February 20, 2006

NOW THAT'S HOW TO TREAT BLASPHEMY:

David Irving jailed for Holocaust denial (The Guardian, February 20, 2006)

The British revisionist historian and Nazi apologist David Irving was today sentenced to three years in prison after he admitted denying the Holocaust.

Posted by Orrin Judd at February 20, 2006 3:47 PM
Comments

Put Ahmadinejad in the cell next to him and you'll have something to boast about. Until then, not so much.

Posted by: joe shropshire at February 20, 2006 3:55 PM

joe:

Bingo!

Posted by: oj at February 20, 2006 3:59 PM

This brings to light my personal solution for dealing with people like this while avoiding free-speech imbroglios: recognizing the public mood and acting accordingly. To wit, if a Holocaust survivor hired a gang of street toughs to beat this guy within an inch of his life, is there any jury who would convict him? They'd probably take him out for drinks.

Posted by: Matt Murphy at February 21, 2006 2:28 AM
« CATHOLICS GO HOME: | Main | IF ONLY THEY RAN LESS OFFENSIVE MATERIAL (via Tom Corcoran): »