prometheus unbound
03-02-2010, 06:41 PM
The neo-Nazi Pedro Varela tells the judge that the Holocaust was a myth
"Do not judge ideas, but the spread of hate," says prosecutor
JESUS GARCIA - Barcelona -- 30/01/2010
Vote Results 12 votes
"We do not judge ideas, but the spread of the doctrine of hate." Attorney Miguel Angel Aguilar tried to block the strategy yesterday and deployed the neo bookseller Pedro Varela. Brilliant orator, the popular owner of the bookstore Europe came to trial, in which a petition is facing four years in jail as a victim of a system that seeks their views. Before entering the room, was compared to Jesus Christ, Joan of Arc and Indira Gandhi. "Whoever does something interesting, he seeks".
Varela testified in court accused of disseminating ideas as to justify the genocide and incitement to racial hatred. For him and his defense that attempted to bring the focus to the field of freedom of opinion, no one nor the other. In his statement, Varela explored various ways to defend themselves. He argued that his library and its clientele are more pluralistic than is said and introduced himself as a simple "book publisher". He said he does not read all the books published and sold, adding that does not necessarily agree with what the authors say. Still, he dropped some nice things when asked by the Holocaust: "I'm not saying there was no persecution [the Jews], but so far nobody has found the soap. And I doubt that it reached the mythical figure of six million" . Under the doctrine of the Constitutional Court, denying the Holocaust is not a crime, justify it, yes.
In 2006, the Autonomous Police searched the library, on Seneca Street in Barcelona, and took nearly 5,000 books. In the case, which was sentencing hearing yesterday, examines 16 titles that include, in the opinion of the prosecutor, expressions that tend to justify the genocide committed by the Nazi regime. Varela Aguilar challenged and said if he sold, for example, books of SOS Racism. The mossos who practiced the record ratified, as witnesses, "most of the books are linked to National Socialist ideas.
In a trial that was a mixture of literary analysis, notes and historicist legal reasoning, defending Varela focused on claiming that it was a trial of opinion and that paragraphs selected by the prosecutor, that could constitute a crime, are "taken of context. " And some of the books selected (as My StruggleOf Hitler) may also be bought in department stores. "One thing is that he is a racist, and one who incites facts. As an example, defense counsel said that communism does not necessarily justify the gulags.
The prosecutor made an effort to dismantle these arguments and argued that the books were the subject of close scrutiny by the Mosses. Aguilar requested that until sentence, surrender his passport by Varela flight risk. Two years ago, was sentenced to seven months in prison for advocating genocide. The prosecutor reminded the judge's recent ruling on the library Kalki (those responsible were sentenced to three and half years in prison) and forcefully called for Varela. "This is hate thrown into the water line of coexistence. And not just a moral reproach. The criminal law is necessary.
http://www.elpais.com/articulo/cataluna/neonazi/Pedro/Varela/dice/juez/Holocausto/fue/mito/elpepiespcat/20100130elpcat_8/Tes
"Do not judge ideas, but the spread of hate," says prosecutor
JESUS GARCIA - Barcelona -- 30/01/2010
Vote Results 12 votes
"We do not judge ideas, but the spread of the doctrine of hate." Attorney Miguel Angel Aguilar tried to block the strategy yesterday and deployed the neo bookseller Pedro Varela. Brilliant orator, the popular owner of the bookstore Europe came to trial, in which a petition is facing four years in jail as a victim of a system that seeks their views. Before entering the room, was compared to Jesus Christ, Joan of Arc and Indira Gandhi. "Whoever does something interesting, he seeks".
Varela testified in court accused of disseminating ideas as to justify the genocide and incitement to racial hatred. For him and his defense that attempted to bring the focus to the field of freedom of opinion, no one nor the other. In his statement, Varela explored various ways to defend themselves. He argued that his library and its clientele are more pluralistic than is said and introduced himself as a simple "book publisher". He said he does not read all the books published and sold, adding that does not necessarily agree with what the authors say. Still, he dropped some nice things when asked by the Holocaust: "I'm not saying there was no persecution [the Jews], but so far nobody has found the soap. And I doubt that it reached the mythical figure of six million" . Under the doctrine of the Constitutional Court, denying the Holocaust is not a crime, justify it, yes.
In 2006, the Autonomous Police searched the library, on Seneca Street in Barcelona, and took nearly 5,000 books. In the case, which was sentencing hearing yesterday, examines 16 titles that include, in the opinion of the prosecutor, expressions that tend to justify the genocide committed by the Nazi regime. Varela Aguilar challenged and said if he sold, for example, books of SOS Racism. The mossos who practiced the record ratified, as witnesses, "most of the books are linked to National Socialist ideas.
In a trial that was a mixture of literary analysis, notes and historicist legal reasoning, defending Varela focused on claiming that it was a trial of opinion and that paragraphs selected by the prosecutor, that could constitute a crime, are "taken of context. " And some of the books selected (as My StruggleOf Hitler) may also be bought in department stores. "One thing is that he is a racist, and one who incites facts. As an example, defense counsel said that communism does not necessarily justify the gulags.
The prosecutor made an effort to dismantle these arguments and argued that the books were the subject of close scrutiny by the Mosses. Aguilar requested that until sentence, surrender his passport by Varela flight risk. Two years ago, was sentenced to seven months in prison for advocating genocide. The prosecutor reminded the judge's recent ruling on the library Kalki (those responsible were sentenced to three and half years in prison) and forcefully called for Varela. "This is hate thrown into the water line of coexistence. And not just a moral reproach. The criminal law is necessary.
http://www.elpais.com/articulo/cataluna/neonazi/Pedro/Varela/dice/juez/Holocausto/fue/mito/elpepiespcat/20100130elpcat_8/Tes