Resistance

GERMAR RUDOLF, RESISTANCE IS OBLIGATORYin Europe who dared to speak out about any chapter of human historywould risk going on a roundtrip through European prisons.Doesn’t this show clearly that the German spirit cannot heal theworld, but rather that it can only ruin it? 149 And yet you are trying hereto enforce this spirit in other countries, because what I am accused ofhere I have not committed in Germany but rather in England and in theU.S., where such acts were and are completely legal.And if I think the principle of universal laws to its consequentialend: Why only prohibit historical views which may be potentially offensive?Why not any view which could cause negative emotionsagainst others? And since every opinion could potentially cause negativefeelings in somebody, shouldn’t we then consequently outlaw opiningas such? This would amount to outlawing speaking itself.The protection of honor is the second restriction of free speech in article5, paragraph 2. According to verdicts by the German ConstitutionalHigh Court, an insulting way of expression is required in order toconstitute an infraction of one’s honor. But no such expressions can befound in any on my books! In its famous and notorious verdict about theslogan “Soldiers are Murderers,” which categorized this statement aslegal, as it is not insulting, the Constitutional High Court has consciously150“defined the term vituperative critique narrowly, as it has beendeveloped by the jurisdiction. According to this not even an exaggeratedor even abusive critique turns a statement as such into a vituperation.This must be accompanied by the fact that no longer thedispute, but the defamation of an individual is in the foreground.”Fact is, though, that none of my publications contain vituperativecritiques, neither against individuals nor against groups. Hence, the slogan“Soldiers are Murderers” is permitted, even though there can be nodoubt that not every soldier is a murderer. Following the principle ofequal treatment, shouldn’t sweeping judgments about Jews be permittedas well? This question is irrelevant, though, as I have never made orpublished such judgments.149 Reference to the German saying “Am deutschen Wesen soll die Welt genesen,” (The Germanspirit ought to heal the world) frequently used during the German pre-WWI Kaiserreich.150 Verdict of BVerfG, 10 October 1995, ref.: 1 BvR 1476,1980/91, and 102,221/92; seewww.servat.unibe.ch/dfr/bv093266.html; also quoted by Rolf Bossi, op. cit. (note 124), p. 160,who doesn’t give a source for it.126