Ahmadinejad, in his infinite wisdom, has decided that we should continue to investigate the Holocaust like we continue to question physics...
... becuase they're clearly very similar. And we have no research or evidence about concentration camps, or the number of dead - while Ahmadinejad says "there are no absolutes" I'm pretty sure that death is absolute.
He's starting to make those people who question evolution or global warming sound sane...
9.24.2007
Holocaust + Physics...
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I was strongly considering attending Columbia for my PhD, but I must say I am extremely shocked at the level of ignorance expressed at the forum with Ahmadinejad, as well as on your blog. NOT ONCE has he denied the holocaust, and it is both idiotic and irresponsible to continue to make such a claim. Yes, he said the Holocaust is a myth, but that it did happen... how can one reconcile such seeming disparate statements? Well, understand that "myth" and "falsehood" are not the same thing. A "myth" is an exaggerated or idealized conception of a person or thing, as well as a a traditional story, esp. one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon. The Holocaust is the founding "myth" of Israel, that the Jews came there AFTER the Holocaust because they needed a safe-haven once and for all. Of course, there is a LOT more to this story, and in order to understand Zionism one must understand the nationalist debates in Europe in the 19th century, the division of the Russian, Ottoman, and Austro-Hungarian empires into "nation states" after WWI, with each state belonging to a "people" or "nation", with the key exception of the Jews, most of whom were struggling for non-territorial cultural autonomy. It is in understanding this mindset, that the state should be the property of a specific ethno-cultural group, i.e. political nationalism, that one can even approach some sort of academic understanding of who Hitler was, why the Jews of Germany and especially Poland were seen as subversive fifth columnists, and why the Holocaust took place. If you don't think further research is needed on the Holocaust because it "happened", do you feel the same about all historical events? Why not deride those who suggest that perhaps we should study history in order to understand the present? The ignorance and anti-intellectualism I saw at Columbia today sickened me, and I certainly have no interest in attending a university where the value of research into any significant event is questioned.
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