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Kraichgauer
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24 Aug 2011, 10:57 pm

Master_Pedant wrote:
Speeech ought not be censored, but it should be censured if attrocious and facile


It is true, no right is absolute. If someone says drinking rattle snake poison cures arthritis, that is a perfect example for cracking down the person's "freedom of speech," as it's going to result in killing people.

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25 Aug 2011, 4:20 am

Kraichgauer wrote:
Master_Pedant wrote:
Speeech ought not be censored, but it should be censured if attrocious and facile


It is true, no right is absolute. If someone says drinking rattle snake poison cures arthritis, that is a perfect example for cracking down the person's "freedom of speech," as it's going to result in killing people.

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer


What if it cured his arthritis without killing him?

By the way, deliberate fraud is not protected by the First Amendment.

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25 Aug 2011, 4:51 am

True. I was only using an example off the top of my head.

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25 Aug 2011, 5:08 am

Whilst I would never dream of denying the horror and criminality of the holocaust there is no doubt that the scale of it has been blown out of all proportion.

Take note,,,,,,,,,,,,,the WINNERS of any war write the history books,,,,,,,FACT.

It's over 65 years since the war and our governments still brainwash us with utter lies about what really happened.

I personaly don't believe the nonesense and demand the right to say that I don't.



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25 Aug 2011, 6:16 am

piroflip wrote:
Whilst I would never dream of denying the horror and criminality of the holocaust there is no doubt that the scale of it has been blown out of all proportion.

Take note,,,,,,,,,,,,,the WINNERS of any war write the history books,,,,,,,FACT.

It's over 65 years since the war and our governments still brainwash us with utter lies about what really happened.

I personaly don't believe the nonesense and demand the right to say that I don't.


Even though the Nazis had worked damn hard to reach the twelve million mark? We know from the minutes taken at the Wansee conference that they had planned to kill that many people. And if there was one thing that the Nazis were, it was thorough.

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