Holocaust Denier Irving is released on probation.

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David Irving has been released after serving three years in prison.

This is interesting. The man only spoke and wrote about denying the Holocaust. He denied the existence of gas chambers at Auschwitz. He later said he was "mistaken". How can you be "mistaken" about that? Let's deny that there ever was a World War II while we're at it, eh? In 1992, Austria passed a law that anyone publicly denying the holocaust was going to jail.

Part of me doesn't like this, I mean, I don't want anyone to be jailed about speaking freely.

Does the exception hinge on this not being a matter of opinion but an outright lie?

But why-O- why are you denying such an event, David? Surely there are better things for a historian to do?

I need to do more research on this because I am quite curious as to how this could happen. Certainly tales from the holocaust pervaded our understanding. There is footage, photos, first person accounts, books like the Diary of Anne Frank, the trials. How could a hoax like this be perpetrated. Where did all those Jewish folks go? What the hell do you think you're doing, denying that it ever happened, David?

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I'm dubious on the notion of them being "serious scholars". However, I will find time to investigate that further. The only reason I can see that they are banning holocaust denial in places like Germany and Austria is that the little fascist socialists are waiting for a reason to unite again, and they want to quash such communication.