How Can Anyone Think The Holocaust Was a Hoax?
The article that I just read in the Washington Post has just gotten under my skin! It talks about how the Iranians have set up an exhibit to show cartoons about the Holocaust in retaliation to the caricatures of Muhammad several months ago in Europe. The first prize winner will receive $12,000, second place $8,000, and third place $5,000.
Here in America, our press did not publish these political cartoons of Muhammad, but starting in Denmark and then in Europe, they were widely published, creating a huge outrage on the part of Muslims worldwide. In a diatribe bashing Danes and Europeans, the Iranian President voiced his viewpoint that the Holocaust had been a hoax and never happened. Very dangerous rhetoric I think.
What I find very disturbing is that in interviews today in the Washington Post everyday Iranians made comments like: "After the Holocause was questioned by the President, now I have real doubts about it."
We must never forget the important lessons that history has taught us about the repression of people groups, open threats can lead to the mass annihilation of Jewish people, and the terrible power that leaders wield in the shaping of public opinion.
The cartoon display in Tehran focuses mainly on hate messages and themes of Jewish repression. How a state could sanction and fund this kind of display is sickening. Yes, as some say, it is a test of boundaries of free speech, but it is also a test of restraint and the responsibility of power. Right now, I would give Iran a grade of F in responsibility and restraint.
I have become increasingly troubled over the last several weeks about talk emanating from the President of Iran's office. I find it highly disturbing that this leader would be so irresponsible as to spout rhetoric about desiring to annihilate the Jewish state, and now this.
We, as world citizens must listen carefully to this rhetoric, as the past has shown us that words come first and then most certainly actions. We must be ready to step in and stop actions before they jeopardize a people group, religion, or a sovereign state.
Here in America, our press did not publish these political cartoons of Muhammad, but starting in Denmark and then in Europe, they were widely published, creating a huge outrage on the part of Muslims worldwide. In a diatribe bashing Danes and Europeans, the Iranian President voiced his viewpoint that the Holocaust had been a hoax and never happened. Very dangerous rhetoric I think.
What I find very disturbing is that in interviews today in the Washington Post everyday Iranians made comments like: "After the Holocause was questioned by the President, now I have real doubts about it."
We must never forget the important lessons that history has taught us about the repression of people groups, open threats can lead to the mass annihilation of Jewish people, and the terrible power that leaders wield in the shaping of public opinion.
The cartoon display in Tehran focuses mainly on hate messages and themes of Jewish repression. How a state could sanction and fund this kind of display is sickening. Yes, as some say, it is a test of boundaries of free speech, but it is also a test of restraint and the responsibility of power. Right now, I would give Iran a grade of F in responsibility and restraint.
I have become increasingly troubled over the last several weeks about talk emanating from the President of Iran's office. I find it highly disturbing that this leader would be so irresponsible as to spout rhetoric about desiring to annihilate the Jewish state, and now this.
We, as world citizens must listen carefully to this rhetoric, as the past has shown us that words come first and then most certainly actions. We must be ready to step in and stop actions before they jeopardize a people group, religion, or a sovereign state.
Iranian Cartoon Exhibition Mocking the Holocaust Sparks Global Riots.
Mobs of mad Jews burn Iranian embassies around the world. Hundreds of Jews are trampled to death during the riots.
http://www.terrorfreeoil.org/videos/JR081606.php - video
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