Disturbing News….

I was reading on the web today about how Iran wants to “wipe Israel” off the face of the Earth.

Sort of a downer to begin the day with….

I also read about how their “President” stated that the Holocaust was nothing more than a myth….

I am absolutely shocked.

How can someone who has physical evidence brought before them, with undoctored photos, personal testamonials of those that worked in the camps, and so much more claim that a horrific event never happened? Just because that person didn’t live during that time does it mean that it never happened….

Just because I didn’t live through WWII doesn’t mean my grandfather didn’t storm the shores at Normandy, or fly B-52 airplanes over Germany…..

Just because I didn’t live in the Dark Ages doesn’t mean the Spanish Inquisition didn’t occur, killing thousands upon thousands….

Just because I didn’t live during Julius Caesar’s rule doesn’t mean that there was no such thing as a Roman Empire…..

For someone to claim that the Holocaust didn’t happen…. well, to me….. that’s just unthinkable. Even before I found out I was Jewish, I had a deep understanding, respect, awe, horror, anger, and incredible sadness about the Holocaust.

Everyone has a right to exist, and to live their lives according to what they believe, but when you start infringing on other human beings right’s to do the same, you are no longer human. This is only one thing that sets us apart from the animals.

I’m a firm beliver in the principle that two wrongs don’t make a right, but I’m beginning to wonder if I should secretly start hoping that Iran’s nuclear power program has a rather unfortunate accident…. I understand that glass made from the heat of nuclear fission/fusion can glow in the dark, similar to the effects of lightning hitting the sand on a beach, but more spectacular….

~ by jewishheritage on June 4, 2008.