By William Markiewicz
(As other short items may follow, I've decided to group them together.)
"Spreading fear in the name of righteousness" (2/26)-- In my 'Vagabond Pages' under the title "How Many Jews ..." I came to a conclusion totally opposite the one advocated by Mr. Zundel. However, I don't sustain that Holocaust denial should be considered a crime, even if, in my opinion, Mr. Zundel doesn't act in good faith. In my opinion, lies concerning History shouldn't be a topic for criminal investigation but is the domain of the universities (to avoid suspicion of political manipulation). Let's judge History through evidence and logic, not through the courts.
Mr. Zundel cannot deny that Nazism killed the Jews, he cannot deny the genocide, through he denies the Holocaust's scope. In the Milosevic trial, all who stand for Milosevic deny that genocide happened, especially because the testimonies of secret witnesses replace evidence.
In cases linked to Nazism, we have all seen the pictures of mountains of corpses. Nobody denied their authenticity, the wagons of hairs, dentures, crutches, ashes, ashes, ashes, which had to belong to somebody. Most of the pictures came from Nazi sources or from reports practically simultaneous with the Allies' entrance. The battlefields were still smoldering; there was no time for fabrication. If the mass killing was not carried out through gas chambers, does Mr. Zundel offer another efficient alternative? Himmler declared (I quote from memory): "The Final Solution is our most glorious achievement which has to remain forever a secret." Mr. Zundel remains obedient to Himmler's order.
Kurds and Women's Rights (2/08)Kurdish parliament defies Baghdad Legislators won't recognize proposed Shiite-backed family law, seen as setback for women (Excerpts from www.thestar.com, February 5th, 2004 ): <...> In December, under the rotating presidency of Shiite cleric Abdel-Aziz al-Hakim, the council voted to abolish the law regulating marriage, divorce, child custody and inheritance, instead allowing different religious groups to apply their own traditions. The Kurdish parliament said in a statement it was sticking to a family law passed in 1959 and the amendments that the Kurdish administrations have introduced to it. <...> Under the secular Baath party of Saddam Hussein, Iraqi women enjoyed more rights - in education, the workplace and marital status - than those in many other Arab countries. Kurdish women, living under their own regional governments since 1991, have campaigned against the Governing Council decision. <...>
Women's organizations throughout the world should support the Kurds's efforts before it is too late.
Crossroad of 20th to 21st Century = Crossroad of Reigning Death (1/30)The U.S., playing its role of benevolent occupier, seems open to the Iraqi Council's requirements and announced that this decision is not final. Turning Saddam over to judgement in Iraq will be to throw Saddam at the mercy of his Shiite enemies, virtually putting the Sunni minority under Shiite domination. This will definitely kill the secular character and women's equality particular to Saddam's Iraq. The Sunnis will surely resist. An unending civil war remains in perspective as one more flower in the bouquet of the NWO.
France in the Axis of Evil (1/02)Hawks tell Bush how to win war on terror (Excerpt from telegraph.co.uk, 31/12/2003): President George W Bush was sent a public manifesto yesterday by Washington's hawks, demanding regime change in Syria and Iran and a Cuba-style military blockade of North Korea backed by planning for a pre-emptive strike on its nuclear sites. The manifesto, presented as a "manual for victory" in the war on terror, also calls for Saudi Arabia and France to be treated not as allies but as rivals and possibly enemies. The manifesto is contained in a new book by Richard Perle, a Pentagon adviser and "intellectual guru" of the hardline neo-conservative movement, and David Frum, a former Bush speechwriter. They give warning of a faltering of the "will to win" in Washington.
The Renaissance was born centuries ago in Europe and humanized us. Who could have guessed that it would die in our time, strangled between the Puritans and the Ayatollahs?
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