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Unfortunately the reaction on holocaust denial of politicians makes them very incredible. An unbiased neutral observer will think that German politicians are forced to claim the existence of the holocaust by the Central council of Jews in Germany. If it is really a goal to reduce holocaust denial, Germany should:

A) Abolish the law, that says holocaust denial is illegal
B) Prepare a exhibition or something like that, where lots of evidence is for the holocaust is shown
C) Invite people like Achmadinejad and the like to Germany to see the exhibition
D) Refrain agreeing into abuse of the holocaust, such as
   - stop to support Israel unconditionless - Ok, the support is anyhow not so that huge, but still a bit more than sensible
   - stop to give the Central Council of Jews in Germany the quasi-state religion leader character it has to date. This is rather crass, when compared with similar Christian authorities
   - stop acting as if the holocaust was the only event in history ever, adjust the school learning plans appropriately as well as in general public live. Almost everybody is exremely annoyed by this. It seems the little rest becomes journalists.
 

Der Amerikaner ist die Orchidee unter den Menschen
Volker Pispers

by Martin (weiser.mensch(at)googlemail.com) on Thu Feb 5th, 2009 at 08:25:16 PM EST
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The problem with this is that if it was done, media worldwide would paint it as if the law was being removed because the German nation wished to restart the holocaust.

I know it's not a rational or reasonable belief on the part of the rest of the world, but I'd say that it wont be seen as reasonable to remove the law till it is truely ancient history.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Thu Feb 5th, 2009 at 08:53:41 PM EST
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Unless they actually repeal the anti-racism laws as a whole (not a bad idea), they'd be rightly slammed for making this the one prominent exception.
by MarekNYC on Fri Feb 6th, 2009 at 02:32:14 AM EST
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Well, this law has terrible consequences for Jews. For most Germans it is essentially irrelevant. The couple of Germans that get into conflict with this law are anyhow idiots. It would be an act of charity for peace in the world.

Der Amerikaner ist die Orchidee unter den Menschen
Volker Pispers
by Martin (weiser.mensch(at)googlemail.com) on Fri Feb 6th, 2009 at 07:43:43 PM EST
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