Germany wants U.N. walkout if Amadinejad denies Holocaust

[cali]

Source: Reuters


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BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany will walk out of the U.N. General Assembly if Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad denies the Holocaust in a speech he will give Wednesday, and it wants other European Union countries to do the same, the foreign ministry said.

"We will leave the hall if President Ahmadinejad denies the Holocaust or makes anti-Semitic statements ... we are making efforts toward a unified European position," a spokesman said Tuesday.

Ahmadinejad has, as recently as last week, called the Holocaust a lie, repeating his position just as world powers try to decide how to deal with Iran's nuclear ambitions.

Denying the Holocaust, carried out by the Nazis in World War Two, is a crime in Germany. Last week German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier condemned Ahmadinejad's latest denial and called him a disgrace to his country.



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[Forkboy]

1. To Germany's credit, they don't fuck around with this stuff anymore.

Good for them, and I hope if they do it that others follow suit.

[cali]

3. I just hope this isn't necessary and that Ahmadinejad

exerts some self-control. oh, and makes it short.

[Forkboy]

5. Good luck on that.

He's doesn't strike me as the self-control type.

I've actually waded through some of Castro's entire speeches, 5-6 hours at a whack. Anything is short after that. :freak:

[aquart]

7. I am seriously entertained.

[Forkboy]

10. You're many things.

Entertained being just one.

I didn't say it was heaven, or even close to what it should be there, but I don't see us making Holocaust denial against the law, do you?

[aquart]

18. Our side of the aisle tries not to tell people what to think.

And the other side agrees with the denial so no, don't ever expect that to happen here. Because, for one thing, it didn't happen here. It happened there where the penalty on Germany was losing ten percent of its precious Aryan population, too.

Something else, nobody wastes time prohibiting people from doing what they're not doing. Nationally, the US accepts that Germany did those things. Germany had to go to law to force acceptance. We didn't. So don't look at them as so morally superior. They couldn't get the bastards to shut up without threats and penalties. The neo-Nazis are just fine and dandy over there.

[Forkboy]

19. I don't expect to see it here, not would I want to.

Germany is Germany and deals with it as they see fit for them. Their way is not our way, and I didn't say it should be. You were entertained by my saying they take it seriously, I showed you they take it more seriously than we do, as we haven't resorted to making it illegal. Yes, there are reasons why, but the end result is that they take more seriously, no?

So don't look at them as so morally superior.

I wasn't. Do you look at them as morally inferior ?

[ZombieHorde]

24. "Germany is Germany and deals with it as they see fit for them. Their way is not our way"

Absolutely. I would not want Holocaust denial to be illegal in the U.S., but I completely understand why it is illegal in Germany.

"Do you look at them as morally inferior ?"

They are not morally inferior, but I have never seen a German zombie movie, so they may be cinematicly inferior.

[proteus_lives]

2. Good for Germany.

The US should do the same thing.

[Ian David]

4. Hey, Ahmadinejad...

Imma really happy for you, and Imma let you finish, but Ernst Zundel is the craziest Holocaust denier of all time.

[iris27]

26. Hahahahaha....

*snort*

[shadowknows69]

6. Why does Iran even send that bozo to represent them anymore.?

It was pretty clear from the election/uprising/whatever the fuck is happening there now, that he's no less a puppet prince than W probably was. If the mullahs really want the rest of the world to eventually bomb them to Allah then keep letting him do the PR. You'll get your wish.

[aquart]

8. Gets him out of the country?

[shadowknows69]

9. Yeah, but like Bush, anytime he leaves he does more damage.

They should stick him on an Iranian ranch cutting shrubs.

ETA. That should be clearing brush lol.

[robcon]

33. Iran doesn't send him - he wants to make the speech.

I think the question: "Why does Iran even send that bozo to represent them anymore.?" misses the point.

He likes the attention, IMO.

[GodlessBiker]

11. I would hope we would follow Germany, but I don't know if we have the guts.

[Libertas1776]

13. Is the US

even present when Ahmedinawhatever speaks?

[cali]

14. on a very low level.

[maglatinavi]

23. US present

Unfortunately, yes :argh: :freak:

[robcon]

34. I think if we outlawed any speech - this would not be America.

n/t

[Alhena]

12. Nice job, Germany

[Dappleganger]

15. Why is this asshole being allowed to speak??

[DavidDvorkin]

21. Well, he is the head of state of a member nation

I assume he gets to speak if he wants to.

[Odin2005]

16. Mahmoud Dinner-jacket needs a good public humiliation.

[Betsy Ross]

17. I don't think there is anything in for him

if he does. I assume there is a subject or several that he will speak on, but the Holocaust doesn't seem like one. But if he does, WALK OUT.

[sicksicksick_N_tired]

20. He is just an asshole, through and through. I think they should throw shoes at him if he does it!!!

I dunno'. When you are dealing with an asinine bully, it seems doing something that draws attention AWAY from him/her is better than simply leaving the scene. Just MHO.

[AverageJoe5]

22. What will the walkout accomplish?

Will the walkout convince Ahmadinejad that the holocaust really happened, and then he will start saying so? I don't think so.
He probably doesn't care if anybody walks out; he would probably be delighted by the walkout because of the extra attention his remarks would receive. Stay in and listen to what he has to say. Even when he's saying something that's incorrect, he has a right to free speech. It's childish to walkout or to boycot his speech.

[Kurska]

25. It shows the UN member states aren't okay with what he is saying. n/t

[IrishBuckeye]

27. It's a protest that says, "Don't waste our time with your hate filled bullshit". /nm

/nm

[Trajan]

29. 3 ...2.....1........

Poof ...

[LeftishBrit]

30. It probably won't teach Ahmadinejad anything (he's unteachable) but it will make an emphatic

statement to and by the rest of the world that antisemitic lies are not accepted these days.

[Selatius]

32. It'll further undermine Ahmadinejad's power inside Iran, especially in the eyes of ordinary Iranians

The Iranian people have now found out their previous election was a farce. Ahmadinejad and the people around him are viewed little better than an unelected dictatorship.

If Ahmadinejad does dare to deny the Holocaust, he will just be burning whatever bridges he has left to Europe. He has already burned his bridges to the Iranian people. He will only find his zealots as company. Everybody else will be against him.

[Vidar]

28. Kudos to Germany.

[maddezmom]

31. Canada to boycott Iran's UN speech

Canada to boycott Iran's UN speech


News ServicesSeptember 23, 2009

Canada will boycott Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's speech at the United Nations today, saying his outbursts about the Holocaust and Israel are "shameful."

Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon will be at the world body to attend the opening of the UN General Assembly's annual debate, but officials signal he and other members of the Canadian delegation will vacate the Canadian seats when the Islamic republic's president approaches the podium.

http://www.canada.com/Canada+boycott+Iran+speech/2023353/story.html

[Rosa Luxemburg]

35. perhaps take him on a visit to the concentration camps.

show him what happened.