Reply #408: Sure. I think the fact of such a denial is so horrible

[EFerrari]

that it can induce disbelief: it's almost traumatic to know there is that kind of evil in the world and among your fellow men. The reaction puts me in mind of a story Golda Meir used to tell about trying to ask / alert British administrators to rumors coming out of Europe at the time. "Do you believe everything you hear, Mrs. Meir?"

Not to mention, the guy appeared to be acknowledging the Holocaust at several points -- most likely to mystify the conversation and produce just this kind of effect: "But, he didn't deny it." The guy is a skilled manipulator.