Posted on 02/28/2006 11:11:33 AM PST by rcocean
David Irving, the author who was jailed in Austria last week for Holocaust denial, has again claimed that Adolf Hitler did not oversee an organised programme of extermination of Jewish people in Europe.
Irving: admits some Jews were gassed In an interview from his jail cell broadcast today, he insisted he still believed the numbers gassed at Auschwitz were relatively small.
"Given the ruthless efficiency of the Germans, if there was an extermination programme to kill all the Jews, how come so many survived?" asked Irving in the interview for BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
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The guy's an idiot but you're right. putting him in jail just advances his moronic cause.
Before I knew who he was I started reading his book "Hitler's War". I made it through about fifteen pages when I realized the guy was full of crap.
""Given the ruthless efficiency of the Germans, if there was an extermination programme to kill all the Jews, how come so many survived?" asked Irving in the interview for BBC Radio 4's Today programme. "
Because they thought they had a 1,000 year Reich and had enough time to work many to death.
Why is it illegal to be stupid?
Isn't ironic that a nation that was infamous for rounding up people for dissent IS STILL rounding up people for dissent?
So, can we effectively argue that things still haven't changed?
I agree. He's a moron but he has a right to be one.
They did a pretty decent job in the short time they did have.
Sunlight is a great disinfectant. Nailing him has showered him with scorn. He's been a pariah for years, but now that status is widely known.
Perhaps next they'll start burning his books.
I was reading that the laws were implemented to stop a resurgence of the Nazi party.
Once an Austria always an Austria ~ 'at's what I al'as say!@
"Isn't ironic that a nation that was infamous for rounding up people for dissent IS STILL rounding up people for dissent?
So, can we effectively argue that things still haven't changed?"
It's a reminder and a warning.... a country can remain a democracy in format but not protect basics freedoms.. we don't want to go in that direction.
He needs an exorcist.
Nope, nothing has changed at all, the pendulum has just swung all the way to the left.
A simple solution would be for him to move to Iran.
The only problem with your analogy is that Irving isn't German. He's from a country that was on the winning side.
I don't watch the History channel. Can anybody tell me how they are with re-writing history/blatant bias?
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