Holocaust Denier Gets Three Years in the Slammer

Holocaust denier and professional ass David Irving gets three years in prison in Austria, for being a Holocaust denier.  Being an ass is apparently not illegal, as it is the official position of the Austrian legal system.  What is most lamentable about this is that the Austrians have made Irving a heroic martyr for free speech, when he shouldn't be a hero for anything.  The Austrian position seems to be that free speech is fine, except for really offensive speech.  But if that were the rule, then surely the Danish cartoonists would also be in the slammer.  Well, at least they would be relatively safer there.  Instead they have to go into hiding, and look around every corner.  Congratulations are in order to Austria for for endorsing the principles of extremists everywhere.