"France in denial
We have argued many times that Turkey must come to grips with the crimes of its past and stop prosecuting writers who mention the Armenian genocide of the early 20th century. But we found it as absurd and as cynical when the French National Assembly voted overwhelmingly last week to make it illegal - on pain of a fine and imprisonment - to deny that there was an Armenian genocide.
France's Senate still has a chance to throw out this outrageous bill, and we hope it does. We hope, too, that the Turks do not retaliate with something similarly nutty, like making it a crime to deny French colonial atrocities in Algeria, as some legislators have suggested. Enough damage has already been done."
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