One bad idea begets another

From the Baltic Times:

VILNIUS - While the European Union considers legislation that would ban Nazi symbols, Lithuania’s Vytautas Landsbergis has proposed that the European Commission also outlaw symbols representing other totalitarian ideologies, particularly communism.

They may not get it, but I wonder if that will be because the big countries have a healthy dislike for Nazism, but are not all that offended by communism and it's "excesses".

It doesn't seem like the notion of free speech is anything they raise as other than a joke. Especially since the preacher in England was successfully prosecuted for saying that god has a low opinion of gays or words to some such effect. Maybe someone will try to get crucifixes banned. And six-pointed stars, of course. Don't forget all books by Ayn Rand. And Adam Smith.

Thanks to Samizdata for the lead:http://www.samizdata.net/blog/