Even hateful idiots should get their day in court
The KNS reports:
A Holocaust denier booted from his Sevier County home – and the country – should get a shot at arguing against his deportation, a federal appellate court has ruled.
Whether Ernst Zundel, 65, will actually be allowed to appear in U.S. District Court in Knoxville remains unclear, however. Zundel is in solitary confinement in a detention center in Toronto, Canada, where he is accused of being a threat to that country’s national security.
Zundel is a German-born graphic artist and publisher whose 1980 pamphlet “Did Six Million Really Die?” rocketed him to infamy as a Holocaust denier and – as some allege – a neo-Nazi.
The man is obviously a moron but he should be allowed a proper trial. Of course, other than the deportation claims, they really don’t have much on him. Free speech includes the freedom to say hateful, stupid things. To continue:
Zundel was eventually deported to Canada, where officials are trying to send him back to Germany. He faces hate crime charges there in connection with his writings, which include the book “The Hitler We Loved and Why,” and his Web site (ed. – website link removed because he’s a bastard)
Some more of that Canadian free speech I keep hearing about. Or is it healthcare? I forget.
August 12th, 2004 at 11:11 am
Zundel has little to complain about. He lived in Canada for a number of years, got into legal trouble over his flyer and ultimately left the country, renounced his permanent residency to go to Knoxville and is now expecting Canada to shield him from the Germans after getting kicked out of the States. (To be clear, he gave up his legal right to live in Canada).