The Quote-Unquote Holocaust
Posted on January 25th, 2009 in Uncategorized | 5 Comments »
Pope Benedict XVI has revoked the excommunications of four schismatic bishops, including Holocaust denier Richard Williamson, seen in the video below. It’s hard to watch, but it’s important, because you can’t really understand the ghastly nature of the pope’s action until you hear this man speak of the “quote-unquote Holocaust.”
Incidentally, the “Leuchter Report” that Williamson refers to in his disturbing monologue was produced by Fred Leuchter, an American designer of machines to implement capital punishment sentences, the subject of a brilliant film by Errol Morris, Mr. Death.
The film utterly debunks the Leuchter Report, and makes one conclude that anyone who still believes in that document does so because, on some level, he wants to.
Here’s the trailer for that fascinating film:
5 Responses
1/25/2009 10:41 am
Errol Morris is a great American, and a tremendous filmmaker.
I haven’t looked into this story yet, but if it’s really only about revoking an excommunication that might not be so bad. Should all Holocaust deniers go to hell? Maybe, but since the punishment is eternal damnation, if I were the Pope I wouldn’t excommunicate ANYbody.
That might be a good reason that I’m not Pope material.
SE
PS. Also, celibacy. Highly overrated.
1/25/2009 2:16 pm
Great call on Errol Morris, although Dr. Death isn’t my favorite of his. For me, his first one about pet cemeteries is the best. Gates of Heaven, I think it is.
As for this issue, SE, look at the story. The Holocaust denial is just the nauseating cherry on top of a very big shit sundae.
1/25/2009 5:52 pm
Did Il Papa wear his Nazi youth uniform for the announcement?
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1/25/2009 8:00 pm
Andrew Sullivan has a great post that shows what a truly despicable man this is — click here to read it. And you really should read it. This story just gets worse and worse.
1/26/2009 3:31 pm
Sullivan has another good post on this up at http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/01/benedicts-catho.html