Irving pleads guilty to denying the Holocaust
VIENNA, Austria -- Right-wing British historian David Irving pleaded guilty Monday to criminal charges of denying the Holocaust and conceded in court he erred in contending there were no Nazi gas chambers during the Second World War.
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/world/story.html?id=7af4ab07-968b-41ab-91d2-d9ae91ae6ab0&k=88667
Why exactly is this a crime? Sure it is foolish to say such things, but should it really be a crime to deny the Holocaust?
VIENNA, Austria -- Right-wing British historian David Irving pleaded guilty Monday to criminal charges of denying the Holocaust and conceded in court he erred in contending there were no Nazi gas chambers during the Second World War.
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/world/story.html?id=7af4ab07-968b-41ab-91d2-d9ae91ae6ab0&k=88667
Why exactly is this a crime? Sure it is foolish to say such things, but should it really be a crime to deny the Holocaust?