Re: David Irving Jailed


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Once Upon a Midnight Dreary, While Mike Burke Pondered, Weak and
Weary, Over Many a Quaint and Curious Forgotten Post, and then wrote:
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On Mon, 20 Feb 2006 20:08:18 -0500, "Jr@Ease"
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Once Upon a Midnight Dreary, While Naomi Pondered, Weak and Weary,
Over Many a Quaint and Curious Forgotten Post, then wrote:
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When I read quotations from him, I always get the feeling that he is
seriously screwed up in the head. How did he ever get to be taken
seriously enough to even be put on trial?

He also made his statements in 1989, 17 years ago. He recanted them
in 1991. Don't they have statutes of limitation in Austria?

I don't think it's about justice. I think Janet is probably right
that in Austria it's about guilt and modern-day political posturing -
look who's holier than thou. Also I'm sure there's an element of
sending a message to the neo-Nasties.

Whatever, it's dangerously similar to the sort of book-burning that
Hitler encouraged.

Mique

Or cartoonist beheading?

John P



And it's also giving him martyrdom status and notoriety.

Dave in Toronto


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