Perpetual Thursday (PT) is a log of Patrick J. Simmons' thoughts, ideas, opinions, commentary, doings, and so so forth. In short, rambling, ranting, nonsense, and bunk.
Subscribe
Atom/RSS
What I'm Up To
Atom/RSS
From the BBC News:
"Iran is hosting a two-day conference which is likely to question whether the Holocaust actually happened.
Organisers say the event will offer a chance to discuss "questions" about the Holocaust without restrictive taboos.
The conference has been condemned by Germany - where denying the Holocaust is illegal - and by Israel and the US.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who backs the conference, has publicly questioned the scale of the Holocaust, in which six million Jews were killed.
Mr Ahmadinejad has repeatedly downplayed the extent of the Holocaust, describing it as a myth used to justify the existence of Israel and oppression of the Palestinians. "
Let me start by saying that I do not deny the Holocaust. Yes - it happened. Yes - it was horrible. So about this conference: frankly, it is total garbage, pointless nonsense, and a waste of time. But it Iran wants to have it, that is fine with me. I could care less.
That's just it: why does anyone care? Note that it says in Germany denying the Holocaust is illegal. In Austria they sent historian David Irving to jail for three years for denying it. Three years in jail for saying something didn't happen. That's completely moronic!
Some people need to learn to let it pass by. So what if people deny it? Let em', it doesn't change anything. It happened, so their denying it should mean nothing, correct?
Of course, we can't have that. This very post is probably anti-Semitic and I should go straight to jail for writing it.
Looking at it from another perspective, it isn't fair either. If you deny the Holocaust, you go to jail, you get shunned, you are labled anti-Semitic and evil. You cannot say anything to hurt the Jews.
But what about Catholics? If one denies that Christ existed, one does not go to jail. More likely, one gets a TV special. If one claims that Catholics were not persecuted in Rome, or during the French Revolution, nothing happens. More likely, one gets a book deal.
The blame for this situation is spread far and wide. But Catholics cannot not refuse to take our share. In today's world, a Catholic is probably more likely to defend the Holocaust then to preserve their own faith. Now what matters is appeasing other religions, instead of preserving one's own.
Iran holds a Holocaust conference, and countries condemn it.
If someone holds a Roman Persecution conference, would they condemn it?
More importantly: would any Catholics be present, to defend the truth?
Would you?
Share: Digg It - del.icio.us - ma.gnolia - StumbleUpon - Seed Newsvine - Facebook - E-mail
Hosted by midPhase