December 15, 2006
Monkey in search of an organ grinder
On the subject of the ridiculous conference of anti-semites and holocaust deniers gathered together in Tehran, it is truly incredible that a people that thousands of years ago produced the aptly named Cyrus the Great now produce "leaders" on the level of the trogolydyte currently dancing to the Ayatollah's strings.
Oliver Kamm puts it best in this post.
What is wrong with the Iranian conference is thus not that it's offensive, but that it's a fraudulent gathering designed to generate hatred through lies. It's an offence not against our feelings but against truth and against history. The problem with the puppet-President of Iran is not only (or at all) that he is ill-mannered: it is that he's a bigot, a racist and a messianic crank. The proper task for Western diplomacy is to say so.
Posted by Quentin George at December 15, 2006 09:39 AMI love it how they say the conference is designed neither to "prove or deny" the holocaust, but merely to discuss it. Meanwhile, the invite a list of so called experts which couldn't be more nutty or ill-educated.
This is what happens when you elect engineers.
Posted by: Engels at December 15, 2006 10:11 PM