sjostrom at Atlantic Blog ("thoughts on politics, economics, and the culture") remarked upon a historical milestone (of sorts).
Money quote(s):
"The fact that the NY Times produced a serious review, rather than hysteria about Islamophobia, says that they are scared and worried."
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Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
re: "Give credit where credit is due"
sjostrom at Atlantic Blog ("thoughts on politics, economics, and the culture") awards kudos to The Guardian.
Money quote(s):
"There is an interesting little storm in Britain involving Hazel Blears, Britain's Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, and Daud Abdullah, deputy secretary general of the Muslim Council of Britain. Blears has withdrawn engagement with the Muslim Council of Britain over a conference attended by Abdullah, which produced a curious little document."
"The Guardian did not merely print Blears letter, it practiced journalism by linking to the post at Harry's Place which not only reprinted the controversial part, but also linked to the entire document. The Guardian also published Abdullah's response, disputing Blears' assertions, and again the Guardian linked to the document in dispute, allowing readers to decide for themselves whether Blears is wrong or Abdullah's denials are dishonest weaselling."
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"(T)he reference to "individuals" is an unsubtle call for terrorism against civilians with impure thoughts, and paragraph 8 is a call for attacks on British troops (British ships are patrolling the arms embargo on Gaza), the same thing that got George Galloway kicked out of the Labour Party. Harry's Place calls for trying Abdullah for treason. Any doubts that Abdullah is just misunderstood are cleared away by a letter in today's Guardian supporting him, with thirty signatures, nine of them named."
Money quote(s):
"There is an interesting little storm in Britain involving Hazel Blears, Britain's Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, and Daud Abdullah, deputy secretary general of the Muslim Council of Britain. Blears has withdrawn engagement with the Muslim Council of Britain over a conference attended by Abdullah, which produced a curious little document."
"The Guardian did not merely print Blears letter, it practiced journalism by linking to the post at Harry's Place which not only reprinted the controversial part, but also linked to the entire document. The Guardian also published Abdullah's response, disputing Blears' assertions, and again the Guardian linked to the document in dispute, allowing readers to decide for themselves whether Blears is wrong or Abdullah's denials are dishonest weaselling."
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"(T)he reference to "individuals" is an unsubtle call for terrorism against civilians with impure thoughts, and paragraph 8 is a call for attacks on British troops (British ships are patrolling the arms embargo on Gaza), the same thing that got George Galloway kicked out of the Labour Party. Harry's Place calls for trying Abdullah for treason. Any doubts that Abdullah is just misunderstood are cleared away by a letter in today's Guardian supporting him, with thirty signatures, nine of them named."
Sunday, March 8, 2009
re: "Playing word games with the Holocaust"
sjostrom at Atlantic Blog ("thoughts on politics, economics and the culture by.... an American economist living and working in Ireland") remarks on recent idiocy in The Irish Independent.
Money quote(s):
"The six million number was not merely some "round-estimate"; it was Adolph Eichmann's estimate. Myers's claim that there is no documentary basis for this is simply false, and both Myers and the Indo ought to be ashamed of themselves for printing such rot."
As I recall, the estimate of six million European Jews murdered in the Holocaust was about half of the twelve million murdered, the remainder being others deemed undesirable under Hitler's NSDAP regime such as Gypsies (i.e., Sinti and Roma), the disabled, communists, troublesome priests, as well as others from within Germany and her conquered or allied neighbors.
I don't bring that up to minimize the destruction wrought on European Jewry, just to put it into the context that six million Jews murdered isn't unbelievable when you look at the fact that over twelve million civilians were murdered by the Nazi death apparatus. Given that about half of that total were Jews should indicate the high priority given to their destruction.
Possibly I'm being too broad in using the Hebrew term Holocaust to include all of the Nazi's civilian genocides; I mean no offense by it.
"Myers's attempt to mock the precision of 6 million - "not a Jew more, or not a Jew less" - is just stupid."
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"Myers seems to be saying that Holocaust denial is a crime only if the government is not afraid of you. That is sadly hard to dispute. It is too bad Myers had to cover that point in idiocy and falsehoods."
Money quote(s):
"The six million number was not merely some "round-estimate"; it was Adolph Eichmann's estimate. Myers's claim that there is no documentary basis for this is simply false, and both Myers and the Indo ought to be ashamed of themselves for printing such rot."
As I recall, the estimate of six million European Jews murdered in the Holocaust was about half of the twelve million murdered, the remainder being others deemed undesirable under Hitler's NSDAP regime such as Gypsies (i.e., Sinti and Roma), the disabled, communists, troublesome priests, as well as others from within Germany and her conquered or allied neighbors.
I don't bring that up to minimize the destruction wrought on European Jewry, just to put it into the context that six million Jews murdered isn't unbelievable when you look at the fact that over twelve million civilians were murdered by the Nazi death apparatus. Given that about half of that total were Jews should indicate the high priority given to their destruction.
Possibly I'm being too broad in using the Hebrew term Holocaust to include all of the Nazi's civilian genocides; I mean no offense by it.
"Myers's attempt to mock the precision of 6 million - "not a Jew more, or not a Jew less" - is just stupid."
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"Myers seems to be saying that Holocaust denial is a crime only if the government is not afraid of you. That is sadly hard to dispute. It is too bad Myers had to cover that point in idiocy and falsehoods."
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