-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 26-Dec-03, at 12:37 PM, Eric Cordian wrote:
A Berlin criminal court sentenced 38-year-old Michael Regener to 40 months in prison after a six-month trial that tested the boundaries of free expression in a nation with strict laws against hate speech.
Of course, that should be "a nation with strict laws against free speech."
Crying "Hate Speech" is the last resort of people who cannot debate what is being said and convince anyone.
Being from Germany I would like to detest that statement. The German law clearly defines what is hate speech. It is not an easy task as you can see in a six month trial. Certain symbols (e.g. Swastika) are forbidden as well. And I would like to add that most of these laws were made up by the allies (read US and Britain). There is no "ultimate" free speech as the US promises, but let's be serious here for a moment: The US is not as free as people like to think. Michael -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 8.0.3 iQA/AwUBP+yRcmlCnxcrW2uuEQKDZACfc63XujDFQOJ+bcyGq1xtQc8l1yYAoNd1 vcmRWdOkxly/219fuaNHB/kL =lA06 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----