UK debates removal of Holocaust from textbooks

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UK debates removal of Holocaust from textbooks

Postby Satya » Thu Jun 17, 2010 7:47 am

Eisenhower Warned Us...

It is a matter of history that when the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, General Dwight Eisenhower, saw the victims of the death camps he ordered all possible photographs to be taken, and for the German people from surrounding villages to be ushered through the camps and even made to bury the dead.

He did this because he said, in words to this effect:

'Get it all on record now - get the films - get the witnesses - because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened'

This week, the UK debated whether to remove The Holocaust from its school curriculum because it 'offends' the Muslim population which claims it never occurred.

What other events will have 'never occurred' fifty years from now?
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Postby Rei » Thu Jun 17, 2010 8:17 am

Muuhh?

I know I haven't been reading the news as diligently as usual, this week, but that seems a pretty major article to miss. Do you have any links to read further at?
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Postby Satya » Thu Jun 17, 2010 8:52 am

It was originally a "hoax" - an email chain that was based on the misinterpretation of a UK policy wherein controversial or otherwise emotionally-charged material was avoided at the discretion of instructors; but that was back in 2007. I'll try to find it, but apparently there is new, more factual discussion about skimming such topics where it might inflame certain... sensibilities.
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Postby Caspian » Thu Jun 17, 2010 9:24 am

Your post uses the exact wording of the email classified as false on snopes.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/holocaust.asp
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Postby Yebra » Thu Jun 17, 2010 10:04 am

It's political correctness gone maaaaaaad. Also bollocks. LIBRALS ARE TEAMING UP WITH MOSLIMS TO BRAINWASH CHILDRNE.
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Postby locke » Thu Jun 17, 2010 12:02 pm

It's political correctness gone maaaaaaad. Also bollocks. LIBRALS ARE TEAMING UP WITH MOSLIMS TO BRAINWASH CHILDRNE.
Also it wasn't Germans who did the holocaust but them Moslums bad guys!

Germans are white, ergo they're never badguys. Watch out or the terroristtiissimos will get you! HIDE UNDER YOUR BED! IT'S THE ONLY SAFE PLACE!
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Postby Syphon the Sun » Thu Jun 17, 2010 12:30 pm

I have no idea what you're trying to get across, Adam.

Nobody is saying that Muslims were responsible for the Holocaust. Nobody is saying anything even remotely close to that. Instead, they're saying that there exists a significant Holocaust-denying movement in the Muslim community.

On the other hand, public Holocaust denial is illegal in Germany, so such movements are limited. That's not to say that the laws prohibiting the denial are right (I don't think they are), just that they exist and are pretty effective at limiting that sort of speech and widespread popularity of the belief.

Now, if you want to argue that such deniers aren't present and popular in the Muslim community, that's something we can discuss. But whatever it is you're trying to do right now isn't working.
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Postby locke » Thu Jun 17, 2010 1:30 pm

No, I was just being silly, Syphon.
So, Lone Star, now you see that evil will always triumph because good is dumb.

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Postby Satya » Thu Jun 17, 2010 2:27 pm

I know, locke. Where did you think I got that wording?
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Postby Rei » Thu Jun 17, 2010 2:57 pm

LIBRALS ARE TEAMING UP WITH MOSLIMS TO BRAINWASH CHILDRNE.
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Postby Yebra » Thu Jun 17, 2010 6:51 pm

On a less jovial note, using the memory of the holocaust to spread distrust of an entire group of people is really kind of sick.
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Postby Jebus » Wed Jul 07, 2010 9:20 pm

Missed this thread. Satya is now the factual equivalent of an email chain.

And he used to be so smart.

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Postby Satya » Thu Jul 08, 2010 6:09 am

And you used to be so... actually, no; you never were any of those things I was thinking - relevant, interesting, funny.
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Postby Jebus » Thu Jul 08, 2010 10:55 am

Incredible, a response made without the use of a picture you found on the internet!

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Postby Satya » Thu Jul 08, 2010 2:13 pm

Yawn.
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Postby Jebus » Thu Jul 08, 2010 8:27 pm

Haha, hey Satya, I just got an email about increasing penis length, that should solve your anger issues, and it must be true since it came in an email. You get a free iPod too!

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Postby Satya » Fri Jul 09, 2010 4:49 am

Laughing at you solves my anger problem. Pounding your girlfriend helps too.
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Postby Jebus » Fri Jul 09, 2010 5:23 am

I'm sure you imagining that you're pounding my girlfriend helps your sad lonely nights when no one will come near you because you're such a paranoid freak, so by all means go ahead, I'm a charitable person and I like to know you're happy.

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Postby Satya » Fri Jul 09, 2010 4:46 pm

I am:

Taller than you. Hotter than you. Smarter than you.

And also: not Irish.

Me > You.

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Postby Syphon the Sun » Fri Jul 09, 2010 5:25 pm

Oooh, the alligator is eating Satya because he is of greater value!
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Postby Mich » Sat Jul 10, 2010 2:10 pm

Oooh, the alligator is eating Satya because he is of greater value!
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Postby jotabe » Sat Jul 10, 2010 2:14 pm

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Postby Satya » Sat Jul 10, 2010 3:25 pm

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Postby elfprince13 » Wed Jul 14, 2010 3:09 pm

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Postby CezeN » Wed Jul 14, 2010 3:10 pm

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