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Sunday, November 3, 2024

Paul Peters: Banning Symbols

I would like to comment on the PM's  idea of banning Nazi symbols. We do need to be careful in imposing all-encompassing bans that can be exploited by zealots. 

For example, I am a philatelist and collector of postcards of historical interest. Over many years, as a collector of all periods of German history, I had a large collection that included the Third Reich issues and postcards of the period, which provide a fascinating study of the period and how totalitarian regimes bombard the masses and everyone else with material. The same could be applied to Mussolini's Italy, the Soviet Union, or any country that has symbols some, or many, consider offensive.