Newsgroups: alt.revisionism Subject: Re: DEBATING THE HOLOCAUST Summary: Expires: References: <60.28328.2972.0N1F1555@canrem.com> Sender: Followup-To: Distribution: world Organization: The Nizkor Project Keywords: Cc: In article <60.28328.2972.0N1F1555@canrem.com>, christopher.saunders@canrem.com (Christopher Saunders) wrote: >Why can't we openly debate the holocaust? It is clear to me that >there are TWO sides to the issue: the Jewish side and the >Revisionist side. We've all heard the Jew's version of the story >(the evil Nazis exterminated 6,000,000 Jews), but for some >reason, we are not allowed to hear the Revisionist version. The is nothing to "debate," and much to discuss, and we've been openly discussing it, right here, for four years. Your complaint is groundless, your question merely rhetorical. The "version of the story" we've heard is humanity's, not the "Jewish" version at all. There is a "third side," if you will - the deniers'. Revisionists understand that the facts as known are generally correct, but they interpret them differently, as Mayer did. The deniers, on the other hand, have no interest in historical discussions; their material is uniformly filled with misrepresentations, duplicious lies, and empty rhetoric. And, yes, Christopher, the Nazis were most certainly evil. >People like Ernst Zundel, who have alternative views on the >holocaust, are persecuted for their beliefs. People like Ken >McVay who support the Jew's version of the holocaust are >supported, promoted and even funded. Do we not live in a "free >speech" society? If so, then the rights of people like Ernst >Zundel must be protected. Mr. Zundel, who lacks the courage to speak for himself, is more than welcome to address the issues here. Perhaps, when he's ready to do that, we can begin with his continuing, callous, and cynical publication of outright lies... His rights, as the Supreme Court of Canada has demonstrated, are firmly protected. And no, Christopher, technically speaking, we _don't_ live in a "free speech society." I've been told, over and over again by those who wish to censor the net (a group I most certainly do not belong within), that Canada has no tradition of free speech - technically correct, but factually meaningless. If Mr. Zundel is unhappy with Canada's approach to this issue, he is quite free to move south of the border, where there _is_ a strong tradition, firmly established in law, of free speech. >I believe that the holocaust happened, but I do not believe that >it happened to the extent that the Jews said it did. The reason >why I doubt the "official" figures is because the pro-holocaust >lobby works over-time to silence those who challenge the >"official" version. I believe that the pro-holocaust lobby have >something to hide when they seek to silence people like Ernst >Zundel. The commonly accepted figures, within a relatively small framework of error, are extremely well documented. What has a response from anti-denial forces got to do with that? (Nothing.) I do not seek to silence Mr. Zundel. I seek his appearance here, where we can demonstrate his duplicious and cynical approach to history before tens of millions of users. What is he afraid of, Christopher? Article 2388 of alt.conspiracy: Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: RE: CANADA'S BEST AND BIG From: christopher.saunders@canrem.com (Christopher Saunders) Path: nizkor.almanac.bc.ca!news.island.net!news.bctel.net!newsjunkie.ans.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!in1.uu.net!utcsri!utnut!torn!fonorola!portnoy!canrem.com!christopher.saunders Distribution: world Message-ID: <60.20604.4607.0N1F1649@canrem.com> References:Date: Fri, 25 Aug 95 14:52:00 -0500 Organization: CRS Online (Toronto, Ontario) Lines: 34 On 22 Aug 95 08:10pm, MVANALST@RBI.COM said the following: > Let's not try and confuse legitimate historical > revisionism, which is done by academically qualified > scholars, using verifiable historical archives and the > like under academic peer review... The "academically qualified scholars" and the "verifiable historical archives" that you speak of have been approved by the Establishment. > ...with "revisionists" who are nothing more than crackpots > and cranks with an agenda. So, anyone who questions the official Establishment version of history is a crackpot and a crank with an agenda, right? Historical Revisionism IS ABOUT REFUTING THE OFFICIAL FACTS! There is no Revisionist that is "approved" by the Establishment! > Agendas, for instance, like denying that the Holocaust > ever happened (and was the Jews' fault anyways) and that > Hitler was a swell guy. From what I have learned, Holocaust Revisionists do not deny that the Holocaust happened; they question certain facts about the Holocaust. Specifically, they question the use of gas chambers and the official numbers of people who died. Internet: christopher.saunders@canrem.com FidoNet: 1:229/15 Politically Incorrect BBS - 416-467-4975 ... Keyboard not available - Press to continue. * Silver Xpress V4.01 SW12658 Article 497 of can.politics: Newsgroups: can.politics Subject: MY OPINION ON HOLOCAUST From: christopher.saunders@canrem.com (Christopher Saunders) Path: nizkor.almanac.bc.ca!news.island.net!news.bctel.net!news.cyberstore.ca!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!unixg.ubc.ca!news.bc.net!news.uoregon.edu!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!in2.uu.net!utcsri!utnut!torn!fonorola!portnoy!canrem.com!christopher.saunders Distribution: world Message-ID: <60.71614.4112.0N1F1648@canrem.com> Date: Fri, 25 Aug 95 14:51:00 -0500 Organization: CRS Online (Toronto, Ontario) Lines: 42 On 22 Aug 95 09:09pm, MVANALST@RBI.COM said the following: > Will you unequivocably answer the question? Yes or no, do > you believe the Holocuast happened? That six million or so > Jews were brutally murdered by the Nazis? I will give you my answer to your question that you addressed to Marc Lemire. I do not know much about the Holocaust, so I cannot answer "yes" or "no" to specific questions regarding events / figures pertaining to the Holocaust. Question #1: Yes, I believe that the Holocaust happened. Question #2: No, I do not believe that 6 million Jews were murdered by the Nazis. I have learned that the number of Jews that were allegedly killed at Auschwitz was approximately 4 million, and then the number was reduced to 1.1 million, or there abouts. I learned that some "gas chambers" in Holocaust museums were actually reconstructions, and that no Zyklon-B traces could be found on the walls of some of these gas chambers. My knowledge on the Holocaust is sketchy, so if I am mistaken, please correct me. However, I have seen a video by Holocaust Revisionist David Cole (a Jew), and he presented some very interesting evidence. The main reason why I do not believe the official version of the Holocaust is because anyone who tries to question these figures is silenced or persecuted. The trial of Ernst Zundel is a good example. He was put on trial for publishing a book entitled "Did Six Million Really Die?". It is wrong for a person to be put on trial for questioning an event in human history. The reason why he was put on trial is because certain people did not want his version of the Holocaust to get out. The fact that those people would try to silence people like Mr. Zundel makes me question their version of the holocaust. Internet: christopher.saunders@canrem.com FidoNet: 1:229/15 Politically Incorrect BBS - 416-467-4975 ... Microsoft technical support line: 1-900-SUCKERS * Silver Xpress V4.01 SW12658 Article 498 of can.politics: Newsgroups: can.politics Subject: MARC LEMIRE'S GRAMMAR From: christopher.saunders@canrem.com (Christopher Saunders) Path: nizkor.almanac.bc.ca!news.island.net!news.bctel.net!news.cyberstore.ca!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!unixg.ubc.ca!news.bc.net!news.uoregon.edu!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!in2.uu.net!utcsri!utnut!torn!fonorola!portnoy!canrem.com!christopher.saunders Distribution: world Message-ID: <60.71613.4112.0N1F1647@canrem.com> Date: Fri, 25 Aug 95 14:51:00 -0500 Organization: CRS Online (Toronto, Ontario) Lines: 13 I have read a few of your messages to Marc Lemire. Why are you correcting all of his grammatical and spelling errors? What relevance does it have with Revisionism? Not everyone is an English major, so unless a person's spelling and grammar makes their messages illegible, I suggest that you focus on just the message. Internet: christopher.saunders@canrem.com FidoNet: 1:229/15 Politically Incorrect BBS - 416-467-4975 ... Qmodem: communication program turned paperweight! * Silver Xpress V4.01 SW12658 Article 5023 of alt.revisionism: Newsgroups: alt.revisionism Subject: RE: DEBATING THE HOLOCAUS From: christopher.saunders@canrem.com (Christopher Saunders) Path: nizkor.almanac.bc.ca!news.island.net!news.bctel.net!news.cyberstore.ca!skypoint.com!umn.edu!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsjunkie.ans.net!fonorola!portnoy!canrem.com!christopher.saunders Distribution: world Message-ID: <60.28655.2972.0N1F1CBF@canrem.com> References: Date: Mon, 28 Aug 95 11:50:00 -0500 Organization: CRS Online (Toronto, Ontario) Lines: 30 On 27 Aug 95 03:43am, DKEREN@WORLD.STD.COM said the following: > We can. Get every "revisionist" to this newsgroup and > let's debate. Maybe you'll find someone who'll do a better > job than the miserable Nazi clowns we've seen so far. If we could openly debate the holocaust, then Ernst Zundel would never have been charged with spreading "false news" when he published the book, "Did 6 Million Really Die?" Ernst Zundel has invited his opponents to debate the holocaust with him, but they refused. When people try to debate the holocaust, they are dismissed as "neo-Nazis", "nut-cases" and "liars". > No, you don't understand. It's not the "Jewish side", it's > the "people who were there side": Jews, Germans, Soviets, > Poles, Gypsies, Czechs etc. The Jews are the ones who are pushing the holocaust down our throats. I've never seen the Soviets, Germans or the Gypsies talk about the holocaust as much as the Jews have. In fact, we hardly ever hear about the other people who Hitler allegedly gassed. All we hear about is the "6 million Jews". Internet: christopher.saunders@canrem.com FidoNet: 1:229/15 Politically Incorrect BBS - 416-467-4975 ... WINDOWS MULTITASKS! (in a DesqView window) * Silver Xpress V4.01 SW12658 Article 5136 of alt.revisionism: Newsgroups: alt.revisionism Subject: RE: MY OPINION ON HOLOCAU From: christopher.saunders@canrem.com (Christopher Saunders) Path: nizkor.almanac.bc.ca!news.island.net!news.bctel.net!news.cyberstore.ca!van-bc!vanbc.wimsey.com!fonorola!portnoy!canrem.com!christopher.saunders Distribution: world Message-ID: <60.28703.2972.0N1F1F56@canrem.com> References: <41mk15$im6@nizkor.almanac.bc.ca> Date: Mon, 28 Aug 95 17:21:00 -0500 Organization: CRS Online (Toronto, Ontario) Lines: 64 On 28 Aug 95 09:50am, Ken McVay OBC said the following: > No-one, no agency, no historian, to my knowledge, > has ever claimed that 4,000,000 _Jews_ were killed at > Auschwitz. I do remember watching the David Cole video interviewing some gentleman named "Van Piper" (or something like that), and I do remember him mentioning that the original Auschwitz figure was around 4 million, and then it was changed to 1.1 million. I will re-watch the video and find out where David Cole mentioned the 4 million figure. > I have questioned some of those "figures" for four years. > No one, not a single person, Jewish, Moslem, neo-Nazi, or > anyone at all, has ever tried to either silence me or > persecute me. Why then, is it illegal to question the holocaust in Germany, and other European countries? Why was German-American Hans Schmidt arrested in Germany for questioning the holocaust? Why was Ernst Zundel brought to trial for publishing a book entitled "Did Six Million Really Die?" Why are Jewish groups going after "holocaust deniers"? If it is alright to debate the holocaust, they shouldn't have a problem with people like Ernst Zundel. > I wouldn't _dream_ of silencing Mr. Zuendel. I continually > invite the man to participate in these discussions on the > net... I have wondered why Mr. Zundel is not participating in this newsgroup on a regular basis. He has his own WWW page and his own Internet address. Perhaps he doesn't know much about computers, so he gets other people to take care of the computer aspect of his business, while he does his shortwave radio shows, his videos, newsletter, etc. > Mr. Zundel, by the way, is a proven liar - an outright > fraud. His publications and his videos contain outright > lies. I don't care if Mr. Zundel is a certified nutbar; I will actively defend his, yours, or anyone else's right to Free Speech. My interest in the holocaust is from the Free Speech point of view. People who believe the "official" facts concerning the holocaust can speak freely, while people like Ernst Zundel are silenced, persecuted, attacked and even arrested. If Mr. Zundel wants to publish books that say that the Nazis flew UFOs, or that Hitler was under the control of aliens, then that is his right. It is also your right to refute what he has to say in an open and public debate. > How can anyone claim Canada's leading Nazi propagandist > is being "silenced?" Certain people don't like him questioning the holocaust. They tried to silence him through the legal system, but they failed misterably. So, they resort to burning down his home. Internet: christopher.saunders@canrem.com FidoNet: 1:229/15 Politically Incorrect BBS - 416-467-4975 ... I wish life had an editable scroll-back buffer ... * Silver Xpress V4.01 SW12658 Article 925 of can.politics: Newsgroups: can.politics Subject: RE: MY OPINION ON HOLOCAU From: christopher.saunders@canrem.com (Christopher Saunders) Path: nizkor.almanac.bc.ca!news.island.net!news.bctel.net!news.cyberstore.ca!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!unixg.ubc.ca!news.bc.net!news.uoregon.edu!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!howland.reston.ans.net!newsjunkie.ans.net!fonorola!portnoy!canrem.com!christopher.saunders Distribution: world Message-ID: <60.72155.4112.0N1F1CB5@canrem.com> Date: Mon, 28 Aug 95 11:51:00 -0500 Organization: CRS Online (Toronto, Ontario) Lines: 29 On 27 Aug 95 08:37pm, AN321@FREENET.CARLETON.CA said the following: > The reason is that the holocaust is so well-documented that > anyone questioning it is assumed to be doing so due to > his/her anti-semitism and hatred of Jews... I wonder if the "anti-Semitism" that you speak of comes from things like Israel syphoning $500 billion from both the U.S. and Germany since it's inception. It might have something to do with the fact that Israel gets more foreign aid than any other country in the world. From the U.S. alone, it sucks $4-5 billion per year. I have heard figures of $8-10 billion per year, so I will get you the real figures soon. Then there's the fact that it is illegal to question the holocaust in Germany and other European countries. What about Jewish organizations like the ADL that promote restrictions on Free Speech and gun control? What about the large Jewish influence and control in the Establishment media? People don't hate without reason. I put it to you that the Jews, or perhaps at the very least, certain Jewish organizations are doing SOMETHING to create this climate of "anti-Semitism". Internet: christopher.saunders@canrem.com FidoNet: 1:229/15 Politically Incorrect BBS - 416-467-4975 ... BASIC programmers never die; they GOSUB and don't RETURN. * Silver Xpress V4.01 SW12658 Article 930 of can.politics: Newsgroups: can.politics Subject: RE: MY OPINION ON HOLOCAU From: christopher.saunders@canrem.com (Christopher Saunders) Path: nizkor.almanac.bc.ca!news.island.net!news.bctel.net!news.cyberstore.ca!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!hookup!news.dacom.co.kr!news.uoregon.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!howland.reston.ans.net!newsjunkie.ans.net!fonorola!portnoy!canrem.com!christopher.saunders Distribution: world Message-ID: <60.72154.4112.0N1F1CB4@canrem.com> Date: Mon, 28 Aug 95 11:50:00 -0500 Organization: CRS Online (Toronto, Ontario) Lines: 25 On 27 Aug 95 12:31pm, Ken McVay OBC said the following: > Mr. Saunders wasn't paying attention during class. Had he > been, he would have learned that trace elements _were_ > found in the homicidal gas chambers, even by that twit > Leuchter. They didn't go into great detail when they covered the holocaust at my high school. All they taught us was the usual "Hitler killed 6 million Jews", showed us a few gory photographs and went onto other issues. I know very little about the holocaust, so I am hear to learn both sides of the issue. > If he's not sleeping in class, that is. Ken, I like to debate with people in a friendly and civilized manner. I consider you an opponent, but I will still treat you with courtesy and respect. I would appreciate the same from you. Internet: christopher.saunders@canrem.com FidoNet: 1:229/15 Politically Incorrect BBS - 416-467-4975 ... My speling chekor do not werk rite. * Silver Xpress V4.01 SW12658 Article 5268 of alt.revisionism: Newsgroups: alt.revisionism Path: nizkor.almanac.bc.ca!news.island.net!news.bctel.net!newsjunkie.ans.net!swiss.ans.net!newsgate.watson.ibm.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!genmagic!sgigate.sgi.com!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!world!bzs From: bzs@world.std.com (Barry Shein) Subject: Re: MY OPINION ON HOLOCAU In-Reply-To: christopher.saunders@canrem.com's message of Mon, 28 Aug 95 17:21:00 -0500 Message-ID: Sender: bzs@world.std.com (Barry Shein) Organization: The World References: <41mk15$im6@nizkor.almanac.bc.ca> <60.28703.2972.0N1F1F56@canrem.com> Date: Wed, 30 Aug 1995 05:00:55 GMT Lines: 180 From: christopher.saunders@canrem.com (Christopher Saunders) >On 28 Aug 95 09:50am, Ken McVay OBC said the following: > > > No-one, no agency, no historian, to my knowledge, > > has ever claimed that 4,000,000 _Jews_ were killed at > > Auschwitz. > >I do remember watching the David Cole video interviewing some >gentleman named "Van Piper" (or something like that), and I do >remember him mentioning that the original Auschwitz figure was >around 4 million, and then it was changed to 1.1 million. I will >re-watch the video and find out where David Cole mentioned the 4 >million figure. *Jews*, Ken said 4,000,000 *Jews*. Read the above again, that's why he used _Jews_ (his form of emphasis.) What he's saying is that the Communist Polish govt had claimed for years that a total of 4,000,000 people were killed at Auschwitz, it didn't distinguish Jews in that number. For example, many Russian POW's were known to have been killed at these camps. The figure was apparently always suspect by many mainstream historians and later revised down to 1,100,000 by Poland after the fall of communism. >Why then, is it illegal to question the holocaust in Germany, and >other European countries? I suppose you'd have to ask them, I don't believe the German govt keeps its reasoning a secret (agree or not, I tend not to agree with this.) Even in the freest governments there's always been a problem with drawing the line between, for example, legitimate free speech and inciting to riot, particularly inciting to riot (or similar) based upon sheer or very likely fraud. I tend to be very conservative on this point and tend to go with the US model where the line is drawn mostly at imploring immediate action where the listener is deprived of the right to verify what's being implored (eg, shouting fire in a theater, you can hardly each run around and check whether there's really a fire or not, you are implored to run out immediately, that kind of thing.) And specifics regarding libel and slander of individuals (but not of groups, as US law draws the line.) >Why are Jewish groups going after >"holocaust deniers"? Define "going after" precisely. >If it is alright to debate the holocaust, >they shouldn't have a problem with people like Ernst Zundel. Define "a problem". I mean it. Everything is in your vagaries. A lot of people seem to think that they should be somehow hoisted up on everyone's shoulders and applauded for promoting hateful and idiot ideas. I believe fully in the free marketplace of ideas. I also believe that in that marketplace, as in any marketplace, some people go bankrupt and lead miserable, dejected lives. I don't want the govt to help with that. But this is the real world and there are plenty of ways that a person with hateful and stupid ideas might not prosper. And I include things like being sued for libel where appropriate (ie, if they step out of bounds of mere discourse and commit actual libel) or no one wanting to hire the person or publish their works or whatever (nothing criminal), and generally becoming a social pariah and written off as a babbling moron. That's a risk one takes. > > Mr. Zundel, by the way, is a proven liar - an outright > > fraud. His publications and his videos contain outright > > lies. > >I don't care if Mr. Zundel is a certified nutbar; I don't see Ken calling him a certified nutbar. Though personally I suspect he might well be, or might be a very cynical man. But of course you care, if you believed he was a liar and a fraud you wouldn't use him as a source of information. >I will actively >defend his, yours, or anyone else's right to Free Speech. Yes yes yes, I'm sure this gives you a warm and fuzzy feeling but unfortunately no one here has said otherwise so stop waving the flag in our faces. Free speech has its downsides, right? There has to be SOME downside to being a willful, lying moron, no? Or do you expect the rest of us to award Pulitzer prizes to Zuendel's bizarre claims about Nazi UFO bases hidden in the South Pole? Or tenured and chaired professorships? What? You're free to write the wrong answers down on an exam in school, and they're free to flunk your butt and possibly seal your fate in life. Doesn't interfere with your freedom to write down wrong answers however, only your ability to get accreditation from that school which is theirs to give or withold. Life is full of such risks. >My >interest in the holocaust is from the Free Speech point of view. >People who believe the "official" facts concerning the holocaust >can speak freely, while people like Ernst Zundel are silenced, >persecuted, attacked and even arrested. Ok, then your gripe is with such people who persecute, attack, etc. Your laying it all at the foot of "Jewish groups" without further qualification doesn't do a lot to establish your own credibility however. Sounds like the babble of a self-impressed demagogue. >If Mr. Zundel wants to >publish books that say that the Nazis flew UFOs, or that Hitler >was under the control of aliens, then that is his right. I agree. >It is >also your right to refute what he has to say in an open and >public debate. And it's also people's right to point out that the man is a total nutbar, to use your term, so that others don't get suckered into believing a word he says. There's value in the short synopsis. Anyone should have the right to review the facts for themselves if they're so inclined, however. But if Zuendel goes bankrupt or similar because everyone knows he's a complete loon well that's the risk of the free marketplace of ideas. > > How can anyone claim Canada's leading Nazi propagandist > > is being "silenced?" > >Certain people don't like him questioning the holocaust. They >tried to silence him through the legal system, but they failed >misterably. So, they resort to burning down his home. Really? So you know who burned down his home? My, you should really call the Toronto police! They are most interested in the identity of these perpetrators. For example, it's not uncommon that some public or semi-public figure is the victim of something like this, and of course everyone immediately assumes it has something to do with their politics or whatever. And then later we find out it was some kind of domestic dispute or something rather mundane like that. It's amazing how often after all the conspiracy theories die down it turns out to be an ex-spouse or a disgruntled ex-employee etc. I dunno. But neither do you. And it's hugely irresponsible of you to assert with such authority that "they resort to burning down his home" when you know no such thing at all. But, in this free marketplace of ideas, I now know more about you: That you're prone to flinging about assertions as if they were facts when you actually know no such thing. Good night. -- -Barry Shein Software Tool & Die | bzs@world.std.com | uunet!world!bzs Purveyors to the Trade | Voice: 617-739-0202 | Login: 617-739-WRLD
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