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February 1st 04, 04:10 PM

From: Doctor Artaud

For some strange reason, Jews have become the eminent race of
persecution. It doesn't matter that many MILLIONS of non-Jewish people
have been exterminated in various countries at various times, nooooo, the
only people that matter are the Jews. So if you endeavor to bring this
odd contradiction to the world's attention, you are a Holocaust denier.

Was the Holocaust evil? Yes. Did 6,000,000 Jews die in the Holocaust?
Probably. Were great deals of others murdered in the Holocaust years as
well? Yes. Do we ever hear of the "others"? No.

No, you're not a holocaust denier. You're just a holocaust minimizer. But,
you're right. Mankind's sad habits have consistently led to attempts to
eliminate one another. The Turkish Armenian purges, Stalinist cleansing,
Hiltler's Russian scourges, and US distribution of smallpox-infected blankets
to Native Americans are just a few of the sad moments of human history that we
often tend to historically overlook. I applaud those writers that strive to
remind us that "sensible" people have often been party to atrocities comitted
in the name of the common good. I haven't heard of anyone being accused of
being a holocaust denier simply becaused they focused on another holocaust.

I have cancelled the Direct TV channel package of Starz and Encore
because they had become the Holocaust network (and to a degree, the gay
network). I watch TV for entertainment, but the idea of 500 movies a week
that have the Holocaust as the topic is a little too much for me. (a
friend at work refers to the History Channel as the Holocaust Channel).
Well, actually they didn't have 500 Holocaust movies a week, but they
were either Holocaust, or movies about anti-Semitism, or movies about
Jewish life somewhere, always featuring a "persecuted" story line.

Uh, as other, more "patriotic" newsgroup members have pointed out, we are a
Judeo-Christian culture. The Jews are our religious roots. Also, more Jews
ended up in the US than will ever see Israel. They are intellectual people.
Many of our finest writers and entertainers are Jewish. Do you find discomfort
in that?

There once was an amusing movie about Jews in the Southern United States
and how they merged with some of the Southern customs. Problem is that
there is NEVER an amusing story about Christians anywhere, Christians are
always portrayed as Far Right Wing Extremist Holocaust Deniers.

No movies about Christians? You not get out much? You do have a gift for
hyperbole. Never an amusing story about Christians?

Your logical credibility is thin. You seem to be angered that so much
inordinate attention is heaped on Jews. Poor guy, I guess that USENET makes you
feel that you can fight back for more attention....

Whatever, Soliloquy.