Hadmut Danisch writes:
I never said this. Why do you think it is the only defense?
Oh, well, I guess I don't suppose that's what you meant.
Why do you all mix ideas with calls for killing people?
Because the latter is a class of the former?
Isn't it a difference whether I publish an idea or whether I pray killing people? Is this allowed in your country?
Well, I suppose there are some extremes which could get you in trouble (like, in particular, something directly threatening to the President, though I've never completely understood the Constitutional justification for such a thing). I don't think "Mein Kampf" is anywhere near the extreme. It's hateful and wrong, but it is a book of ideas and deserves to be available.
Don't you believe that we are interested in a free press? Don't you believe that we want to fight against Naziism? How do you fight against your Nazis?
Not by restricting press freedoms.
Arrrrrghl! Stop this stupid tale! Do you want to play silly games with me? Who did you tell that you have to go to any office in germany?
You did! I'm not trying to be inflammatory; that's what I thought you said! I asked whether anybody could print a newspaper, and you said something like "as long as they register" or something. Perhaps I misunderstood; I foolishly did not save your note.
Print as much as you can pay and carry and give it to everyone you want.
Oh; OK, then I take it back. I wish I had saved the note you wrote earlier; I must have severely misinterpreted it.
What is the use of press freedom if the press doesn't use it?
Well, that's sort of a different problem. There are outlets for a wide variety of ideas, but they're not the major news networks or newspapers.
I'm sure you don't see much about Germany at all. Where did you get all those stories?
As I said, I simply misinterpreted what you wrote.
So can I in the US---today. The problems spring up when I try to export what I write.
Is this what you call press freedom?
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