Oh. Hello again, Tommy Boy. Looking for some more rope?

You do have a remarkable ability not to see what you are looking at, even when you quote it in an attempt to back your argument – “…or, most likely mis-seen…” Then you return to your belittling by extrapolating on absolutely no information whatsoever – and you complain about me not “doing science”! Also, while you may not have hate speech laws in the good ol' US of A, that does not mean you do not have hate speech… or is that yet another statement of the bleedin’ obvious that you cannot see?

As for your gleeful use of the term “denier”, do you not realise that it is not us that you are hurling offence at, but the millions of those who died in one of the most atrocious acts of inhumanity in history? Hmmm… no. I doubt you ever will.

Could not agree more, RD. The freedom of expression that has been endemic in the UK for longer than probably any other country must include the freedom to utter contentious, offensive, even hateful comments, without fear of legal repercussions. That others feel that it is something that has to be restricted by law shows that they do not see the irony: “You may say whatever you like, so long as it is what I agree with.” The continentals may be comfortable with that philosophy, the British never have. Quite what traction the idea that “denialism” should be treated as a mental illness (à la Stalin’s USSR) will gain has yet to be seen, especially as it will depend upon defining exactly what is being denied. With most of the “deniers” this is actually very little, which obviously drives some of our pet trolls apoplectic; as it is the alarmists who are doing most of the denying of the evidence, it could get interesting.

Actually, the prospects for the thought-police (of which some of our trolls will be rabidly enthusiastic volunteers) must be very enticing should “denialism” ever be deemed a crime. When challenged, “Are you a denier?” whichever answer you give will condemn you.