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March 09, 2006
Lying escalates to arson?
Orac at Respectful Insolence has alerted the blogosphere to a very disturbing incident: arsonists recently targeted the offices of the Holocaust History Project: In the early hours of March 6, 2006, a fire broke out at a warehouse complex near San Antonio International Airport, causing extensive damage to the offices of The Holocaust History Project (THHP), an organization that has been, for the last ten years, in the forefront of confronting Holocaust denial online, in addition to providing educational materials to students throughout the world. Arson investigators now have confirmed that the fire was intentionally set and are continuing their investigation.I can think of few things more despicable than Holocaust denial, because it isn't a form of legitimate debate; it's pure malice (at least, on the part of the people who knowingly promulgate the lies), and I think it really ought to be called Holocaust apology. They're lying, and they know it. Torching the offices of the Holocaust History Project is wholly consistent with such a mentality. Dean Esmay has more, (along with some interesting background on Nazis in Chicago), and he's supplied a button which anyone can use who wants to link to the Holocaust History Project, which I'm proud to use here. As Dean says, "if we deny that certain events happened, we make it easier for them to happen again." I suspect that the arsonists would love to see the Holocaust happen again. It's worth a reminder that the Holocaust didn't start with the gas chambers; it started with broken windows, and arson. MORE: Not that I'd compare it with Holocaust denial, but idiocy like this makes my blood boil: Charles Smith has been marketing shirts that read, "I (heart) Wal-ocaust" T-shirts. Wal-Mart filed a cease-and-desist order in an attempt to make him stop printing the shirts.Bad experiences with a retailer. Yeah, that's exactly like being machine-gunned in killing pits or crammed into a cattle cars and taken to the gas chambers. Such Holocaust trivialization is despicable. (The fact that the First Amendment permits it is no reason to give its perpetrators a pass.) posted by Eric on 03.09.06 at 08:03 AM |
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