I don't care what they do in Saudi Arabia, they're not my problem. But I care about so called democratic countries that profess to have freedom of speech and you can't even deny the holocaust? wtf?
Denying the Holocaust is considered hate speech. Period.
perhaps it would be wise for people to actually sit down and read the language of this legislation that has become known as "holocaust denial laws." in many of the countries that has such laws on their books, the language is very, very broad.
if the truth be told, many of the pro-israeli/zionist posters on this board, were they in these countries and acting in a manner similair to what they exhibit here, would be in violation of those countries laws (you would be in that category, hoss, and hollie and irosie and roudy come to mind-the simple act of calling muslims "animals" would violate the law in many countries). oddly, most of the pro-palestinian posters would be in compliance. of course, no one would be prosecuted, just as very few people in these countries are prosecuted, but that is beside the point.
here is just a couple of such laws...
THE EUROPEAN UNION:
European Union Framework Decision for Combating Racism and Xenophobia (2007)
The text establishes that the following intentional conduct will be punishable in all EU Member States:
- Publicly inciting to violence or hatred , even by dissemination or distribution of tracts, pictures or other material, directed against a group of persons or a member of such a group defined by reference to race, colour, religion, descent or national or ethnic origin.
- Publicly condoning, denying or grossly trivialising
- crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes as defined in the Statute of the International Criminal Court (Articles 6, 7 and 8) directed against a group of persons or a member of such a group defined by reference to race, colour, religion, descent or national or ethnic origin, and
- crimes defined by the Tribunal of Nuremberg (Article 6 of the Charter of the International Military Tribunal, London Agreement of 1945) directed against a group of persons or a member of such a group defined by reference to race, colour, religion, descent or national or ethnic origin.
Member States may choose to punish only conduct which is either carried out in a manner likely to disturb public order or which is threatening, abusive or insulting.
The reference to religion is intended to cover, at least, conduct which is a pretext for directing acts against a group of persons or a member of such a group defined by reference to race, colour, descent, or national or ethnic origin.
Member States will ensure that these conducts are punishable by criminal penalties of a maximum of at least between 1 and 3 years of imprisonment
AND...
THE NETHERLANDS:
Article 137c
He who in public, either verbally or in writing or image, deliberately offends a group of people because of their race, their religion or beliefs, their hetero- or homosexual orientation or their physical, psychological or mental handicap, shall be punished with imprisonment not exceeding one year or a fine of the third category.
Article 137d
He who in public, either verbally or in writing or image, incites hatred or discrimination against people or incites acts of violence towards people or property of people because of their race, their religion or beliefs, their gender, their hetero- or homosexual orientation or their physical, psychological or mental handicap, shall be punished with imprisonment not exceeding one year or a fine of the third category.
Laws against Holocaust denial - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia