One of the hazards of a national policy of freedom of speech is that enemies can easily spread their propaganda. The Communists and Islamists have figured that out. Fortunately the Nazi's never did. I feel certain that the Nazi's could have found at least some support if they had. Now the British have given Ahmadinejad an opportunity to respond to the Queen's message at Christmas. This seems mad, but is in keeping with the philosophy of those who believe in multiculturalism, political correctness, and moral equivalence. The Iranians have responded as expected, as detailed in the comment by Michael Rubin:

Ahmadinejad's Channel 4 Christmas broadcast [Michael Rubin]


The irony of Britain's channel 4 giving Ahmadinejad the pulpit in the name of free speech is that as he was speaking, Iranian authorities raided and closed down the BBC's Tehran offices and, separately, in the spirit of goodwill to man, ordered Christmas trees banned from Iranian kindergartens... (More of these stories, and their original links, in the Iran News Round Up, available now for free by e-mail subscription to Ahmad.Majidyar@aei.org).