On Jun 21, 2009, at 9:18 PM, Dennis Perrin wrote:
> Doug:
>
>> Chris, you're making no sense. Most educated people of any
>> nationality regard Holocaust denial as ludicrous and embarrassing.
>> An exception like David Irving or even Pat Buchanan proves nothing.
>
> Are you confusing "educated" with "intelligent," "critical" or even
> "honest"? Because there are plenty of "educated" people in
> imperialist countries who deny all manner of mass murder and
> criminality, to the degree they're even aware of it. Actually, those
> who deny the Jewish holocaust in Europe are far more marginal and
> extreme than those who deny genocide in Vietnam or East Timor.
Well no kidding. I really don't see how that's relevant to how Iranians feel about their president being a Holocaust denier. It's one thing to deny your own country's crimes, especially recent ones; it's another to deny the well-established crimes of another country long ago.