Lilith,

Alas, the senior Gibson’s comments and opinions are all too easy for me to believe.

Dr. Lipstadt is a historian who documented those who assert that the Nazi atrocities never occurred, or if they did occur were only a trifling detail. One of her books, 'Denying the Holocaust' identified an author, David Irving. He sued her publisher, her, and others in England in 1996. English libel law is, by American standards, weighted in favor of the plaintiff. You may recall that Liberace successfully sued the Daily Telegraph (I think that was the news paper) when it alleged that he was homosexual.

Despite the fact that British law effectively puts the burden of proof on the defendants, Dr. Lipstadt and her team were able to expose the manipulation, distortion, and misrepresentations of Mr. Irving. When Justice Gray ruled for Dr. Lipstadt, he wrote 334 pages, citing example after example where Irving "significantly misrepresented... the evidence... [and where he was guilty of] misrepresentation . . . misconstruction... omission... mistranslation... misreading... double standards." The judge found Irving explanations for what he wrote "tendentious... unjustified... specious... distorted... fanciful... hopeless... disingenuous... [and] a travesty."

http://www.holocaustdenialontrial.org/ieindex.html

Truth and accuracy won this one, but there are a LOT of people out there who buy into “ah, it’s just a big lie”.

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Eudaimonia