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From: nrh@inmet.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Orphaned Response
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Date: Sun, 1-Sep-85 01:48:00 EDT
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Posted: Sun Sep  1 01:48:00 1985
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>/* Written  1:47 pm  Aug 22, 1985 by decwrl!black in inmet:net.politics */
>/* ---------- "Censorship" ---------- */
>
>     For all of you who fear censorship by the "Extreme Right," here's a
>few examples of what we can expect from the our dear friends on the Left.
>
>     Below are some extracts from an article from the August 26, 1985 
>edition of the Spotlight (reprinted by permission, Copyright 1985 by 
>Cordite Fidelity Corp., 300 Independence Ave., SE, Washington, DC 20003.
>All rights reserved.)
>
>"LIBERALS BIG ON CENSORSHIP"
>
>....
>
>     "*  In Torrence, California, Irv Rubin, the National Director of the 
>terroristic Jewish Defense League (JDL), is demanding that the city expel 
>the Institute for Historical Review (IHR) by formal ordinance.  the IHR's
>'crime' is that it insists on exercising its right to publish historical
>material reporting facts and findings which are different from the
>Establishment's orthodoxy.  Four years ago a man sued the IHR for scorning
>'established historical fact,' a cause of action theretofore known only
>behind the Iron Curtain.
>

Whoa!  The way I heard it (admittedly over NPR) was that the IHR
was sued because it offered a reward for evidence that anyone was gassed
in the camps in Germany, and then refused to pay when a man came forward
with such evidence (no, I don't know what the evidence was).  It's
not (yet) illegal in the US to have an active fantasy life, even a sick
one, but it is FRAUD to offer a reward for disproof of your fantasy
and refuse to pay up when proof is presented.  Was it really four years
ago?  This was on the radio about a month ago, if I recall....

In any case, if I've correctly identified the incident, and if the 
"Spotlight" is this clear all the time, I think I'd turn down a free
subscription offer......