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Revision as of 08:49, 29 July 2002 by Ed Poor (talk | contribs) (incomplet answer for Ortolan)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)I know we want to be NPOV here, but Holocaust denial is such a peculiar thing, "the belief that Germany did not kill millions of Jews, but certainly should have for making up a lie that Germany killed millions of Jews". I state the position crudely because I have never been able to understand what is the sense or function of Holocaust denial in the overall anti-Semitic scheme of things. Ortolan88 08:37 Jul 29, 2002 (PDT)
It's hard to understand the reasons associated with hatred. I suppose hatred is, at bottom, completely irrational.
But Jews seem to have attracted a lot of hatred. This hatred has taken the form of discrimination, segragation and genocide.
Often people feel a need to justify their attitudes or actions. So, after doing something "bad" we either say it was really "good" or deny having done it at all.
- He hit me first.
- We were just playing
- I was only kidding.
- Fight? What fight?