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Originally Posted by blankall
I understand why they do it....
sorry my point was more along the lines of Westerners should be open to religions, but holocaust denial has never been part of any religion. It is part of intolrent extremist political views that advocate violence. Something any civilized country should have no part in. Just because we are tolerant does not mean we have to accept the political will of outside forces. Espeicially ones w/ such obvious political agendas. The goal of holocaust denial clearly is not aimed at exposing any truth, but accomplishing a political goal....AKA propaghanda
I think we are on the same page on this one. Although as an advocate of freedom of speech, I dont think a total ban into genuine research on whether or not the holocaust did happen (although i cant imagine any research that wouldnt have some more hateful motivation), to deny people teaching the very basics of the holocaust in schools (unless of course it can be proven false, which i dont beleive it can) is absolutely outrageous.
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You'd be surprised how mainstream this kind of attitude is in Islam. I have known some 'moderate' Muslims who have said in front of me that they don't read the National Post because it is run by the Jewish Asper family and thus contains Jewish propaganda. These are Second Generation Canadian born and raised Muslims too. I think a big part of it is that we as a 'tolerant' society tend to 'tolerate' the bigotry of other cultures because calling them out would result in us being labled as the racists. This kind of stuff can be alarming.