http://www.metafilter.com/tags/davidirving Posts tagged with 'davidirving' at MetaFilter. Mon, 20 Feb 2006 14:49:32 -0800 Mon, 20 Feb 2006 14:49:32 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/49353/Austria%2DTo%2DIrving%2DHey%2DIrving%2DDeny%2DThis [Newsfilter] In mid-November last year, David Irving, arguably the world's foremost holocaust-denier (<a href="http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/gibson.asp">Mel Gibson's dad</a> comes a close second), was <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4448896.stm">arrested</a> in Austria for doing exactly that (previously discussed <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/48015">here</a>). Today he was <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200602/s1574398.htm">jailed for it</a>. Should we (read; Austria) be jailing people for their views, however reprehensible or otherwise incorrect they might be? Or is it justifiable in some cases? tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.49353 Mon, 20 Feb 2006 14:49:32 -0800 austria davidirving freespeech holocaust irving newsfilter Effigy2000