Holocaust denial now illegal in Australia
We read:
"A HOLOCAUST revisionist has been found guilty of contempt and faces a possible jail term after he deliberately flouted court orders not to publish information which vilified the Jewish race on his website.
It is the first time an Australian court has found somebody guilty of contempt for breaching the Racial Discrimination Act in relation to Holocaust denial.
Frederick Toben, the director of the Adelaide Institute, published material on his website referring to Anne Frank as one of "those self-serving Holocaust frauds", described the Holocaust as the "Holohoax" and said Holocaust museums were "just a gimmick to collect money".
He had been ordered in 2002 to delete material from the website which offended, insulted or humiliated Jewish people on the basis of their race and not to publish any further material which questioned the Holocaust or the existence of gas chambers at Auschwitz.
Jeremy Jones, who was then president of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, started contempt of court proceedings against Toben in 2006 for publishing material that failed to comply with the court orders, and the academic originally apologised to the court and promised to take the material down. But shortly after that hearing, Toben advised Mr Jones and the court that he had changed his mind and would not remove the offending material from his website.
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The authorities are certainly doing their best to help Mr Toben make his views known. A story like the above in all the papers amounts to maybe a million dollars worth of advertising and will no doubt encourage rebellious spirits to seek out details of Mr Toben's arguments. I do hope that the Executive Council of Australian Jewry is pleased with their work.
The High Court of Australia recognizes a right to free speech so it would be amusing if Mr Toben appealed the verdict against him. That would not only get him lots more publicity but could well see him exonerated. It could be a great downfall for those short-sighted people who attack free speech.
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I'm not sure why it's a crime. Do I think the holocaust existed? Yes, I do. Still, I'm confused why it is against the law for somebody else to say it didn't exist.
I compare it to ... making a law against believing JFK was NOT shot by Oswald and their was more than one shooter.
Nope, I don't get it.
Like the Egyptian pharaohs some people bathe in De Nile!
Some 6 million jews were killed by the Nazi's. Don't the 10-12 million non-jews who were killed count? I guess i'll now be considered anti-semitic.
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