Monday, May 26, 2008

May I Suggest Instead That Dialogue With Iranian Fruitcakes Is Scientifically Impossible?

Iran's Press TV, an English-language 'news channel' set up by the Iranian government to offer 'unbiased' reporting and 'in-depth and complete analyses of current affairs,' has an article on its web site that claims that the Holocaust was 'scientifically impossible.' The article was written by Nicolas Kollerstrom, an academic who specializes in astrology and crop circles whose contract was terminated by University College in London last month. I won't link the article so as not to increase their traffic, but I will tell you that I have seen it and that it is dated May 18, which means that it has been on the web site for more than a week.
In the article, titled "The Walls of Auschwitz‚" Kollerstrom argues that "the alleged massacre of Jewish people by gassing during World War II was scientifically impossible."