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Sofie 'Melle' Werkers ([personal profile] bubosquared) wrote2001-05-30 03:06 pm
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*kicks Bert Anciaux and the entire fucking Belgian government*

BOOK-BURNING ASSHOLES!

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[identity profile] ex-verdandi713.livejournal.com 2001-05-30 06:34 am (UTC)(link)
Book burning?! Literally? What book and why?

[identity profile] bubosquared.livejournal.com 2001-05-30 06:37 am (UTC)(link)
Not literally that I know of, no. But they're starting to really enforce the 1997 [?] anti-negationist law; removing negatoinist books from public libraries, making it illegal to own negationist books or to say negationist things.

I want to burn the lot of them. Bastard. Freedom of fucking speech, people! Bastards!

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[identity profile] ex-verdandi713.livejournal.com 2001-05-30 06:41 am (UTC)(link)
What is "negationism," she asked ignorantly?

[identity profile] bubosquared.livejournal.com 2001-05-30 06:44 am (UTC)(link)
The act of denying or minimising the Holocaust, basically. Which is a loathsome thing to to, yes, but Freedom of Speech is sacred for everyone.

Erm, yeah, I'm sort of pissed about this. Can you tell?

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[identity profile] ex-verdandi713.livejournal.com 2001-05-30 07:59 am (UTC)(link)
Ah, you mean *revisionism.* ;-) Well, as utterly loathsome as I find any kind of Holocaust denial, you should be pissed off. All it does is drive this kind of stuff farther underground...where it doesn't get any less dangerous...

[identity profile] bubosquared.livejournal.com 2001-05-30 08:04 am (UTC)(link)
They call it negationism over here! And yes, exactly. Plus, on a purely selfish level, I like reading idiot's opinions. It makes me feel smart. And now that's illegal.

I've half a mind to buy a 'forbidden book' over the net or something just to break the fucking stupid law.

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