From: "Mark" 

Speaking of the Armenians Adam, just caught this on the same subject:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2007_04_15-2007_04_21.shtml#1177104267
Historians Getting Into Legal Trouble


"Ad"  wrote in
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> Mark wrote:
>> http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070419/wl_afp/eujusticeracism
>> LUXEMBOURG (AFP) - The European Union on Thursday made inciting racism
>> and xenophobia crimes throughout its 27 member states in a landmark
>> decision tempered by caveats to appease free speech concerns. The new
>> deal specifies one- to three-year prison terms be available for
>> incitement to violence or hatred "against a group of persons
or a member
>> of such a group defined by reference to race, colour, religion, descent
>> or national or ethnic origin".
>>
>> That could include the sending of "tracts, pictures or other
>> material."...
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>>
>> It's over for the EU (I wonder if the UK will be smart enough to withdraw
>> from the insanity?), let's hope the US isn't next, but I'm not
>> optimistic. > the blind>
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>
> Yup it's PC gone mad. e.g. there's also a part making genocide denial a
> crime.
>
> Ooooookkkkk so.....lt's have a laugh & consider the fate of the Armenians
> in 1918.....
>
> It's the Germans. They've always had a problem with free speech.
>
> Adam

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