Month: February 1996

Smith’s Journal

Thursday, 1 February 96 David Stennett, a student at University of Puget Sound (WA) left a review copy of David Cole's video about fraud at Auschwitz, “David Cole Interviews Dr. Franciszek Piper,” at the UPS History office. The video was reviewed by Professor Theodore Taranovsky, who teaches something on the Jewish holocaust and revisionism. Taranvoski…

Canadian Freedom of Speech Limitation Found Constitutional

“Thoughtcrime does not entail death: thoughtcrime IS death.”George Orwell In an unprecedented and unexpected decision, Canada's Supreme Court upheld on February 28, 1996, the controversial Hate Law, thus posing a “reasonable” limitation on Free Speech. The case involved Jim Keegstra, a Canadian school teacher, charged in 1984 and prosecuted for the first time in June,…

Claimed Crematory Rates at Birkenau Seem Improbable

The following text represents the author's opinion, which is being made available for public review and comment. Jean-Francois Beaulieu is a resident of Montreal, Canada who, like many people, simply stumbled across the revisionist debate. On examination of some of the details, he became at first puzzled by descriptions that seemed technically improbable. After posting…

Clinton Signs Internet Censorship Bill

On February 8, 1996, President Clinton signed a Telecommunications bill into law with the use of an electronic pen. This bill which targets “cybersmut” is the foremost example of censorship of the Internet by a governmental body. The bill's provisions restrict “indecent” material from being presented on the Internet. Under this Orwellian piece of legislation,…

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