On Sun, 08 Feb 2009 00:59:21 -0500, Warp wrote:

> Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>> I suppose you could look at it that way.  The friends I have in Germany
>> have described it more as suppressing hate speech.
> 
>   There's a fine line between suppressing hate speech and suppressing
> freedom of expression. It seems that European countries in general are
> slowly but steadily probing how much they can extend the latter in the
> name of the former before people get angry.

You have to admit that Germany is something of a special case, though - 
one of my friends there works in government (not as an elected official, 
but as an IT guy) and he's stated that that chapter of German history is 
something that should never, ever be repeated again.

I think that's something that most people would agree on.

Jim

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