On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 4:42 AM, Ray Saintonge <[email protected]> wrote: > George Herbert wrote: >> On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 2:05 PM, Nathan <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> There is a mailing list for block reviews, this isn't it. We also >>> don't usually get into discussing specific content issues here unless >>> there is a point of wider significance to the encyclopedia. >>> >>> You believe Holocaust denial can only be defined using the separate >>> definitions of "Holocaust" and "denial", and want the article to >>> reflect your definition. Others state (correctly) that the term >>> "Holocaust denial" taken as a whole is used to refer specifically to >>> denial of the Holocaust of Jews (Shoah). Perhaps if we try to glean >>> wider significance from this incident, it would be in the area of >>> dealing with specious arguments from editors of long tenure who have >>> become sophisticated in their misuse of dispute processes. >>> >> This dispute looks either like some combination of original research, >> disruption, or possibly active but intellectual support of holocaust >> denialists. >> >> > Original research perhaps; disruption perhaps, but it is dishonest to > call it "intellectual support of holocaust denialists." Expanding a > term to a wider application certainly does not equate to holocaust > denial. It merely recognizes the plain fact that those who deny the > suffering of other victims than the dominant group are just as guilty of > denying the Holocaust. > > I don't dispute that the Jews were the dominant victims of the > Holocaust, but it is extremely disturbing when some appear to abuse that > dominance to minimize the suffering of others. That the victimized Jews > were more numerous than the others increases the likelihood that they > have relatives to write about them. The higher value that Jews attach to > literacy also increases the same likelihood. Gays had a much lower > number of progeny to write on their behalf. So I fully expect that more > will be written by Jews about Jews, but the smaller numbers of others > does not make the fate of those others any less tragic. > > Ec
This is an amazing thing you've written. I've read your posts for perhaps two years, but I will read all future comments in an entirely new light. Nathan _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
