[91501] in Cypherpunks
Re: Hate speech in Germany...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mikhael Frieden)
Sat Dec 6 01:33:01 1997
Date: Sat, 06 Dec 1997 00:59:44 -0600
To: Peter Herngaard <pethern@inet.uni2.dk>, Lizard <lizard@dnai.com>
From: Mikhael Frieden <mikhaelf@mindspring.com>
Cc: Duncan Frissell <frissell@panix.com>, jay holovacs <holovacs@idt.net>,
fight-censorship@vorlon.mit.edu, cypherpunks@toad.com
Reply-To: Mikhael Frieden <mikhaelf@mindspring.com>
At 03:37 AM 12/6/97 +0100, Peter Herngaard wrote:
>However, also the traditional right-wing "liberals"
>and "conservatives"
>endorse strict censorship of hate speech.
You might ask yourself of their genesis.
>The reason why I do not support any anti-racst organization, except
>Nizkor, is that most such "human rights" advocacy groups in Europe are in
>favour of censorship.
Nizkor is the worst of them all. They even misrepresent physical
laws.
>The United Nations is a threat to freedom of speech in particular in Europe
>where we have no gaurantee of freedom of speech with similar strength as
>that the First Amendment provides.
You folks should get yourselves a 2nd amendment first.
>It was shocking to observe that states such as China, Nigeria, Pakistan
>can influence freedom of speech
>from within the U.N. under
>cover of "elimination of all forms of racial discrimination."
Passing a law in a good cause only invites people to find ways to
use it to their own ends as in Canada against Zundel.
-=-=-
The 2nd guarantees all the rest.
