[lbo-talk] Re: freedom, double standards, etc.

[Jim Devine]

while Holocaust denial is morally wrong, intellectually stupid, etc.,
should Germany jail people who embrace it? If Scott is asking that
question, it's worth talking about (unless it's been discussed to
death already). I don't see why he should be expelled from the list.

On 2/4/06, Marvin Gandall <marvgandall at videotron.ca> wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Doug Henwood" <dhenwood at panix.com>
> To: <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org>
> Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2006 7:36 PM
> Subject: [lbo-talk] Re: freedom, double standards, etc.
>
>
> > Frank Scott wrote:
> >
> >>they specificaly question the alleged numbers of dead , the alleged
> >>methods of killing, and the alleged plan for extermination...for this they
> >>are in the slam, and much of the allegedly free world is either totally
> >>ignorant of them, or, totally unconcerned about their freedom to speak or
> >>think, since the subject is deemed  sacred and beyond question...
> >
> > Man, you're really icky. This is the last straw.
> >
> > Doug

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Jim Devine

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