Topic: Holocaust denial should be a criminal offence
while people can have differing opinions on whether or not the holocaust happened, denying that did should not be condemned to the point of making it a criminal offence.
while the events of the holocaust are awful, questioning whether or not it actually happened shouldn't be punishable by prison time.
while the holocaust was a very serious event, denying that it happened should not be serious enough to be a criminal offense.
whilst it is undeniably wrong to deny the holocaust it is not on the same level as criminal activity which physically injures a person or removes their property.
White supremacists use holocaust denial to justify violent actions against Jewish people.
whoever is denying this is in danger of promoting future holocaust events which means that this is something that is leading to killing innocent people therefore it should be a criminal offence.
why allow this hatred and dishonest propaganda to be spread when the aim is to belittle the plight of the jewish? to steadily head toward a lack of empathy like 1940s germany?
why is anyone deciding what people can and cannot say?
why should anyone be told they cannot deny something even if it happened?  freedom of speech, surely.
why would we try to defend anyone that denies the mass slaughter of millions of men, women and children. it is indefensible
yes, this should be a criminal offense.  it is historically proven that the holocaust happened, so any attempt to deny it is being done simply to be hurtful towards others and shouldn't be ignored.
yes, we should, because anything else simply offends holocaust survivors.
you can not tell a person how they should or should not believe and making holocaust denial a criminal offense is an unnecessary intrusion.
you cannot force someone out of denial.
you cannot legally punish people for their opinions
you cannot police what people do and what people don't believe - additionally, suppressing information often only serves to bolster its credibilty.
you can't infringe on someone's freedom of speech, even if they are lying.
You can't outlaw thought or opinion without the risk of others coming to outlaw anything and everything else.