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Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos
Technically it looks like they convicted him of "incitement" (or whatever the German word is). To me that means he was, umm, inciting, I guess, which goes beyond free speech.
A thin line. Probably too thin. I don't much like this either, but if he was over there preaching to some yahoos about the holocaust not being true, I guess you could say he's stirring up trouble and inciting hatred. Maybe even violence.
They are obviously pretty sensitive about this stuff.
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Was he actively telling people to kill or otherwise harm Jews? If so, I would agree that a jail sentence is warranted. From the linked article, though, it appears that his only "crime" was contending that the Holocaust didn't exist. While his position is, of course, totally indefensible, we don't go around jailing people who deny the theory of evolution, nor should we.