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Hate Laws Vs. Freedom of
Expression
• Hate Laws
• Laws intended to prevent spread of hate
propaganda
• Intended to protect people from bad
influences in literature
•Freedom Of Expression
•Guarantees the right of speech and
expression
What is Hate Propaganda?
• Hate Propaganda
– A medium that expresses hate towards a certain
group
– Ex. Brochures, movies, speeches,
Hate Laws: The Negative Side
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violates concepts in the Charter
 - Freedom of Speech
- Democracy
• leads to more harmful actions
Hate Laws: The Negative
Side
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Infringes Freedom of Speech
– Section 2(b) of the CCRF
“freedom of thought, belief, opinion
and expression, including
freedom of the press and other
media of communication”
– Entrenched in the Constitution
– Can free speech be divided?
Hate Laws: The Negative
Side
•Opposes Democracy
–Canada’s legacy
–Sections 3-5 of CCRF
–The end of freedom
of religion?
Hate Laws: The Negative
Side
•Leads to more harmful
actions
–Hitler’s Germany
–The Holocaust
–Do we want another?
Laws AGAINST Hate
Literature
• · Section 319 of the
Criminal Code
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– Prohibits spreading of
hate messages in public
– incite hatred against an
identifiable group,
– breach of the
peace.
Laws AGAINST Hate
Literature
• Section 7 of the Canadian Charter of
Rights and Freedoms
– the right to life, liberty and the security of the
person
•purpose of hate literature
–encourage violence towards a specific group of
people
Opinions Against Hate Propaganda
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hate lit. is wrong
should be prosecuted because it’s destructive
teaches people to be prejudicial
gives the impression that one group is superior to
the rest
The Holocaust
-Nazi Propaganda
-Joseph Goebbels
-Represented Hitler as an idol
-Introduced a common enemy
for Germans
What Led Up to the
Holocaust
• Great Depression
• Hyperinflation
• Treaty of
Versailles
4,200,000,000,000 Marks/ US Dollar
Examples of Nazi
Propaganda
• Movies
• Pamphlets
• Books
“THE JEWS ARE OUR DOWNFALL!“
Which race must the National
Socialist race fight against?
The Jewish race.
Why?
The goal of the Jew is to make
himself the ruler of humanity.
Wherever he comes, he
destroys works of culture. He
is not a creative spirit, rather a
destructive spirit.
-Russian Revolution
-Holding up the Nazi movement
• "None but
members of the
nation may be
citizens of the
State. None but
those of German
blood may be
members of the
nation. No Jew,
therefore, may
be a member of
the nation." (5
points of National
Socialism
• “Thus, for us
racial hygiene
means a defense
against the
corruption of our
blood and spirit
by the Jews.”
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“When you See This
Symbol…”
• "Remember what
the Jews have done
to our people."
• “You must ensure
through your
behavior that Jewry
never again has
even the slightest
influence on our
people."
Steps to the “Final Solution”
• The Jew must be destroyed
wherever we meet him! In doing
so, we commit no crime against life,
rather serve life's laws of battle,
which always oppose that which is
an enemy to healthy life. Our battle
serves to maintain life.”
The Result
• Millions of people
killed
•Cruelly tortured
Concentration Camps
In the World
Today…
• Mahathir Mohamad said that
Muslims should unite against
a few million Jews who "rule
the world by proxy.“
• In the first six months of
2004, there were 510 antiJewish acts or threats,
compared to 593 in all of
2003, according to
information provided by the
French Interior Ministry.
• Bathurst Lawn Memorial Park
Vandalism on Jewish
Graveyards
Ernst Zundel
• Born in Germany, year 1939
• Left at age 19 to Canada
• didn’t want to join the army
• Started a publishing
company in 1970s
• Pamphlet : “Did 6 Million
Really Die?”
• Book titled: “The Hitler we
really love and why”
• Published pamphlets
- “Did 6 Millions really die?”
• allegedly associated with an internet site:
“Zundelsite”
• Charged for spreading hatred against Jewish
people
in 1990
- painted his face black
- cross with “freedom of speech”
motto
• “freedom of expression”- defense used by
Zundel’s lawyer
• Currently in Canadian custody
James Keegstra
• Alberta high School
Teacher
• charged under
section 319 of
Criminal Code
• tried and convicted by
court of Alberta
• Appealed to supreme
court of Canada
Works Cited
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“Canadian –based German Holocaust Denier Ernst Zundel” The Nizkor Project. 17 October, 2004.
< http://www.nizkor.org/hweb/people/z/zundel-ernst/>
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“Fred A. Leuchter”. Fact Index. 8 November 2004.
< http://www.fact-index.com/f/fr/fred_a__leuchter.html >
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“Hate Crime”. Dictionary.com. 8 November 2004. <http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=hate%20crime>
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“Hate Propaganda” Criminal Code. 30 April, 2004. Department of Justice Canada. 17 October, 2004.
<http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/c-46/42686.html>
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“Holocaust Denier Ernest Zundel’s ‘Power’ Letter, June 26 1994.” Canadian-based German Holocaust Denier Ernst Zundel. The
Nizkor Project. 17 October, 2004. < http://www.nizkor.org/hweb/people/z/zundel-ernst/power-062694.html >
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“Holocaust deniere Zundel’s Flying Saucers Index”. Ernest Zundel’s Flying Saucers. The Nizkor Project. 17 October, 2004.<
http://www.nizkor.org/hweb/people/z/zundel-ernst/flying-saucers/ >
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“Holocaust Denial”. Fact Index. 17 October 2004.
< http://www.fact-index.com/h/ho/holocaust_denial.html >
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“Lies of Our Times: How the Words of the Holocaust Deniers and Their Allies Show Them For What They Are”. Ibiblio. 17
October, 2004.
< http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/academic/political-science/fascism/shallit.paper >
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“Notes on a Discourse Analysis of Selected Zusite Materials(4 of 13)”. Dr.Gary Prideaux. Notes on a Discource Analysis of
Selected Zundelsite Materials. 17 October, 2004.
< http://www.nizkor.org/hweb/people/p/prideaux-gary/zundelsite-analysis-methodology-04.html>
“Notes on a Discourse Analysis of Selected Zusite Materials(5 of 13)”. Dr.Gary Prideaux. Notes on a Discource Analysis of
Selected Zundelsite Materials. 17 October, 2004
<http://www.nizkor.org/hweb/people/p/prideaux-gary/zundelsite-analysis-methodology-05.html >
“Notes on a Discourse Analysis of Selected Zusite Materials(9 of 13)”. Dr.Gary Prideaux. Notes on a Discource Analysis of
Selected Zundelsite Materials. 17 October, 2004.
<http://www.nizkor.org/hweb/people/p/prideaux-gary/zundelsite-analysis-methodology-09.html
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