Topic: Holocaust denial should be a criminal offence
holocaust denial undermines and trivializes the struggles of some minority groups.
holocaust denial, although hurtful, is protected free speech.
holocaust denial, generally, does not deny that the event happened, just that the official facts and figures, specifically related to jewish deaths is incorrect.
holocaust denial, if widely adopted, could help lead to the same sort of anti-semitism that allowed the holocaust to occur in the first place.
holocaust deniers are misrepresenting proven history in an effort to mislead the public and perpetuate negative stereotypes about oppressed people. this does great societal damage and should be prosecuted.
holocaust deniers are usually uneducated regarding the facts.  it is better to teach them than to punish them.
holocaust deniers seek use their false opinions about the events of world war two to propogate a damaging and dangerous wave of anti-semitism.
holocaust has really existed and creating some doubts about it puts sufferings on people and families of people who suffer from this barbaric practice.
holocaust was terrible for anyone involved, the people who did it got punished, so should those that lie about it
How can Holocaust denial be illegal while the Israeli government itself denies the Armenian Holocaust.
i believe holocaust denial should be a criminal offence because people need to realize that millions of innocent people were killed for no reason
i believe that Holocaust denial, while distasteful, should be legal, per our country's free speech laws
i suppose to deny the holocaust could be considered a type of hate crime which is already a criminal offence in alot of countries.it basically is very offensive to the millions of people who died.
if anyone denies there was a holocaust it should be a criminal offense because there is proof that that there was a holocaust.  concentration camps were discovered near the end of world war ii.
If Holocaust denial is allowed (i.e., not criminalized), many ignorant and uninformed people will believe that the Holocaust never happened.
if holocaust denial is allowed to spread unchecked and become the popular opinion, it opens the doors for such atrocities to happen again.
if holocaust denial is illegal,  it will only go underground and behind closed doors which is just as, if not more, harmful than if it is out in the open.
If Holocaust denial is outlawed, then people will never believe that arguments denying it have been addressed.
if one does not believe that the holocaust occurred, then that is there right to practice freedom of speech as defined in the constitution.
if you deny the holocaust you should be sent to prison because you are a criminal. it should be illegal because it is abhorrent behavior to deny such a thing. denial will cause violence and chaos.
if you want to live in a world where free speech is highly regulated than yes, you can make it a criminal offense.
In a land where free speech is sacred, you cannot criminalize Holocaust denial no matter how bad the Holocaust was and no matter how much you fear another.