Posted by
Dawnsblood on Monday, January 15, 2007 6:36:30 PM
Well
to the German government it appears to be any speech that does not offend them. I always thought free speech was giving an idiot the power to open his mouth and prove himself an idiot, seems the German Government and I disagree.
Germany is to revive plans to criminalise Holocaust denial as well
as the use of Nazi symbols in all EU countries, making them punishable
by up to three years in prison.
Ministers in Berlin have identified the move as a priority of Germany's
six-month presidency of the EU which began on 1 January. Its efforts
come against the background of the formation in the European Parliament
of a far-right group, Identity, Sovereignty and Tradition.
However, the proposal is certain to provoke controversy,
particularly in the EU's new members in eastern Europe where
politicians have objected to any legislation that would ban Nazi
insignia but permit the use of Communist symbols.
Brigitte Zypries, Germany's justice minister, said: "We have always
said that it can't be the case it should still be acceptable in Europe
to say the Holocaust never existed and that six million Jews were never
killed."