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- Newsgroups: alt.revisionism
- Subject: Re: Revisionist Convicted AGAIN!
- Message-ID: <1992Jul22.185745.27280@oneb.almanac.bc.ca>
- From: kmcvay@oneb.almanac.bc.ca (Ken Mcvay)
- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 92 18:57:45 GMT
- References: <1992Jul19.225535.11915@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> <15772@pitt.UUCP>
- Organization: The Old Frog's Almanac, Vancouver Island, CANADA
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- In article <15772@pitt.UUCP> geb@dsl.pitt.edu (gordon e. banks) writes:
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- >In article <1992Jul19.225535.11915@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> friedenb@egr.msu.edu ( Gedaliah Friedenberg ) writes:
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- >>town of Eckville, Alberta, has been convicted for the second time of
- >>wilfully promoting hatred against Jews.
- >> Jusitce Arthur Lutz of the Court of Queen's Bench in nearby
- >>Red Deer fined James Keegstra $3,000 (Canadian) a few hours after a
- >>jury of eight women and four men found him guilty.
- >> The verdict was the culmination of a four-month retrial in
- >>which 17 former students of Keegstra's testified that from 1978 to
- >>1982, he taught them that an evil worldwide Jewish conspiracy bent on
- >>destroying Christianity existed and that the Holocaust was a hoax.
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- >While I think that a person teaching such hateful things should
- >be dismissed from their teaching position, I don't think the
- >government should jail people for "willfully promoting hatred".
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- Canadians, you may be surprised to learn, support this law. With regard to
- your specific comment, I confess confusion. If you want to grant government
- the power to take away someone's livelihood, how does that differ from
- convicting them of a crime?
-
- >Such governmental powers to regulate speech are far more dangerous
- >than private citizens expressing their opinions, regardless of
- >how loathesome. Those who burn crosses on lawns or deface
-
- Expressing your opinion is one thing - teaching racial hatred is
- quite another. In Keegstra's case, I'm delighted to see the second
- conviction. Perhaps Mr. Keegstra will immigrate to your side of the border
- and teach in your city - you are welcome to him.
-
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- "Also, our records do not support that Mr. Leuchter performed either
- consulting or any service...I can attest that the planning and work was
- performed by the Department of Correction Engineering Section and our
- institution maintenance department." Signed: Gary T. Dixon, Warden NC
-