While I'm generally not a gatherer of news, off the tv and newspapers etc, I do occasionally like to tune into the dreaded Fux Noose channel (085 on the eVision decoder).
Often this is my self prescribed treatment for hypotension (i.e. low blood pressure). 15 minutes of Folk Snooze and my BP is a-ok. And it's so important to get a flip-side view of the world from time to time.
Sometimes I amuse myself by imagining that the plastic-fantastic botox babes on Fox News are actually Naked News anchors stripping away their anachronistic modesty in the interests of The Truth (shall set your bubis free). Get's a bit boring after a while, though.
Basically I think it's a good idea to know what people, whose opinion you disagree with, are saying. And since I'm a newborn blogger, randomly searching blogs good, bad and ugly, I have come across this, shall we say, interesting site, which many of you might find, um... interesting.
I'm sure there's a million more just like it out there, but Ms Lipstadt's claim to fame is that she conducted a (in her own words) successful defense against Holocaust denier, David Irving, who sued her for libel for calling him a denier. Irving suffered a resounding loss.
Those of you wishing to partake of her wit and wisdom may do so here: History on Trial
Some selected gems for your enlightenment:
“Another thought about the [German] military leaders who wanted to negotiate [WWII] peace: Had they been successful we might never have known of the Holocaust.”
Under the heading No comment necessary a series of slogans by that paragon of truth, justice and the rabbinical way: ADL (whose full slogan might just be "Fighting Anti-Semitism, Bigotry and Extremism with Anti-Islamism, Bigotry and Extremism") including this one
And if you really want to get under the skin of a true blue holocaustic evangelist, take a peak at this short piece and the comments of some refreshingly free-thinkers (except for one Stacy, who may or may not have been "taken out" by an AIPAC/B'nai B'rith hit squad since then).
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