Serge Grynkewich

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  Serge commented on the article | about 3 years ago

  Don't Cry for Me, Argentina: A Holocaust Denier Gets His Comeuppance (sort of)

  It is sad that in this day and age a person can still deny that any genocide documented so well as those that happened in the Nazi era happened.
  I think this points to to issues that we need to face in dealing with genocide in general:
  a) the holocaust, or genocide of the Nazi era, is not the only genocide that has happened.  It is an example, but one of many.  And while it has been given great focus and attention, we need to focus on the global problem and not just one.  An example of this is the Holocaust Museum in Washington should really be a Genocide Museum dedicated to all the horrors that man has brought against his fellow man in this particularly disgusting form of horror.
  b) legislating against holocaust denial is not worth a darn.  It's a cover up for governments or groups that don't want to tell the entire story of genocide.  What I believe and what I say can always be two different things - and no law or government can change what I think.  In fact, laws against holocaust denial can actually make the situation worse.
  c) those who commit genocide need to be dealt with in courts that deal specifically with crimes against humanity and they need to be dealt with swiftly.  The start of trials in Cambodia has dragged on for too long, while the trials in The Hague have moved with a far better degree of reason.  And as with the Nuremberg trials, they should move forward and justice rendered with swiftness.
  Thank you.