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From: lionel@garfield.UUCP (Lionel H. Moser)
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Subject: Re: Re: Zundel
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Date: Tue, 9-Apr-85 22:41:25 EST
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Posted: Tue Apr  9 22:41:25 1985
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   J.B. Robinson writes:

## First off, I personally do not think that the public is best served by
## unnecessary restrictions on freedom of speech. On the contrary, I 
## believe that it is imperative that any democratic society be given
## as much access to as much information as possible. It is only then 
## that the legitimate debate which is the cornerstone of a democracy can
## be guaranteed. It is unfortunate that society would have to suffer the 
## occasional Ernst Zundel in such a setup, however, the possible abuses
## of the alternative far outweigh the need to deter every wacko that comes
## along from espousing his views.

I don't think that we suffer the occasional inconvenience of Ernst
Zundel. I think that we suffer the occasional holocaust, where maniacs
turn much of the population against a particular group, and the group
members are slaughtered to the tune of six million with the aim of
killing every last one of them. You must note that to many members
of society the protections offered by the law are real and now even
enforced.

It is well to speak about removing this protection as contravening
consitutional rights such as freedom of speech. But one must, at the
same time,  suggest an alternative protection of the civil rights
of every person to live without racist attacks upon their cultural
community or person. 

It has been pointed out that the Zundel case shows how the system
might be abused, and that to defend Zundel  does not imply support
for his views.  In fact, this case is a very bad example for an
anti-177 argument, since, vague as the law is, one can easily see
that Zundel's activities are precisely the things the law was
meant to be aimed at.  The jury has done exemplary service to
justice, and I thank the Crown.

                                   Thank you 

                                   Lionel Moser
                                   Computer Science Department
                                   Memorial Univ. of Newfoundland