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Wednesday, 03 December 2008

Deriving the wrong lesson from the Holocaust—again: Hate speech did not cause the Holocaust. The Holocaust could only have happened in Hitler’s Germany, and can only happen again if those who harbour an irrational obsession with the Jews are granted the power to put their eliminationist agenda into practice.

Someone want to give Len Rudner a little history lesson? In his letter to the Windsor Star, he’s got it all wrong:
 
'Like flowers, evil can take root anywhere'
 
Re: The Holocaust, Lessons We Must Remember, Nov. 24 editorial.

As Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks noted, the horror that befell the Jewish people during the Shoah could have happened to anyone.

It therefore falls to us to ensure the lessons of this dark period are not forgotten. The commitment to memory and to memorialization which we see in the ongoing work of Holocaust education committees across the country springs from a desire to ensure the words "never again" are infused with true meaning.

Years ago, I stood in a space between the barracks at Madjanek. My eyes were drawn to the wildflowers that grew between the blades of grass; flowers so similar to the ones that grew in my own garden. I remember thinking that evil, like these flowers, can take root anywhere.

We must be vigilant. We must remember.
 
Len Rudner
Ontario Regional Director
Canadian Jewish Congress
 
Hate for break it to you, Len, but the evil has already taken root again—in the Arab League, the OIC, the UN, and around the world under the auspices of the global jihad. If you could stop watching the grass grow and trying to “build bridges in the Canadian context,” maybe you’d be able to notice it.

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