chappatteJust when you thought crazies with mad theories about mass hallucinations have gone the way of the dodo, the president of Iran comes right out and denies the truth of the Nazi Holocaust. BBC’s having this little newsbit on its front page, because stupidity, especially in such a public figure, should be glorified. I mean, check this out:

“They have created a myth today that they call the massacre of Jews and they consider it a principle above God, religions and the prophets,” he said.

So, here, I don’t know: he doesn’t go and outright denies the Holocaust, does he? He merely posits that the Holocaust has been turned into a myth, the importance of which has taken a far higher precedence in people’s priorities. That’s the best, most favourable way I can interpret that statement. More corroboration for this interpretation, maybe:

“If someone were to deny the existence of God… or prophets and religion, they would not bother him. However, if someone were to deny the myth of the Jews’ massacre, all the Zionist mouthpieces and the governments subservient to the Zionists tear their larynxes and scream against the person as much as they can,” he said.

Or, heck, he probably did mean that 6 million Jews weren’t slaughtered like cattle during WWII. Either way we look at it, does he have a point? I don’t know. I gave the Pianist a miss because it was yet another portrayal of Jews having whole lives and generations wiped out utterly. But it seems the guilt-bearing will never end.

I’m not in the position to understand what Jews went through during WWII, and maybe that’s part of my point: I’m not anti-semitic by any means at all, but all this continued fascination with the horror of events that took place 60 years ago is just more chest-beating, hair-tearing and ultimately, just more veiled torment for those who really weren’t around when all of this happened.

I don’t think History stopped during the Holocaust.