why should it?
If you believe in UFO's should that be illegal.
Why on earth would you make an 'idea' or a 'viewpoint' illegal?
Where would it end?
What would you do with these 'criminals'?
Imprison them? Along with murderers, rapists, drug dealers.
Since when do views and thoughts become criminalised?
In a free and democratic country we should have the right to hold any views we like.
Whether they are wrong, right, or plain mad doesn't make any difference.
I suggest that governments need to get to grips with REAL crime, not 'thought' crime.
And for a frightening read to see where this sort of nonsense can lead try George Orwell's 1984.
2007-01-15 20:22:51 · answer #3 · answered by trollbag 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I live in the States, and it is not illegal here. Its called freedom of speech, no matter how ridiculous or disgusting the speech is. We have idiots here that have these opinions, and they are ignored for the most part. You can not outlaw an idea into non-existance. These kinds of laws only fuel the paranoid, conspiracy theories of the crackpots they are designed to silence. I don't need a law to tell me that someone is an idiot.
2007-01-15 20:19:15 · answer #4 · answered by wileycoyote_the_supergenius 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think that it is neccesary for families to be compensated but at the same time as we see with our own government now, when a people feel cornered or whatever justification they have for war we see the evil in man. moreover it should be made the job of the crime commiters to pay, not the decendants of families who were not concieved at the time of the war
2007-01-15 20:20:11 · answer #5 · answered by capnbast 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, you should have the right to be completely ignorant. No one should force you to think a certain way, even if you are completely wrong.
2007-01-15 20:16:40 · answer #6 · answered by kingshighway77 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Big brother is watching. Big brother knows what is good for you. Thank you Big Brother.
2007-01-15 20:32:54 · answer #7 · answered by Adi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I cant fault the first answer (kingshighway77) at all. we should all do well to learn from that comment.
2007-01-15 20:22:44 · answer #8 · answered by SAINT G 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋