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Originally Posted by Machette
Said he changed his views when he went to Hitlers office and studied letters from Eichmann.
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I wonder if he changed his spiteful mocking and outrageous hate jokes at the same time,
it's one thing to express a view that is counter to common belief, but to gleefully wallow
in the worst aspects of it and travel the world getting applause for it from nazi wannabes?
...then he reads a few Eichmann letters and he reverses his stance?, well dog my cats.. oOo:
"Perhaps the biggest insight into his deeper motivation comes not from the libel case, but from
the opening line of his introduction to the new edition of Hitler's War, posted on his website:
"To historians is granted a talent that even the gods are denied - to alter what has already happened."
[url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/irving/article/0,2763,181054,00.html:3fa62]Link[/url:3fa62]
o rly?
I suppose freedom of speech by definition could have no abuse-of freedom of speech type resctrictions....
[quote="Eight Ace":3fa62]I believe irving can say what he likes, but if he is arrogant enough to travel to a country that has laws against expressing that view and ends up in jail then LOL![/quote:3fa62]
I doubt he'll do 3yrs anyway, but as an upholder of free speech I think the Judges should use their imagination,
yes he should go on record as having broken an Austrian law, but he should only stay in jail as long as it takes
to meet with Holocaust survivors, credible historians, neo nazis chums etc, and arrange for all media to post his
new views compared to his previous ones.
maybe the failed conspiracy theorist could even throw in a few hand-written apologies to the
concentration camp survivors he actaully chose to testify against in court if they're still alive, that type of thing.