On Sunday 12 March 2006 15:55, Lee Revell wrote: >On Sun, 2006-03-12 at 09:11 -0800, Maluvia wrote: >> >Yes, and one such absolute value is "free speech". >> > >> >Lee >> >> Tell that to David Irving. >> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4733820.stm > >Yes, it's unfortunate that he was locked up. Most Americans are >appalled by it. Holocaust deniers are free to make idiots out of >themselves in the US. > And in any other jurisdiction for that matter. The real problem becomes evident when these people decide to re-write history in their own warped view and pass it off as fact without a disclaimer that it just their view. At which point those that did not live through it, and witness it even if only vicariously as I did at the tender age of 10 or 11, (I still can recall the pictures in the paper of the 'camps' as they were liberated, showing near naked people who weighed maybe 60 lbs, twasn't "purty" then and sure isn't now 61 years later) and then become confused because they have no authoritative, guaranteed correct version of history to reference in order to be fully aware that such shamuses are to be treated as exactly that. The rantings of a charlatan or mental defective. The real problem is when the people who come in contact with this sort of writing, and because they see a conspiracy under every garbage can lid they pass, begin to believe it, at which point no further discussion is going to be fruitfull, rather like argueing with a diehard PETA member. So one may as well just shut the hell up and let darwins nature takes its course, which it appears has occured in this instance. Unforch, now some jurisdiction is stuck with the bills for humainly feeding, medicating and houseing this person that I'd describe as somewhat mentally defective and certainly is not a productive member of the human race. Worse yet, he will probably be eventually released back into an unwary society while his ability to contribute to the gene pool is still intact. >Lee -- Cheers, Gene People having trouble with vz bouncing email to me should add the word 'online' between the 'verizon', and the dot which bypasses vz's stupid bounce rules. I do use spamassassin too. :-) Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2006 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
