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I just noticed Joerg Haider has died in a car crash, ironically when his car veered off to the right. Not too much about that in the news although Sarah Palin will probably respectfully ask for a minute's Seig Heiling at her rallies today.

Can't imagine why no coverage on the news though. He was harmless enough surely? I mean how divisive can a small town ultra-right wing Austrian be? It's not like he could have caused a world war or anything.

OK so his parents were members of the Nazi party and essentially made slaves after the war as punishment and they may have harboured a grudge or two which may have influenced the way their son was brought up, and OK little Joerg had posters of Hitler on his wall as a child, but he was a man who stood up for what he believed in and no one could deny his charisma and patriotism.

So however unpalatable his ideologies may have been, I remain a staunch advocate of freedom of speech. I didn't agree with his views, but gosh darn it I would have fought for his right to voice them. The fact I won't have to now that he's had his head stove in and his chest crushed to bits by his own dashboard is neither here nor there.