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Originally Posted by Cowperson
It should be noted in this thread that the Supreme Court of Canada ruled unconstitutional the charge of "spreading false news" of which Zundel had been convicted by an Ontario court.
He eventually ended up in Germany after agreeing not to fight a deportation order.
Another fact based link on the law under which he was convicted and sentenced in Germany. I'm wary of Wikipedia as well but there's nothing politicized with this description:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volksverhetzung
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StGB
Cowperson |
I love how you come in to push the debate one way, then come in again when it's swinging to push it another.
But I agree. It's up to personal opinion. What do you believe is reasonable and justified?
Maybe he shouldn't have been put in for 5 years (he'll probably do 2 and a bit) but on the other hand, I do think he's guilty of hate crimes.
I don't think this is a freedom of speech debate. If it is, there are a lot more debates/cases we should be opening up first.