Thursday, September 22, 2005
You Mean They Weren't Cowardly Swine Like Us?
Robert KC Johnson writes about the pathetic state of European cultural ignorance and dhimmitude in his concise History News Network article "European Politics and the Holocaust".
Whilst Tony Blair's invitation to Muslim leaders to advise him on multicultural policy, which is akin to giving a chainsaw to a termite, is insane enough for anyone, here's the real nugget, courtesy of France's monumentally ignorant Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy:
Perhaps French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy might want to visit Britain for next year's Holocaust Memorial Day, which is held on January 27. Yesterday's Ha'aretz reports that Douste-Blazy revealed a shocking lack of knowledge of the Holocaust and European history during a recent visit to Israel's Holocaust memorial site, Yad Vashem.
The museum, which is an extraordinary achievement in public history, includes detailed maps showing the number of Jews killed in each nation occupied by the Nazis. Douste-Blazy asked why no British Jews were listed as murdered, prompting the museum curator to point out, "But Monsieur le minister, England was never conquered by the Nazis during World War II."
The Foreign Minister's response: "Yes, but were there no Jews who were deported from England?" Amazing.
Opines Ace Of Spades:
"I think this is just an idiot stumbling over his ignorance and falling into wisdom. Kind of like Being There, only with more chain-smoking and body-odor."
But about that tolerance thing...
Whilst Tony Blair's invitation to Muslim leaders to advise him on multicultural policy, which is akin to giving a chainsaw to a termite, is insane enough for anyone, here's the real nugget, courtesy of France's monumentally ignorant Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy:
Perhaps French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy might want to visit Britain for next year's Holocaust Memorial Day, which is held on January 27. Yesterday's Ha'aretz reports that Douste-Blazy revealed a shocking lack of knowledge of the Holocaust and European history during a recent visit to Israel's Holocaust memorial site, Yad Vashem.
The museum, which is an extraordinary achievement in public history, includes detailed maps showing the number of Jews killed in each nation occupied by the Nazis. Douste-Blazy asked why no British Jews were listed as murdered, prompting the museum curator to point out, "But Monsieur le minister, England was never conquered by the Nazis during World War II."
The Foreign Minister's response: "Yes, but were there no Jews who were deported from England?" Amazing.
Opines Ace Of Spades:
"I think this is just an idiot stumbling over his ignorance and falling into wisdom. Kind of like Being There, only with more chain-smoking and body-odor."
But about that tolerance thing...
