text: are austrian's trying to bury their guilt by the jailing of david irving? austrian's are still one of the most racist of the europeans out there, yet they and germany are very sensitive about their past. surely by having a facist policy on free speech (incl jailing david irving, banning historical items etc) they are just going back to their wwi & wwii nature of facism which they are pretending they're not about? discuss.... i don't agree with david irving's views, but nobody should be jailed for expressing a opinion - especially if he has research that he claims backs-up his theory.  they way to deal with someone preaching holocaust denial is to prove them wrong. show them to be wrong and send them packing.  it's stupid that no scientists are allowed to test the land and buildings in the auschwitz death camp to prove that gas was used and it's stupid to ban someone from holding a radical opinion (unless they are promoting violence.)    he's got loads of publicity and sold loads more books because people ask "why are they so desperate to shut this man up?" the last thing anyone should ever want is a new batch of right-wing nuts that deny the hitler ethnic cleansing.  here's an interesting video on auschwitz, although i don't know what to think about it:  http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=9176742040462080597&q=david+cole