Vicki Rosenzweig wrote:
At 04:29 AM 9/4/02 -0700, Jimmy Wales wrote:
Michael R. Irwin wrote:
The totality of the material presented should not be selected to support the frame or view that the Holocaust was undeserved.
But, the Holocaust was undeserved. That's as uncontroversial a fact as "The Earth goes around the Sun".
Exactly. Otherwise we'd need to carefully avoid suggesting--on each of the September 11 pages--that the victims were innocent. Either is absurd and offensive.
Absurd and offensive to who? The prevailing mainstream Arab view seem pretty supportive of the attacks.
The Afghanistan government (unrecognized by the U.S. but effectively in charge anyway) did not choose to recognize it as a criminal act and hand over the leaders of Al Quada.
Hence, they were invaded and replaced. Is this also the obviously correct thing to do?
Might makes right and the mighty write history which is "obviously" correct anytime a new faction is in charge?
Are Irael's current pogroms or attacks in Palestinian neighorhoods or camps in response to "terrorist" attacks "obviously" incorrect?
Regards, Mike Irwin