It’s the snappy uniforms and disciplined marching style.
Well if Jake and Elwood thought me anything it was to hate Illinois Nazis 
Sure:
U.S. vs. Thomas - 30 and 37 months of jail respectively.
And what is obscene? Well, it’s a matter of interpretation.
Maybe wacking off to something makes it a prurient interest, meaning all porn could be seen as obscene.
I doubt that anyone would disagree that what mainstream porn shows and gets away with clearly is different now, as compared to 20 or 30 years ago. Gonzalez might just be acting the politician, but he is attorney general and clearly, his quote is meant to say that he wants to protect the public from porn.
I don’t like it that way. I think it’s an appalling law, and I can’t wait until some EU body strikes it down.
It’s only there as some bizarre attempt for Germany and Australia to claim the anti-anti-semitic moral high ground.
Nothing should be prohibited from open debate.
Okay, so suppose they simply continue broadcasting without a license?
Sorry, but the power of the federal government is backed up by force at some point.
Same thing that happens to you if you drive without a license. Doesn’t mean that you don’t have the right to freely travel the country. Just if you decide to take advantage of the public roads (or airwaves) when using your rights, you have to follow the rules.
You would.
Hey, I’m anti anti-semitic [no moral high ground. Just common sense] but I agree with you that Irving can say whatever the hell he wants.
There’s nothing to debate about it, though.
Irving might as well deny there’s such a thing as a car.
Just as stupid, but not debatable.
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Not sure why this would qualify as “bizarre”, but in any case this wasn’t the central purpose for such legislation.
These laws were passed at a time when the continent had recently been ravaged by the Second World War, and were an attempt to prevent any resurgence of Nazism (promotion of ethnic hatred is a major tool of neo-Nazis). The idea was that Nazism was really really bad for everybody, not just Jews.
Bigotry is certainly still alive and Fascism may look less horrible given the passage of time, but the value of such laws has to be weighed against the aspects of suppressing free speech and the likelihood of creating “martyrs” like Irving. I think their time is past.