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[โ€“] amanneedsamaid@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I understand that mindset and agree with its validity (especially the Holocaust example). I think putting that into law effectively is extremely difficult, as many people would draw the lines differently as to what should be applicable.

[โ€“] sarjalim@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

I actually agree, it's a problem. As other people also argued here, the existing law is perhaps too fuzzy even though I personally agree with the sentiment (and do believe it is applicable as-is in the recent Quran cases).

Laws can sometimes be intentionally written broadly as to cover future unanticipated cases, but for the recent events it's not clear what is covered and what isn't covered. That has to be tried in court to set a precedent then, and that hasn't been done. And part of why it hasn't been done seems to be that the prosecutors are unsure of how their case will go in court, so they choose not to prosecute... At least that's how I have understood it.