In France, Germany, and several other nations of the European Union, it is against the law (!) to dispute the findings of the Nuremberg tribunals or to make other similar claims about the Holocaust; and the Blair government, it is reported, is considering introducing similar legislation in Britain. British libel law, of course, puts similar tools in the hands of any private individual who dislikes what someone else has said or written about them. Not to be outdone, Canada, like many American universities, has its own pioneering laws abridging speech.