- How could anyone admire a man that publicly admits admiration
for Adolf Hitler, who openly acknowledges himself to be a "Holocaust
skeptic," and who never apologizes for his political incorrectness
and nonconformist views? Who could possibly approve of a man who has put
his personal freedom and indeed life on the line countless times in order
to do nothing more than bring the world's attention to what he believes
to be an honest, albeit alternative view of history? Who could appreciate
anyone bold enough to literally carry a cross on his own back, on behalf
of all the world's Germans for no other reason than to at least partially
exonerate them of the collective guilt forced upon them after the Second
World War?
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- Who could possibly admire a man that has sustained nothing
but continuous persecution from society at large, who has been the victim
of an ongoing smear campaigns launched more than three decades ago, who
has suffered from every conceivable attack on his character, finances,
family and even on his life? Who could think highly of man who despite
all these things, and despite the fact that he is in prison at this very
moment, not for a crime, nono. but because he questions certain aspects
of the holocaust story?
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- Again, I ask, who could ever appreciate a man who for
the last several decades has devoted himself to bringing forth the unpopular
views of hard working academics, who were it not for Ernst Zundel, may
be unknown today, and their work tossed into the sea of forgettable historiography,
not based upon its undeniable merit, but based upon the fact that it didn't
sit well with mainstream and politically acceptable views?
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- How could anyone possibly hold a man like this in high
regard, when there are so many other courageous individuals out there willing
to stand up for their views, heroes that wouldn't consider apologizing
for their beliefs, like American politicians? For instance, when Jim Moran
boldly exclaimed the obvious fact that Israel stood the most to gain from
a U.S. war in Iraq, and in fact was influencing American foreign policy
by way of a few well placed American Zionist officials. What about Trent
Lott, who stated at a GOP function that the United States would have been,
better off today had Strom Thurmond become president back in the 1950s.
What about the daring exploits of Howard Dean, the Democratic parties best
bet in 2004, a man unafraid to take a stand on an issue he can apologize
for later. Yes, America is full of courageous people, people unafraid to
throw their neighbor to the crocodile, in hopes of being the last eaten.
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- If I were interested in apologists and hesitant stands
on ambiguous issues, I'd have plenty of heroes to admire, right here in
the United States. Being an academic, I could seek out other academics
to idolize and/or admire, there are so many courageous examples, although
I can't think of one right now. Some of you might shout, "Hey, what
about Noam Chomsky?" I'd just say, been there done that, and found
the esteemed professor "sympathetic" to Ernst Zundel's plight,
"outrageous," he even exclaimed, but in the end, he felt that
it wouldn't be in anyone's best interests, if he were to speak out too
vocally on Ernst's behalf. Academic cowardice?
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- What about all the gutsy journalists working for the
prestigious networks and newspapers? Certainly, these bold "defenders"
of truth and justice would write an article on the illegal nature in which
Ernst was deported from the United States to Canada, where he was subsequently
thrown quietly into a solitary confinement cell in the Toronto West detention
Center, in Toronto Canada. Or how in 2005 he was quietly deported from
Canada to his native Germany where he now sits more than a year later after
numerous trial delays initiated by his persecutors. These brave journalists
would definitely be interested in an expose on how the new terrorism laws
are already being abused to silence dissent.
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- The idea that Mr. Zundel is a threat to any nations national
Security is ridiculous, the man hasn't committed a violent crime in his
entire life and has never been convicted of a crime that wasn't later overturned
in Canada's highest court. The brave and courageous purveyor's of "fair
and balanced" news haven't written an article yet, that even approached
an equitable portrayal of Mr. Zundel. Ernst Zundel's crime is that he is
politically incorrect, a nonconformist and no matter what the powers that
be throw at him, he just won't apologize and prostrate himself in feigned
humility like so many of our illustrious leaders. He is dangerous only
to the status quo, and they know it, that in fact is why he currently languishes
in prison, not because he actually represents a danger to society.
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- Ernst Zundel admires Adolf Hitler, so what? Ernst Zundel
doesn't believe any Jews were gassed at Auschwitz, so what? Ernst Zundel
is and has been for some time; extremely critical of Zionism and its designs
on the world, by Godit is too damned bad more people aren't behind him
on this! Zundel is unafraid to do what Jim Moran didn't have the guts to
do, and that is to stand up to and challenge the State of Israel, and the
undisputed influence Zionists have in the United States and Canada today.
Don't fool yourself, this disproportionate influence is very real, Congressmen
have written books about it, as have Senators. Viktor Ostrovsky, a former
Mossad agent wrote a tell all book about Israeli espionage in the United
States and how the Israelis could "count on" American Jews to
do much of their work for them, after all it was a Jewish thing, and had
nothing to do with patriotism. It is an undisputed fact that more than
one hundred Israelis were detained for espionage in the United States immediately
following September 11th, and inexplicably deported back to Israel before
charges could filed, and more importantly before the American people were
informed.
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- It is an undisputed, empirical fact that five Israelis
were arrested on 9-11 for videotaping the actual impact of the jetliners
as they hit the World Trade Centers and laughing and clapping each other
on the back in a congratulatory manner while filming the event. It is an
absolute fact that on January 2, 2004 a Jew named Asher Karni was arrested
at Denver's International Airport for having sold [past tense] more than
sixty nuclear weapon detonators to Pakistan, a country that is without
a doubt the most unstable Islamic Republic in the world. Despite having
committed what might be the greatest terrorist incident in modern memory,
Karni remains unknown to most Americans, largely because the Jewish mainstream
media has suppressed the story. Karni was sentenced to three years for
selling nuclear weapon detonators to Pakistan; Zundel has yet to be tried,
despite having served more than three years in prison. Go figure.
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- So, is it possible to admire a man like Zundel? During
his infamous 1988 Holocaust Trial, a trial in which his opponents love
to mention his conviction, but never mention the fact that this unjust
conviction was later overturned by Canada's highest court. Zündel
apparently impressed another young man named Jurgen Neumann who had this
to say about Ernst Zundel, "he is a very sincere individual. He actually
seemed to believe exactly what he said He never avoided any questions asked
of him." This was what impressed Neumann at the time and impressed
him during the 1988 trial. According to Neumann, Zundel asked him to do
many things that a mere propagandist would never request, i.e. continue
to independently research the topic. This indicated to Neumann that Zündel
was sincere about the subject and that he continually attempted to widen
his field of factual knowledge as any historian would. Imagine that, admiring
a man that believes what he says. Certainly an odd concept in this day
and age, being that we are so often exposed to a tremendous number of people
more than willing to take whatever position they are told to take, or in
the case of the politicians, whichever way the winds blow, as manifested
by poll results. Incidentally, does anyone really trust our polls any longer?
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- In a recent article entitled "Why I admire David
Irving," another historical revisionist current imprisoned in Austria
for his views, a gentleman by the name of Nick Herbert had this to say
about the "notorious" author, "I am not a professional historian
and my knowledge of what went on in WW II is not extensive but for most
of my life I have been trained in the methods of rational thinking and
can follow an argument like a rat terrier. I recognize a good argument
when I see one and have familiarized myself with most of the rhetorical
counterfeits of reasoning. I consider myself an expert truth-seeker."
Herbert then went on to say, "As a scientist, seeking truth is part
of my profession." What Herbert was essentially saying is that Irving's
research should be examined as it has merit, the revisionist point of view
must not be discounted in the name of political correctness.
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- An interesting detail about both Ernst Zundel and David
Irving is that neither holds a degree in history, yet both men are infinitely
better versed in just about every aspect of history than I am, and I hold
a masters degree in history and politics. Of this, there is no doubt whatsoever.
I have come to know Mr. Zundel through correspondence and am literally
amazed at his ability to recall the smallest details out of the thousands
of texts he has read. I have been told that Mr. Irving has a photographic
memory, which may be true, and could explain his phenomenal ability to
deliver the most rational, well-conceived and coordinated presentations
I have ever heard from any historian, including my former illustrious professors.
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- It has become abundantly clear to me that our allegedly
fair and balanced mainstream media has seriously misrepresented both Irving
and Zundel. When my wife and I met Ms. Ingrid Zundel for the first time,
we didn't meet the "yellow-eyed Hun, black widow spider, virulent
racist," that the media might have led us believe, no we met one of
the most intelligent, kindly and concerned women we had ever met. My family
and I quickly became enamored with her, and she said, what should have
been more than obvious at that point, "If only people would get to
know Ernst, they would find that he is one of the kindest people in the
world." In fact, that is exactly what I have found by corresponding
with him, rather than relying on highly biased media reports and/or ADL
profiles of the man.
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- Ernst is a threat to the ADL because he not only denies
that there was ever a systematic plan to gas Jews during World War II,
but also implicates Zionism and its appendages, like the ADL, as the exploiters
of this myth, for the purposes of fleecing the world's Gentile population
and the imposition of unreasonable, and often dubious political demands,
something Congressman Jim Moran was once quick to note, and even quicker
to apologize for. One must wonder if perhaps Ernst Zundel isn't far more
important than anyone ever imagined, after all, someone went to a great
deal of trouble to quietly and quickly deport him from the United States
to a country where they could be sure he would be effectively silenced
during a period of crisis following September 11th, in the United States.
In fact, Zundel, may have been one of the more vociferous whistleblowers
in North America following the attack in New York, honestly pointing out
undeniable, albeit uncomfortable facts, like the surreptitious deportation
of more than a hundred Israeli spies from the US following the attack,
as well as the extremely unpopular view that Israel was really the only
entity with anything to gain from a preemptive war in Iraq. If Zundel were
free today, and not under the news blackout employed to further marginalize
his most rational views, he'd be unapologetically implicating Israel as
the soul beneficiary of any further hostilities in Iran or Syria.
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- So inevitably the question arises, was Ernst Zundel ever
a threat to Canada's National Security because he was allegedly the "patriarch"
of a virulent and violently racist subculture, or was he a threat because
there is a great deal of merit to his arguments? The aforementioned Noam
Chomsky is attributed with having once said, "If you don't believe
in freedom of expression for those you most despise, you don't believe
in freedom of expression." Such an incredibly simple idea, yet contemporary
Americans can't seem to accept its pure unadulterated logic, despite paying
it lip service continuously, citing it as perhaps our most important Constitutional
right. The problem in America isn't that we have no theoretical understanding
of the importance of our Constitution; it's in our application of the principles
espoused within that document that we fail.
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- Our government through the media propagates its agenda
by providing us with its simple foundation, never its entire structure,
and it reinforces this agenda by demonizing and marginalizing its opponents.
Being that we are almost completely at the mercy of our television, oh
come on, admit it, we tend to believe what is broadcast, and therefore
we become the indoctrinated, not the educated, no matter what Fox news
says, and we then reject, often out of hand dissenting views. This is known
as "selective distortion," in advertising circles, and is a well-known
concept throughout the entire media apparatus. In social psychology the
tendency to accept what one is told, no matter whether or not it is accurate,
and then reject later information is known as "belief perseverance."
In either case, it reinforces what a well known cosmologist and top thinker
named Stephen Hawkin's had to say about knowledge and that was, "The
greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."
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- The way in which the mainstream media has portrayed Ernst
Zundel over these last several decades is absolutely erroneous. The man
is not the "hate monger," he has been depicted as. Ernst Zundel
is dedicated, he is honest, intelligent, even frighteningly so and has
a tremendous amount of integrity.
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- I admire Ernst Zundel, despite his views, because he
himself is an admirable individual. I do not necessarily care so much that
his views offend other people; I don't have to. If they don't like him
or his views, I know for a fact; Ernst isn't going to make them listen;
he only wants to be free to speak his mind to those interested in what
he has to say. Unlike the current governments of Canada, Germany and the
United States, Zundel, the so-called bigot believes in freedom of expression,
and has never espoused otherwise.
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- We must remember that it wasn't so long ago that the
powers that be were referring to James Ennes, the author of Assault on
the Liberty as an "anti-Semite, a racist and a Nazi," merely
for telling the world that in 1967 the Israelis intentionally attacked
an American ship killing dozens and wounding nearly a hundred American
sailors. The facts behind this case have been known for decades, yet, quite
honestly, the same powers that seek to silence Zundel today silenced Ennes
twenty some years ago in the same manner they have traditionally attacked
the purveyors of truth forever, by slandering them, and going after their
livelihood, reputation, family, etc Fortunately for Ennes, Mr. Ward Boston,
the military officer in charge of the USS Liberty investigation in 1967
recently came forward signing affidavits testifying to the fact that Lyndon
B. Johnson ordered the attack on the USS Liberty "covered up,"
so that the American people, his theoretical boss, would never learn the
details of what really happened. Ennes was "rehabilitated," as
Zundel will one day be, but Ennes was fortunate in that his ideas didn't
land him behind bars. We can no longer afford to allow media created leper
Pariah's like Zundel, and Ennes to suffer for speaking out, when we are
either too ignorant or afraid to do so ourselves.
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- Ernst Zundel should never have been illegally arrested
and unconstitutionally deported from the United States for having an opinion
that differed from others. He should not have been thrown into a solitary
confinement cell, denied access to the media and simple items, like blankets,
chairs, and writing material, but he was. As previously mentioned, the
man has not been charged with a crime, he is being held because his ideas
implicate individuals belonging to a powerful and wealthy minority within
our population in the commission of crimes. Crimes that they are in fact
guilty of, and know that they are guilty of, for this reason they must
imprison and silence courageous and incorruptible individuals out there
like Zundel, who won't sell out the truth, no matter what these people
do to silence them. Zundel had a chance to sell out but refused.
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- It is for all of the above reasons that I admire Ernst
Zundel, a man that refuses to apologize for having an educated opinion,
a man that remains willing to sacrifice everything for others, even if
they do not recognize or appreciate his efforts. Ernst Zundel is an oddity
in our contemporary world, a man unwilling to accept the lies that have
become such common fare in our nation he believes in what he says,
and therefore he will "never surrender," and we ought to thank
him for it.
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