http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/poland-lawmakers-senate-draft-holocaust-law-1.4513814 [quote] Polish lawmakers approved draft legislation on Thursday penalizing suggestions of any complicity by Poland in the [url=http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law]-godwinslaw!-[/url] Holocaust on its soil during the Second World War, defying criticism by Israel and the United States. The proposal has triggered a diplomatic spat between Israel and Warsaw's conservative government since its initial approval in the lower house of parliament last week, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu comparing it to an effort to change history. The U.S. State Department urged Poland on Wednesday to re-evaluate the draft law, expressing concern about consequences on Warsaw's relations with the United States and Israel if the draft becomes law. Under the proposed legislation, violators would face three years in prison for a mention of "Polish death camps," although scientific research into the WW II would not be constrained. Poland has fought against the use of the phrase in some Western media for years, arguing it suggested the Polish state was at least partly responsible for the camps, where millions of people, mostly Jews, were killed by [url=http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law]-godwinslaw!-[/url] Germany. The camps were built and operated by the [url=http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law]-godwinslaw!-[/url] after the 1939 invasion of Poland, home to Europe's largest Jewish community at the time. "We have to send a clear signal to the world that we won't allow for Poland to continue being insulted," Patryk Jaki, a deputy justice minister, told reporters in parliament.[/quote] Violators could face 3 years in prison, although scientific research is exempted. Thoughts?