Reply #283: I would submit that [View All]

[Spinoza]

the fact that earth is round, not flat, is also 'the most well documented fact in the history of mankind'. Yet thousands of people believe in a flat earth. They see pictures of the earth from space and still believe in a flat earth. (They believe the pictures are faked.)See http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/flatearth.html 'Documenting The Existence of the Flat Earth Society.'

All through history people have believed, sincerely, the most preposterous, outlandish things. The documentation on this is endless. NOONE HAS THE RIGHT TO CRIMINALIZE OPINIONS, EXPRESSED IN SPEECH FILM OR WRITING. NOONE HAS THE RIGHT TO THROW ANYONE, INCLUDING HOLOCAUST DENIERS, BEHIND BARS BECAUSE OF WORDS UTTERED OR A BELIEF OR OPINION EXPRESSED IN WRITING.

This callous disregard and contempt for the most important of our First Amendment rights, for the most important of all rights, freedom of speech, is shocking.

My father, who saw the gas chambers in operation at Treblinka, did not believe Holocaust Deniers should be jailed or legally penalized. If he could stand it, so can you.