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Arab "intellectualls" praise ex-SS member Günter Grass
2006-09-15
from an English-language blog on German-language media, via Instapundit, we have a classic example of Blair's Law in action.
Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 14.09.2006. Mona Nagger reports on an embarrassing letter of solidarity that Günter Grass received from 46 Arab intellectuals. "The signatories see in Grass' confession to having been a member of the Waffen SS (more here) a sign of courage that deserves respect and recognition. The critique of Grass is being interpreted as a campaign 'aimed at diverting attention from the Israeli crimes against Palestine and Lebanon.' The Israelis are depicted as 'Neonazis':
"They're just like you, Günter!"
'They kill Palestinians and Israelis, destroy their countries, build a dividing wall around them and put them in camps.' The tone recalls quite clearly the language of the Iranian president Ahmadinejad." Nagger's conclusion: "The document says a lot about the sensitivities of many Arab intellectuals. They live in a world of conspiracy theories, far removed form reality; they mistake populist slogans and rhetoric for intellectual discourse and they see no need to take a serious look at the Holocaust and Nazi crimes."
Posted by:Mike

#11  Once you know that LYING is a valued asset among Moslems, everything else makes sense.

.com once described a lying game the Soodi youths played as training for adulthood, can't remember the details.
Posted by: 6   2006-09-15 18:02  

#10  http://nexusmagazine.com/articles/Fascist%20Roots%20of%20Al-Qaeda.html
Posted by: J.D. Clampet   2006-09-15 16:17  

#9  Well, this vote of confidence from the Arab world should certainly rehabilitate Grass' image.
Posted by: Zenster   2006-09-15 15:20  

#8  "Take, for example, arabs who claim Mossad/CIA were responsible for 9/11 yet dance in the streets over it and praise bin Laden (the CIA shill, I presume?) as an arab hero."

This point, while obvious to us, is completely unpersuasive to moonbats.


Posted by: J. D. Lux   2006-09-15 11:59  

#7  Uhm . . . if the Holocaust never happened, and therefore Jews weren't exterminated, then I guess the Nazis FAILED, right? So why are the Arabs supporting a failed regime and its leaders?

Oh, right, it's cuz' they KNOW the Holocaust happened, and they want to give it a second round, which is why they admire the Nazis.

Once you know that LYING is a valued asset among Moslems, everything else makes sense.
Posted by: ex-lib   2006-09-15 11:43  

#6  In actual fact, their culture allows for two competing thoughts to exist simultaneously. It's mindboggling to western sensibilities, but it really is the case. Take, for example, arabs who claim Mossad/CIA were responsible for 9/11 yet dance in the streets over it and praise bin Laden (the CIA shill, I presume?) as an arab hero.

Thus, there are those who believe:

a. it did not happen,
WHILE ALSO BELIEVING
b. it DID happen and they should have killed more
Posted by: PlanetDan   2006-09-15 11:42  

#5  Arab intellectuals . . .

Well, there's an oxymoron if I ever heard one.
Posted by: ex-lib   2006-09-15 11:40  

#4  6. Bush did it.
Posted by: mcsegeek1   2006-09-15 10:59  

#3  mhw--- dinnerjacket's possibility, you forgot this one:

5. It did not happen, but it should have, and we should finish the job.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2006-09-15 10:28  

#2  our intellectuals have one advantage on the arab intellectuals

our intellectuals agree that the holocaust happened and that it was a bad thing

arab intellectuals can't agree on either of these propositions; in fact they almost evenly divide on

a. it happened, it was bad
b. it didn't happen
c. it happened, it was good
d. it happened, it was OK but should have been more thorough

Posted by: mhw   2006-09-15 10:24  

#1  "The document says a lot about the sensitivities of many Arab intellectuals. They live in a world of conspiracy theories, far removed form reality; they mistake populist slogans and rhetoric for intellectual discourse and they see no need to take a serious look at the Holocaust and Nazi crimes."

they sound just like our own intellectuals.
Posted by: Shush Sholuth7794   2006-09-15 09:54  

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