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Re: Holocaust denier getting onto the internet

#738
From: Wesley H Clark
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 1995 14:07
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Harold R. Deeley (hdeeley@calvin.stemnet.nf.ca) wrote:
: In article <jhenders.794776210@vanbc>, jhenders@vanbc.wimsey.com (John
: Henders) wrote:

: > wclark1@osf1.gmu.edu (Wesley H Clark) writes:
: >
: > >Merv Unger (munger@island.net) wrote:
: >
: > >: Holocaust denier Ernst Zundel is beating the Canadian censors
: > >: and getting on the Internet from off shore.
: >
: > >So what? Everybody - wackos and the credible alike - can find a home on
: > >the net.

: Is a wacko someone who has an oppinon that differs from your own, and a
: credible person someone who agrees?

Of course! At last you're being reasonable...

:  Common now. The world is much more
: interesting and colourful with the "wackos" around and would be a real
: bore if everyone agreed.

I couldn't agree more!

: If we knew what Zindel was saying we could
: agree or disagree but our government has decided we should not be
: allowed to read his material -- no thanks -- I'll make my own decision.
: BTW, I have never read anything he has written.

Neither have I. And while I wouldn't defend to the death his right to deny
the holocaust (there are better things to die for) I am mildly interested
in his opinion. 

: >       And there are many people who will delight in following him
: > through the newsgroups, shooting down everything he posts. And, if he
: > spam posts, he'll get mailbombed like anyone else who does.
: >
: Good use of bandwidth .... mailbombed? Is that sort of like
: harrasment...like a wacko might do????

Yup. The political spectrum isn't linear Right/Left - it's circular. And 
wackos of the Right are really no different than wackos of the Left.

Wes "Wacko" Clark

: Regards,
: just another wacko
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