Noam Chomsky on this case   Subj Re David Irving and Holocaust denial  Date   AM Central Standard Time  From    chomskymitedu Noam Chomsky To    AndrewParodiaolcom by way of Noam Chomsky      Germany and Austria have very limited protection for freedom of expression  France is much the same except that penalties tend to be less extreme  England also has quite limited protection  In fact the concept freedom of speech is barely understood let alone respected in Western Europe despite much pretentious posturing  And before Americans get on a high horse about it they should bear in mind that a high level of legal protection was only reached in  in a Supreme Court decision in a case involving Martin Luther King and the civil rights movement  There are many illusions about these topics  Noam Chomsky  At  AM  you wrote  Dear Mr Chomsky   I was wondering if you have any information about David Irving and the penalties for Holocaust denial in Austria Its hard to imagine that someone has been sentenced to prison for denying the Holocaust   Sincerely   Andrew Parodi