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In article <Btp3FJ.95z@watcgl.uwaterloo.ca> ejdavies@watcgl.uwaterloo.ca (Eric Davies) writes:
>shallit@graceland.uwaterloo.ca (Jeffrey Shallit) writes:
>
>>I have just learned that David Irving, notorious holocaust denier and
>>Hitler apologist, is scheduled to speak in our area in November.
>>To make it worse, a store on King Street in Kitchener is promoting his
>>talk in their store window, and selling tickets.
>                                 ^^^^^^^
>People are actually going to PAY REAL MONEY to listen to this hoser? 
>I hope he's underestimating the intelligence of the lowest common 
>denominator here. Be wonderfully amusing if his costs exceeded his
>take.
>
>Eric

Don't underestimate Irving--he's more dangerous than you might think.

He last spoke in Canada in 1989.  According to the Globe & Mail
for March 6, 1989, his talk "sparked spontaneous cheering and
clapping from 450 people who packed a Toronto hall".  He testified
for the defense in the Zundel case in 1988 (which was
overturned by yesterday's Supreme Court decision).  At that time, the
"$10 tickets for the speech were advertised in community newspapers such
as the Deutsche Press, a German-language newspaper".  

He had been invited to speak to the Carleton University history department
in 1989, but that invitation was cancelled when they found out who
he really was.  Similarly, a talk before the Royal Military Institute 
in Toronto was cancelled when they found out his real message.
According to the Globe & Mail (March 8, 1989), "Col. Hardie said
the institute was unaware of Mr. Irving's controversial [sic] views."

Irving masquerades as an historian, even though he has no historical
training.  This has fooled several organizations into taking him seriously
and inviting him to speak.  At $10 a person, that can be real money.

Jeff Shallit