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Tehran says questions about Holocaust part of 'scholarly debate'

2005-12-19

The Foreign Ministry said on Sunday that the view expressed by President Mahmud Ahmadinejad that there are some doubts about the Jewish Holocaust is not something new and is a matter of "scholarly debate".

They just can't let the subject drop, can they? President Mahmoud sticks his feet in his mouth and wiggles his toes, and they stand right up and holler 'That's right!'...

Some leading historians have written books arguing that the Zionists are exaggerating the number of Jews killed during the Second World War when they say that six million Jews were massacred.

We won't dwell on what those historians are leading...

"The type of response from the Europeans to the theoretical and scholarly debate of Mr. Ahmadinejad has no place in the civilized world and is totally emotional and illogical," Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid-Reza Asefi told reporters at his weekly press briefing. Asefi said he was surprised over the intensity of the criticism now directed at the Iranian president.

That's because they just don't get it...

Mr. Ahmadinejad initiated a scholarly debate, so the reaction is surprising, he added. "The reaction from European officials is a sign of their total, blind support for the Zionists. The Europeans should get used to hearing other opinions, even if they don't like them," Asefi said.

'scholarly' .... You keep using that word. I do not think it means, what you think it means.

Posted by:Fred

#12 the rustic charm? LOL

Posted by: Frank G 2005-12-19 21:45

#11 Oh, dear me, Frank -- you are an engineer. There is just something extra charming about y'all.... I can't quite put my finger on what it is, though... ;-)

Posted by: trailing wife 2005-12-19 21:41

#10 I'd piss on it to see if it drains properly, but that's just me

Posted by: Frank G 2005-12-19 20:42

#9 Old Patriot - Now now, let's be scholarly about it; would you polish the glass parking lot with vinegar or ammonia??

Posted by: DMFD 2005-12-19 20:04

#8 These are the same people that scream bloody murder if anything to do with Islam is questioned - I guess scholarly debate is something else? Gimme a break.

Posted by: Unaique Ebbatle4520 2005-12-19 17:10

#7 The late, great Pat Moynihan seems scholarly enough to have handled this:

""We are each entitled to our own opinion, but no one is entitled to his own facts."

Posted by: Omolet Spomolet4349 2005-12-19 16:06

#6 I'm waiting for half the middle east to become a glass parking lot. That will REALLY cause some "global warming", but it will also end a lot of other bs.

Posted by: Old Patriot 2005-12-19 16:02

#5 Tehran says questions about Holocaust part of 'scholarly debate'

All that awaits is some "scholarly debate" over whether Iran is asking or begging to get the sh!t bombed out of them.

Posted by: Zenster 2005-12-19 14:56

#4 I propose we open a "scholarly debate".
Up for debate: When do you think Iranian civilization will end due to nuclear annihilation?
2006? 2007? 2008? 2009? 2010? 2011...
Discuss.

Posted by: tu3031 2005-12-19 13:30

#3 'The Europeans should get used to hearing other opinions, even if they don't like them,' Asefi said."

it's a multi-cultural tolerance kinda thing.

Posted by: 2b 2005-12-19 04:21

#2 " 'The Europeans should get used to hearing other opinions, even if they don't like them,' Asefi said."

Ok. Arguing in favor of different 'scholarly opinions', eh? How about the US asserting its 'scholarly opinion' at a UN meeting that the number of Palestinians killed in Israel is exaggerated?

What's that, you say, Medi? Can't breath?

Posted by: jules 2 2005-12-19 00:28

#1 " 'The Europeans should get used to hearing other opinions, even if they don't like them,' Asefi said."

Ok. Arguing in favor of different 'scholarly opinions', eh? How about the US asserting its 'scholarly opinion' at a UN meeting that the number of Palestinians killed in Israel is exaggerated?

What's that, you say, Medi? Can't breath?

Posted by: jules 2 2005-12-19 00:27

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