I will be sorry to say goodbye to Orac. He has had the courage to stand up for his principles, and I agree with him on this occasion whole heartedly. The atrocities committed against a whole race of people by the most civilised country on Earth during World War 2 must never ever be forgotten. It happened-- the numbers dead, massive though they be, are really secondary-- one Jew dead merely for being a Jew is one too many.
We need to remember, not because we want to punish but because we need to know how quickly we humans can descend to barbarity, and then turn around and smoothly deny responsibility and re-write history to suit ourselves. We do it all the time.
I find this whole episode very upsetting, and am VERY surprised that the very first post was not removed promptly.
Orac was correct.
