ThoughtCrime: 10/10/00
Censorship Ordered Against Adelaide Institute Website
An Australian commission ordered that the
Adelaide Institute stop publishing
Holocaust revisionist material on their Website. The curiously named Human
Rights and Equal Opportunities Commission does not support freedom of speech
when it comes to revisionist material. The Commission ordered Dr. Frederick
Toben to remove all such material from the Adelaide Institute site. Toben
is the institute's director.
The ruling marked the first time the commission ordered material removed
from the Internet. The "Human Rights" Commission now enters a new phase
of censorship and control against the citizens of Australia. At least one
prominent Jewish group welcomed the Commission's decision, but Dr. Toben
said he would defy it.
The commission has no direct enforcement powers, however if Toben refuses
to comply he could be prosecuted and jailed for contempt.
The Adelaide Institute has examined "the truth about historical events,
especially those connected with World War II and the Holocaust" for many
years. Its Website specifically affirms that homicidal gas chambers were
not used by the Third Reich
Kathleen McEvoy, the head of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunities
Commission, ordered the institute to remove the material on grounds that
its main purpose was to humiliate and denigrate Jewish people.
"In public discourse there is a need to balance rights and responsibilities,"
she said. "It is never appropriate to victimize people of a certain race
in the name of freedom of speech."
Toben was also ordered to apologize to Australia's Jewish community.
Questioning or revising the orthodox view of the Holocaust is illegal
in many countries including Germany and France.
"Thoughtcrime does not entail death: thoughtcrime IS death."
George Orwell
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