http://xrlq.com/2006/02/20/tolerance-camp/ Politische Kommentare mit Snarkenremarken Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:31:05 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://xrlq.com/2006/02/20/tolerance-camp/comment-page-1/#comment-48142 We Should Live - Ben Bateman » A Thought-Crime Conviction in Austria Wed, 22 Feb 2006 02:11:46 +0000 http://xrlq.com/2006/02/20/tolerance-camp/#comment-48142 [...] Some who find this verdict upsetting have had a taste of liberal utopia, and don’t like it. Perhaps they’ve seen the reality of campus speech codes or hate-crime laws, and have realized that the quest to perfect mankind twists the souls of those who pursue it. Xrlq says it nicely: “It sure is nice to know that Austria, like its neighbor to the north, loves tolerance and democracy so much it throws people in prison for not appreciating them enough.” [...] [...] Some who find this verdict upsetting have had a taste of liberal utopia, and don’t like it. Perhaps they’ve seen the reality of campus speech codes or hate-crime laws, and have realized that the quest to perfect mankind twists the souls of those who pursue it. Xrlq says it nicely: “It sure is nice to know that Austria, like its neighbor to the north, loves tolerance and democracy so much it throws people in prison for not appreciating them enough.” [...]

]]> http://xrlq.com/2006/02/20/tolerance-camp/comment-page-1/#comment-48084 steve sturm Tue, 21 Feb 2006 04:03:28 +0000 http://xrlq.com/2006/02/20/tolerance-camp/#comment-48084 Interesting, tonight I just finished reading a Daniel Silva novel, A Death in Vienna, which includes some of the same issues you mentioned. Interesting, tonight I just finished reading a Daniel Silva novel, A Death in Vienna, which includes some of the same issues you mentioned.

]]> http://xrlq.com/2006/02/20/tolerance-camp/comment-page-1/#comment-48079 Xrlq Tue, 21 Feb 2006 02:42:02 +0000 http://xrlq.com/2006/02/20/tolerance-camp/#comment-48079 It's probably not coincidental; Germany has a similar prohibition, and for the same reason. The irony I do see with Austria is that Austria has long maintained a Holocaust revisionism of its own, in which Austria is portrayed not as a willing participant in Nazism, but as its first victim. That brand of revisionism is just as offensive as the version Irving was convicted of, but AFAIK no Austrian has ever gone to prison (or faced any other repercussions) for that. It’s probably not coincidental; Germany has a similar prohibition, and for the same reason. The irony I do see with Austria is that Austria has long maintained a Holocaust revisionism of its own, in which Austria is portrayed not as a willing participant in Nazism, but as its first victim. That brand of revisionism is just as offensive as the version Irving was convicted of, but AFAIK no Austrian has ever gone to prison (or faced any other repercussions) for that.

]]> http://xrlq.com/2006/02/20/tolerance-camp/comment-page-1/#comment-48034 steve sturm Mon, 20 Feb 2006 23:53:25 +0000 http://xrlq.com/2006/02/20/tolerance-camp/#comment-48034 which is all the more surprising given the prominent role of so many Austrians in the Holocaust... which is all the more surprising given the prominent role of so many Austrians in the Holocaust…

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