IP: Talk by Herta Doeubler-Gmelin in Berlin

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

Last evening, the Minister of Justice Herta Doeubler-Gmelin gave a 
pre-dinner  talk at the GIP meeting in Berlin. The speech was prior to 
dinner and rather long but more important had a line of reasoning that 
infuriated me as an US citizen.

She talked about the German law that forbids the selling of books 
supporting Neo-Nazi causes such as Hitler writing. She noted that she had 
managed to get Barnes and Nobels and Amazon to not sell such books in 
Germany and would not be satisfied till those companies would not sell such 
books in Arizona.

Clearly with my cultural background I am not in any way supportive of any 
Nazi material but I also value my constitutional rights especially my 
rights to read and think what I choose that is not illegal in the USA under 
our laws. What right does any other nation , no matter how well intentioned 
their actions, have to deny me access to lawful books?

Dave