Discussing and Teaching the Controversy
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's denial of the Holocaust is a matter for academic discussion and the West should be more tolerant of his views, Iran's foreign ministry spokesman said on Sunday.
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Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi defended the president's remarks, which also drew a rebuke from the UN Security Council.
"What the president said is an academic issue. The West's reaction shows their continued support for Zionists," Asefi told a weekly news conference.
"Westerners are used to leading a monologue but they should learn to listen to different views," he added.
I won't create a diatribe or argument out of this quotation. It does remind me of the Intelligent Design discussion though. You know. Let's teach the controversy.
Thank you, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, for drawing a clear and visible line in the sand. Separation of church and state is a good thing.
posted by Lynn @ 7:01 PM
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3 Comments:
It's amazing. I was thinking exactly the same thing as you when I was reading the Iranian rationalization of their Holocaust denials. Well, maybe it's not so amazing after all... it's such an in-your-face obvious analog to the ID rationalists.
epm,
I am always amazed at how certain beliefs can easily trump evidence and reason. I know I am susceptible to it myself. But the will to believe depite all the evidence to the contrary seems stronger in some than in others.
Has anyone in the media (mainstream or otherwise) made this excellent and all-too-obvious point?
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