ThoughtCrime: 12/12/96
Police Raid Revisionist Bookstore in Spain
Spanish police raided a Barcelona bookstore and seized over 7,000 books.
Some of the confiscated books questioned the traditional holocaust story
while other are said to have espoused National Socialism. According to Spanish
thoughtpolice, Pedro Varela, the store's owner, was arrested and later released
on bail.
The seized books were written in German, English and Spanish. The thoughtpolice
also found National Socialist flags and videos which were described as "xenophobic."
Although the Spanish have generally defended human rights and protected
political dissidents, a new Spanish law makes it a crime to "defend genocide."
It is still uncertain how this law is applicable in the current case.
"Thoughtcrime does not entail death: thoughtcrime IS death."
George Orwell
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