reply to post by starheadir
The reason holocaust denial is illegal in so many countries is because once people start denying it, belittling it or questioning the ramifications of
it, you're on the road to forgetting it, and therefore repeating it.
There are a lot of people, myself included, who find it utterly disgusting and repugnant to hear someone question this historical reality,
particularly for political capitol (as in the case of the Iranian theocracy and its puppet president). It is a source of shame for all of Europe, and
something which we should never ever let happen again to anyone.
The attitudes that allowed the holocaust to happen have not gone away. The distrust and general malevolence towards Jews still exists. Read some of
the comments on these boards.
I take it as a personal responsibility to challenge those views, just as every decent human being should who knows the evils that humanity is capable
of if hatred and intolerance go unchecked.