Excellent 10 minute talk by Michael Shermer, Editor of Skeptic Magazine, on Free Speech, strongly recommend it;
http://bigthink.com/videos/michael-shermer-how-ske...
Interesting talk.
However The whole "holocaust denier" aspect has been twisted in my opinion. Now anyone who asks questions outside of the officially accepted holocaust narrative is called a :"holocaust denier and is immediately tarred and feathered as a neo nazi etc ". Is that really a fair label?
To deny something is to say it did not happen at all and thats very different from questioning something or looking into something a little closer and drawing your own conclusions which may differ from what others think.
If someone says there was no holocaust then sure call them a holocaust denier but if someone asks questions about the holocaust or has some doubts over some areas regarding what happened then I really don't see a problem. All history should be open to critical scrutiny and debate...even the holocaust.
The whole idea of making it illegal to discuss the holocaust outside of the accepted narrative is bizarre.
I much prefer open discussion, as the truth will always shine truth anyhow.