Defying the Budapest Ban:
The Rebel vs the Dissident
The Rebel vs the Dissident
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Despite the ban by the Hungarian government, the NPI conference did take place in Budapest on October 5, albeit in a truncated version but with an air of rebellion and emotional intensity. A day earlier, despite the arrest of the NPI Chairman Mr. Richard Spencer, despite constant police surveillance of all NPI guests, and despite the fact that there were only two official speakers, the conference turned out to be a surprising success. The distinct possibility of a police crackdown on the venue did not prevent more than 70 people from attending the dinner and listen to the speeches delivered by Jared Taylor and myself. Two journalists, one from the BBC, the other from the German dailyDie Welt, covered the event and interviewed the speakers (BBC. Die Welte).
The genesis, the unfolding, and the subsequent end of the NPI event in Budapest, including the earlier arrest of Richard Spencer, have been more or less objectively reported by friendly websites. What lessons can we now draw? Here are some eclectic remarks and tentative suggestions, from the lexical, legal, philosophical and sociobiological perspective. ...