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Labels: Cartoons, Holocaust revisionism (1 of 2)
posted by Larry Fafarman | 3/15/2007 09:47:00 AM
19 Comments:
How is this a double standard? I thought a double standard was a rule applied differently within the same system, i.e., one German getting 3 years another nothing, for the same crime. In this cartoon, each person shown doubting the Holocaust is part of a different rule system -- including the person who was not guilty of anything in English (nor would he be in the U.S., for that matter).
Anonymous said,
>>>>> How is this a double standard? I thought a double standard was a rule applied differently within the same system, i.e., one German getting 3 years another nothing, for the same crime. In this cartoon, each person shown doubting the Holocaust is part of a different rule system -- including the person who was not guilty of anything in English (nor would he be in the U.S., for that matter). <<<<<
I was talking about a universal double standard, not just a local double standard. By double standard, I meant that there are great differences in the ways different people are treated by different countries for the same actions, though you are correct that this is not the traditional meaning of "double standard."
And I am also talking about a worldwide rule system, not just a local rule system. The condemnation of Iran's president for denying the holocaust has been far greater and more widespread than the condemnation of Germany and Austria for jailing Zundel and Irving. You mentioned England and the USA, where Zundel and Irving would not be jailed for holocaust denial, but the USA in particular has done nothing to officially condemn their jailing whereas the USA has been a leader in the campaign to condemn the Holocaust conference in Iran. That is where the real double standard is.
> The condemnation of Iran's president for denying the holocaust has been far greater and more widespread than the condemnation of Germany and Austria for jailing Zundel and Irving. <
Often those protesting bank robbery are not condemned as much for breach of the peace as those robbing the banks.
You have shown that you don't understand the term "double standard". Is there anything that you do understand?
VIW wheezes,
>>>>>> Often those protesting bank robbery are not condemned as much for breach of the peace as those robbing the banks.
You have shown that you don't understand the term "double standard". <<<<<<
And you don't understand that holocaust denial or revisionism is not on a par with bank robbery. Freedom of speech is constitutionally protected, but there is no constitutional right to rob banks.
And I have never heard of any public protest of bank robbery.
Germany and Austria -- as well as other countries that have criminalized holocaust revisionism -- are violating one of our most cherished principles, freedom of expression. The USA normally imposes sanctions on countries that violate freedom of expression. There's another double standard right there.
Anonymous said...
>>>>>> But Larry, the sanctions on Iran are not because of Holocaust denial; they are because Iran is trying to build nuclear weapon. <<<<<<
But Anonymous, I am not talking about sanctions or nuclear weapons. I am talking about a UN resolution -- introduced by the USA -- that condemned holocaust denial. Maybe Iran was not named in the resolution, but the resolution was obviously prompted by the Holocaust conference in Iran.
If you're talking about the UN Resolution in terms of double standard, that makes even less sense that what you've said so far. How does the resolution condemning Iran correspond to the difference between people getting prison terms and one getting elected president? As ViW say's, what do you understand?
You can check the IP address: I'm not he.
Manuel
Anonymous said...
>>>>> If you're talking about the UN Resolution in terms of double standard, that makes even less sense that what you've said so far. <<<<<<
One of the questions here is whether foreign countries' internal policies regarding holocaust revisionism or denial are or should be any official business of the USA. The USA thinks it is OK to officially condemn Iran for conducting the Holocaust conference but that it is not OK to officially condemn Germany and Austria for jailing holocaust deniers. The USA has even more reason to condemn Germany and Austria because their actions violate our principle of freedom of expression. So there is a double standard there.
>>>>> How does the resolution condemning Iran correspond to the difference between people getting prison terms and one getting elected president? <<<<<<
I already said that "the difference between people getting prison terms and one getting elected president" is not a good example of a double standard because it involves different governments.
>>>>> As ViW say's, what do you understand? <<<<<
ViW understands less than anyone. His comments here mostly just call me wrong and stupid and that sort of thing and say nothing more.
>>>>> You can check the IP address: I'm not he. <<<<<
I am unable to check the IP addresses of commenters here. Also, IP addresses are not reliable means of identification because they are subject to change and because many Internet users may share the same ISP "proxy" IP address. I might be able to check the IP addresses of incoming comments if I used the comment moderation feature, but comment moderation is turned off here.
Anonymous said,
>>>>> But this is a consistent policy: the country that shows signs of supporting Holocaust denial receives an offical but non-binding and essentially meaningless condemnation via the UN while countries that are against Holocaust denialists receive nothing. <<<<<<
OK, I will put it this way -- the double standard is where the USA sanctions or condemns countries that deny freedom of expression except where such denial concerns holocaust denial or revisionism. Actually, I already made this point in a previous comment ( March 15, 2007 4:57:00 PM ) --
Germany and Austria -- as well as other countries that have criminalized holocaust revisionism -- are violating one of our most cherished principles, freedom of expression. The USA normally imposes sanctions on countries that violate freedom of expression. There's another double standard right there.
>>>>>>>the double standard is where the USA sanctions or condemns countries that deny freedom of expression except where such denial concerns holocaust denial or revisionism.
What does this have to do with the cartoon again. I don't see a connection.
Manuel
Anonymous (Manuel) said,
>>>>> What does this have to do with the cartoon again. I don't see a connection. <<<<<
There is no connection. I've already said that my original use of the term "double standard" does not fit the traditional meaning of the term.
> I've already said that my original use of the term "double standard" does not fit the traditional meaning of the term.<
The dimwit uses a secret code. Words don't mean what they do to the sane.
As an example, when he claims to be winning arguments, he knows he is losing. Censorship means the elimination of posts with which he agrees but not with those he doesn't like but knows to be true. He states "I'm from Missouri" when he has never been in the state other than possibly to change planes in the St. Louis airport.
Voice in the Wilderness said...
>>>>>> I've already said that my original use of the term "double standard" does not fit the traditional meaning of the term.<
The dimwit uses a secret code. Words don't mean what they do to the sane. <<<<<<
ViW, unlike you I at least admit it when I am wrong.
> ViW, unlike you I at least admit it when I am wrong. <
You are nearly always wrong and it is very rare that you admit. Now if you can point out a place where I have been wrong, I will gladly admit it.
That's a pretty funny cartoon, anyway.
When one looks up "Missouri" in Webster's Third International Dictionary(1993), one finds: "from Missouri: not easily fooled:hard to convince: skeptical."
Since Larry obviously means that dictionary sense of the phrase, one should consider whether he in fact adopts that attitude: not whether or not he has lived in the state of Missouri; etc.
Thanks, Jim. Here is the history given by the Mo. government:
Why Is Missouri Called the "Show-Me" State?
There are a number of stories and legends behind Missouri's sobriquet "Show-Me" state. The slogan is not official, but is common throughout the state and is used on Missouri license plates.
The most widely known legend attributes the phrase to Missouri's U.S. Congressman Willard Duncan Vandiver, who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1897 to 1903. While a member of the U.S. House Committee on Naval Affairs, Vandiver attended an 1899 naval banquet in Philadelphia. In a speech there, he declared, "I come from a state that raises corn and cotton and cockleburs and Democrats, and frothy eloquence neither convinces nor satisfies me. I am from Missouri. You have got to show me." Regardless of whether Vandiver coined the phrase, it is certain that his speech helped to popularize the saying.
Other versions of the "Show-Me" legend place the slogan's origin in the mining town of Leadville, Colorado. There, the phrase was first employed as a term of ridicule and reproach. A miner's strike had been in progress for some time in the mid-1890s, and a number of miners from the lead districts of southwest Missouri had been imported to take the places of the strikers. The Joplin miners were unfamiliar with Colorado mining methods and required frequent instructions. Pit bosses began saying, "That man is from Missouri. You'll have to show him."
However the slogan originated, it has since passed into a different meaning entirely, and is now used to indicate the stalwart, conservative, noncredulous character of Missourians.
I thought "Show-Me State" was the official state nickname -- I saw it in the World Almanac.
Many years ago, I saw a brand of BBQ sauce named "I'm from Missouri" and I didn't know the history behind the term. I thought that it had something to do with Missouri being famous for BBQ, and St. Louis and Kansas City (most of which is in MO) are in fact famous for BBQ.
< I thought "Show-Me State" was the official state nickname >
Yes, it is. I thought it was even on the Missouri state quarter, but that says "Corps of Discovery" (referring to the Lewis and Clark expedition that started from St. Louis).
BTW, it's an interesting contrast between the Missouri and California mottoes. California's is "Eureka!" (Greek for "I have found it!"); Missouri's could be construed as "I have not found it!" :-}
> Since Larry obviously means that dictionary sense of the phrase, one should consider whether he in fact adopts that attitude: <
But he does not adopt that attitude. He is easily fooled yet impossible to be convinced by the truth.
P.S. Are you the real Jim Sherwood or that phony from S.F.?
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