At 06:02 AM 8/26/02 -0700, you wrote:
Jimmy Wales wrote:
Jens Frank wrote:
Oh, I didn't want to suggest to denounce her, I just don't want Jimbo to be arrested when occasionally entering Germany ...
*grin* That's a very very good thing.
Is it possible for the German government to arrest a U.S. citizen for supporting free speech on a server located in the USA? It would seem out of their jurisdiction.
Ok, the effort in Germany to suppress Nazi organizing is not about getting people like Jimmy Wales. But active Nazi supporters in the United States have been arrested upon arriving in Germany. It this necessary? The German government thinks so and I happen to agree with them, but the threat of a resurgence of Nazism is at least a remote possibility there. In the US we have our own homegrown nonsense.
Our article on Nazism would probably be objectionable to the German government giving rather complete voice to Nazi theories. I've edited on that article but haven't really attacked the matter and remain unsure just how to edit it. I don't think we have any obligation to provide a forum for a full sympathetic rendition of this theory, but not setting such a thing forth is doing a disservice to our readers.
As to Helga, I find her pathetic and embarassing, although my family is long gone from Germany. I'm prepared to extend some sympathy, but my experience with such folks offers little hope that she will do anything but continue her pattern of disruptive behavior. I haven't really tangled with her since I probably know more about [[Casper, Wyoming]] than about [[Prussia]]. Casper is BTW my latest pathetic stub.
Fred