Iran Holocaust denial conference

It is not surprising at the diversity of people who are attending Iran's Holocaust denial conference. David Duke is an old time antisemite. The orthodox jewish community that is attending doesn't deny the holocaust, but they are against Israel because it was established through force (which they claim is against the Talmud).

The fact that most people in the world dismiss this conference as ridiculous doesn't make me feel any better. It is fine now that there are many people still alive who are witnesses of the holocaust atrocities. But what happens in 100 years when not only are they all gone, but everyone who they talked to are also gone. Even with Steven Spielberg's project to videotape their testimonies will become less and less salient over time. Soon enough, it will be really easy to start the terrible process all over again. Whether it is the Protocols of the Elders of Zion or some other myth, it will again be easy to use the Jews (or another minority) as a scapegoat for the economic hardships of some country somewhere. It can be Iran, Wiemar Germany, 19th century Russia, Middle Ages Europe, or Ramses' Egypt.

I'll be probably be dead by the time the next one occurs, and this blog will be a hidden archive file somewhere in Internet heaven. But by heart goes out now to the victims of that future travesty, which I know will happen someday because history repeats itself and those who forget (or deny) will be there.