A8 - Sunday, June 10, 1984 - North Shore News burn the Magna Carta too! get this straight by Doug Collins The Keegstra case: let's HIS PAST WEEK, in Alberta, a legal event more suited to Franco’s Spain or Castro’s Cuba has been taking place. A man has been before the courts for making political statements. I refer to the arraignment of James Keegstra, who faces up to two years in prison for saying it 1s a le that 6,000,000 Jews were killed by the Nazis, that the Holocaust was a hoax, and that there 1s a Jewish conspiracy to rule the world. The issue here is not whether Keegstra 1s guilty or not guilty under our in- famous “‘hate laws’. The judge will have the unplea- sant task of determining that. The issue is his being charged at all, since we either have freedom of speech or we don't. And if you can’t say that the Holocaust was a hoax without msking prison, then whatever we have is not freedom. What makes if worse 1s Keegstra 1s before the courts as a result of agitation by an Organized pressure group, in this case the Canadian Jewish Congress, to which he i a sacrifice offered by the spineless government of Alberta. Having once interviewed him, I can say that the mans a fool, but if foolishness were a crime, who would ‘scape whipping, as Shakespeare asked? And if Keegstra is to be bashed for being a tool, shouldn’t) the munister of justice, Mark McGuigan, be hanged for being idiotic? Not too Jong ago, you see, this academic and ‘‘doctor’’ twice Over, stated, if 1s **criminally hbellous’’ to pro- mote the idea that the Holocaust never took place, and he left the impression he might amend the law accordingly. Many Jews are understan- dably sensitive about what happened in Europe during the war. Which is not to say that 6,000,000 Jews were kill- ed. don’t know how many i was. Neither do you, and itis possible that the figure has been exaggerated. But it was certainly a large number Even so, it is ludicrous to make it an offence to ques- tion the figures. And it is equally ludicrous to make it an offence to talk about an international conspiracy The reason tor all the ex- citement ois) anti-Semitism, real or imagined. But if ver- bal or written anti-Semitism is to be a crime, let’s begin with a public burning of Magna Carta. For that docu- ment states — see Clause 10 — that if a man dies owing money to a Jew, his heirs need pay no interest on the debt. Should a debt owed toa Jew ‘‘fall to the Crown’’, the Crown too was to be exempt from paying Interest. That's anti-Semitic. Also, let us burn Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, on ac- count of how Shylock is the villain, and Dickens’ Oliver Twist, on account of Fagin. Moving right along, we come to the holy United Na- tions, which has stated, by majority vote, that ‘*Zionism is Racism’’. And only a week or two back, we had none other than the Rev. Jesse Jackson talking in disparag- ing terms about ‘*Haimietown’’, by which he meant New York, Would it be anti-Semitic to say that the Jewish influence in the U.S. is so strong that one-third of all American foreign aid goes to Israel? Or that when the Israelis bomb- ed a U.S. warship, killing 135, the affair was quickly forgotten by the U.S. news media, in which Jewish in- fluence 1s very great? Is at ‘‘preaching hatred against an identifiable group’’ — which 1s what Keegstra is charged with — when union people refer to MAC CAMPBELL A Solid Choice for Capilano On Wednesday June 27th, 7? O00 pin al Carson Graham Secondary School, North Vancouver the Progresstve Conservative Party in C apiane will select their candidate to succeed Ron Huntington as Member of Partament Ron Huntington has been a most worthy and effective MP. and he will be sorely missed Fortunately, (he Constituency has a person of very high calibre seeking the nomination That person is Mac Campbell whe like Ron Huntington ts a successful and practe al busi hessmanh the kind of person so badhy needed in Ottawa these days Mac Campbells bustiess and polite al credentials are unpeccable But the will take greal Member of Parhannent not pust because one hits business ewpet renee acid bits ewlersive trivolverient with ttre Party Mia IN cds avg Vhtate & lagiity than ated a naa of geal conimaty Spiret Heo ares deephy ateout fas conmeneriaty be provanee and tars ccngetny ( ampatga be sdbawaes. Silo Miaghtand Bhd (hagemont Village) Capilano deserves nothing less than the talent: expenence and dedication that Mac Campbell can bring to this constituency as MP lor ( apilanea You can help maintain the quality of our lederal representation by making sure that Ma: Campbell becomes the Progressive (Conservative candidate in the next federal election do do this STEP 1 JOIN or RENEW your toeniterstug: th the Progressive ( onservative Party Sth ATTEND the notiinaton meeting on hane 2J/ that Carson CGrahann Secondary School JL Jones Ave North Vane ouwer STE ES VOOER for Mare C artaptoe t Wer ile your divolvernrent ane support tee learthomnore about how you an help elect Maw Coattipbe ll] please call 9BA cap ME P| bears Suaday noon 4 pm 7 9 pm Moa Sat) Woam to 9 0 pm 980 738K other people as “‘scabs’’? You tell me. All 1 know 1s that Keegstra is suffering double jeopardy, having been fired from his school job, and that although he is a fool, he has a lot of company. 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