| Jay Scott : Daily Whale : archive : 2006 : 10 February 2006 |
Walk off, walk off, Voltaire, Rousseau,
Walk off, walk off, the game is lost.
You can still publish sharp cartoons,
But not deny the Holocaust.
Mock on, mock on, Voltaire, Rousseau:
Mock on, mock on: 'tis all in vain!
You throw the sand against the wind,
And the wind blows it back again.
A number of European countries have "Holocaust denial" laws which in effect posit an official version of that part of history, and make it a crime to publically disagree. I think that is dangerous, though I have to add that the people who fall foul of these laws certainly seem to deserve it.
copyright 2006 Jay J.P. Scott
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