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Re: True

Posted by Sigma on 2010-July-10 17:23:11 EDT, Saturday
In reply to True posted by Sancho Panza on 2010-July-10 17:08:45 EDT, Saturday

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But in this case I had the European situation in mind, where in some countries for instance holocaust denial is forbidden but access to sites like these who are registered in other countries is still possible.

I understand, though I think the same approach would be very good for Europeans too. As for the situation you describe it is a good example of how technology can so easily be used to get around government censorship.

Although I oppose government censorship no matter what, I think it is worth noting that the Holocaust denial laws probably create more interest in the topic. I very much doubt they have resulted in fewer people reading the particular "revisionists" in question. I know in my case I actually became m more curious as to what they had to say as a result of the laws. I asked myself: if the evidence for the Holocaust is so airtight why is there any need for censorship? So I checked out the deniers for myself. I wasn't impressed with their arguments for denial, but on the other hand, the Holocaust (in particular the Shoah) has indeed become a sacred cow held up as uniquely evil. It's like the lives of Jews are considered worth more than the lives of other genocide victims. There's a quasi-religious aura around the whole topic and I don't like that at all. Notice how some countries ban Holocaust denial but allow people to deny the Armenian genocide, etc.


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