[governance] RE: Human rights and new gTLDs

[Milton L Mueller]

As usual, very historically informed and interesting comments from Wolfgang. the emphasis W places on the independent judiciary is critical. At a recent speech here in Syracuse by US Supreme Court Justice Roberts, he read to us a constitutional provision guaranteeing freedom of expression and association. It was actually stronger in some ways than the US First Amendment. But it was from the 1970s-era Soviet Union. The main difference between USSR and USA was the independent judiciary. 

Wolfgang, I have a question about this:

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>In Germany - where the nazi government used freedom 
>of the media, in particular the radio to spread 
>racist propoganda which paved the way for killing 
>six millions jews - it was very understandable that 
>the fathers of the post WWII German Constitution 
>agreed that nazi and racist propaganda has to be illegal 

Didn't the Nazis suppress a "free" media, they only allowed their own view to be broadcast?
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