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I remember that case also. I don't know the merits of the two sides. 
Evidently the author was not a crackpot but actually an academician with some 
credibility. 

I lesson I took away from that sad episode is that what happened in the Nazi 
Death camps is to not to be questioned. Its something you just don't talk 
about. However, I do know that many others besides Jews were killed - 
homosexuals, gypsies, political prisoners, etc. I have no doubt that it was a 
terrible tragedy for the Jewish community of Europe.  This is also borne out 
by the large number of movies and staggering number of books and research 
about this subject (Shindler's list etc.).

However, it is easy to imagine that the Jews were the only to suffer and die. 
Actually the Russians lost about 20M,  the Chinese about 10-15M, and Japan 
about 4M. So there was plenty of suffering going around. However, there very 
little written and no movies about the Chinese holocaust. So the media shapes 
our opinion.

That is why Americans don't give a shit about Palestinians and Arabs - the 
only place they see them is in  "Navy Seals" or "Delta Force" movies made in 
Israel featuring Arab bad guys. They don't see the reality of life and death. 
This is the message the Prince was trying to get across, which was 
misunderstood. Frankly, I think Guiliani reacted too swiftly and I think it 
was not within his authority to make that decision. He should have asked the 
federal government, state department, or the victims of the families who 
would have recieved the $10M. 

Do you see the common thread in both cases? People are so convinced they know 
the truth that they react with anger and hostility to protect their world 
vision - nevermind the facts. Gilliani just can not accept the fact that we 
have a problem in the Arab lands that lead to this disaster - rightly or 
wrongly.