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From: robinson@ubc-cs.UUCP (Jim Robinson)
Newsgroups: can.politics
Subject: Re: Zundel etc.
Message-ID: <1014@ubc-cs.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 15-Apr-85 16:33:13 EST
Article-I.D.: ubc-cs.1014
Posted: Mon Apr 15 16:33:13 1985
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References: <420@mnetor.UUCP>
Reply-To: robinson@ubc-cs.UUCP (Jim Robinson)
Organization: UBC Department of Computer Science, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
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Summary: 

In article <420@mnetor.UUCP> clewis@mnetor.UUCP writes:
>Why should the Bible be safe from such laws anyways?  If we attempt to
>restrict publication/spoken word representations of false material,
>it shouldn't matter *when* it was written, nor should it matter on whether
>the material is religious in nature.  I was speaking in terms of the
>material itself, not necessarily with respect to criminal proceedings
>against the writer (just try prosecuting someone who is dead!).

Theoretically the Bible should not be safe, however, Christians make
up a not insignificant percentage of the population and I imagine
that any government that tried to force rewriting of the Bible by
charging the various publishers would become so unpopular that they
could kiss off the idea of holding office again for a long time.

J.B. Robinson