.... During a debate, the representatives of the U.K. pointed out that during World War II, Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf" had not been banned, and said that Britain "would maintain and fight for its conception of liberty as resolutely as it had fought against Hitler."
Despite their principled stand, the liberal democracies ultimately lost the fight and have since implemented some of the restrictions on speech they once opposed.
If leaders of liberal democracies now don't even want to put up a fight, what are the odds that they will win the battle this time? Before giving in entirely, as Ms. Ashton appears to have done, they might first consider the cost of defeat. [THE WALL STREET JOURNAl] Read more
