tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post7382162140280961298..comments2024-01-01T01:47:59.449+02:00Comments on Yaacov Lozowick's Ruminations: Scandal at the Frankfurt Book FairYaacovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12835192312242961481noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-65899838032752344412007-10-13T22:42:00.000+02:002007-10-13T22:42:00.000+02:00I find the "they don't engage in Holocaust denial"...I find the "they don't engage in Holocaust denial" comment oddly telling. It seems to me that the bar is being pushed in some direction here--should I say "lower" or "higher"?--for how bad something has to be before it's regarded as out of bounds. <BR/><BR/>Oxford has now invited a Holocaust denier to speak to the debating society:<BR/><BR/>http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=27485_Mainstreaming_Holocaust_Denial_at_Oxford&only<BR/><BR/>Their excuse? Hey, Columbia University had Amadinejad.<BR/><BR/>Or, for example, if I suggest to friends from some of their comments that perhaps they are anti-Israel, I have received the response, "I'm not anti-Israel. I support Israel's right to exist." Well, thanks very much.<BR/><BR/>In other words, it's gotta be crazy-bad to be considered bad at all. And sometimes not even then.Lydia McGrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00423567323116960820noreply@blogger.com