| Freedom of Expression is one thing but lying and denying a horrific fact is another. Are you saying that it is ok to denying the holocaust in Germany only cause every one should freedom of expression? OK? No, I think it's a terrible thing and the world would be better off without him. BUT, I believe in Freedom of Expression, which forces me to defend his right to say such barbarities. “If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.” I'm no friend of censorship but this has nothing to do with censoring this is just to protect the truth and the history.
That's what every censor says. "We're just defending the public decency", "We're just protecting the rights of X". You protect the truth with facts and arguments, not censorship. Such an horrific event shouldn't be forgotten neither should it be "over simplified to show it as it was ok cause there was no holocaust at all"! If you don't want it to be forgotten, it's your job to divulge it. To show to people what really happened. Silencing others makes you no better than any totalitarian government. I would like to see how you want to explain the families who lost members in the holocaust this "freedom of expression" statement! First, that's a terrible argument. Secondly, I lost family members because the fascist censors didn't like what they had to say. Lastly, I'd give them the words of one of the sons of an Holocaust survivor: "(...) If you want to know the Holocaust deniers in your midst, you can find some of them here, out in the open. You can confront them, debate them, call them out as they go about their lives, or ignore them. Suppressing these groups or individuals will not make them disappear. Personally, I am against making any form of speech a crime, unless it is clearly linked to acts of violence or the planning of acts of violence. The way to fight speech that you think is bad or offensive is with more speech, better speech. (...)" (http://techpresident.com/blog-entry/facebook-free-speech-and... |