He blockquotes a notable passage which ends with
“We wanted to challenge European taboos. Why should questioning the Holocaust be a taboo?” he said. “Why should anyone who talks about it (the Holocaust) be fined or jailed?”
Quite frankly, the question is valid... personally, I'm against jailing somebody for simply saying something egregiously stupid and offensive. But then, there are laws in Iran against speaking out on genuine history (especially of Islam & Muhammad), so why should they stop at just opening their mouths about one set of perceived fictions? Not that Ahmadinejead has stopped at just that. He's said all sorts of amazingly crude and dangerous lies, and people like Mike Wallace just lap them up. He has all the freedom in the world -- and zero responsibility. How nice for him.
On the plus side of Reuters' bit of nothing, at least we have a clear case of understanding how propaganda gets passed around.
That said, I'm personally of the opinion that those who seem determined to believe in insane conspiracy theories (like the Holocaust deniers and the 9/11 conspiracy nuts) ought to be publicly ridiculed for their gullibility. Especially we should mock the Holocaust deniers in the Mideast. After all, theirs is a culture of shame. Show them precisely how they deserve to be ridiculed. When they say they are "only testing free speech," test it all the way for them.
Let their heads explode over the concept of genuine truth.
But be sure to get pictures of it, and pass them around the web. Reuters may not cover that part.
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