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Re: Oh No! Nazis on the Nets
Hadmut Danisch writes:
> I never said this. Why do you think it is the only defense?
Oh, well, I guess I don't suppose that's what you meant.
> Why do you all mix ideas with calls for killing people?
Because the latter is a class of the former?
> Isn't it a difference whether I publish an idea or whether
> I pray killing people? Is this allowed in your country?
Well, I suppose there are some extremes which could get you in trouble
(like, in particular, something directly threatening to the President,
though I've never completely understood the Constitutional
justification for such a thing). I don't think "Mein Kampf" is
anywhere near the extreme. It's hateful and wrong, but it is a book
of ideas and deserves to be available.
> Don't you believe that we are interested in a free press?
> Don't you believe that we want to fight against Naziism?
> How do you fight against your Nazis?
Not by restricting press freedoms.
> Arrrrrghl! Stop this stupid tale! Do you want to play silly games
> with me? Who did you tell that you have to go to any office in germany?
You did! I'm not trying to be inflammatory; that's what I thought you
said! I asked whether anybody could print a newspaper, and you said
something like "as long as they register" or something. Perhaps I
misunderstood; I foolishly did not save your note.
> Print as much as you can pay and carry and give it to everyone you
> want.
Oh; OK, then I take it back. I wish I had saved the note you wrote
earlier; I must have severely misinterpreted it.
> What is the use of press freedom if the press doesn't use it?
Well, that's sort of a different problem. There are outlets for a
wide variety of ideas, but they're not the major news networks or
newspapers.
> I'm sure you don't see much about Germany at all. Where did you get
> all those stories?
As I said, I simply misinterpreted what you wrote.
> > So can I in the US---today. The problems spring up when I try to
> > export what I write.
>
> Is this what you call press freedom?
Actually, no; I don't call it that. One of the reasons I'm "here" is
that I don't like the restrictions!
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