Topic: Holocaust denial should be a criminal offence
in a true democracy people should be able to express their views, no matter how distasteful, without the state intervening.
in a truly free society all speech is tolerated & holocaust denial is no different even if it is an erroneous view
in the united states of america we believe in free speech and any person is allowed to believe what they choose to.
in today crazy world in which we all live, there is so many derogating stuff. freedom of speech must be protected by all means,right? yes. so, when somebody deny holocaust is that free speech? or not?
it could be considered that holocaust denial is a hate crime, laws should be in place to protect  the memory of those who have perished in unspeakable crimes such as the holocaust.
it enables racist people to continue to target the jewish population.
it flies in the face of everything democracy stands for to criminalise a belief, irrespective of how odious it might be - holocaust denial is just an example of this.
it is a fact that the holocaust happened, and asserting otherwise not only a lie, but dangerous as well.
it is a tragic even and denying it is dangerous
it is an unacceptable denial of human atrocities we should never forget to ensure it doesn't happen again
it is appalling that there are some people who publicly deny that the holocaust happened, these people subject to criminal prosecution to deter others.
it is dangerous to deny crimes as abhorrent as those of the holocaust
it is dangerous to limit free speech; hiding holocaust denial makes it harder to scrutinize.
it is disrespectful to victims of the holocaust and humanity to deny that it never happened, those that deny the holocaust happen should be subject to criminal penalty.
it is extremely offensive to survivors and people impacted by the holocaust to have people say that it didn't happen. it must cause extreme anguish to them, especially the survivors who lived through it.
it is important to remember the atrocities that occurred so as not to allow the same thing to happen again.
It is more effective to discredit deniers publicly than to hide them and their arguments.
It is much more dangerous to deny someone the right to free speech than to deny that the Holocaust happened.
it is not damaging in its own right.
it is often a sign of future racial crimes.
it is something that is real and has happened to millions of jews and to be in denial over it is a crime.
it is up to in individual to make their own mind up about whether an event happened based on the evidence they have available to them.
it isn't just about the denial itself but it's part of a conspiracy against jewish people and is used to hurt and kill jewish people today.  so i think that type of rhetoric should be policed.
It may be misinformed, but people should have a right to believe in what they want.
it negates established facts about the genocide.
it should be a criminal offence as it was a factual genocide of epic proportions  and to deny it is to trivialize the extermination of jews and other groups and communities
it should be a criminal offence because it did happen and it wasn't right