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Originally Posted by Damien
Look, I don't see anything in Russ D's post to suggest he was trying to down play the Holocaust, seriously. I think he was just saying that he did not know how close the holocaust came to wiping out a entire race. He's comment about 6 million 'not being a lot on the grand scheme of things' suggests that he thought the amount of Jewish people at the time was a lot larger than it was and hence although 6 million is a lot, he didn’t know how big a percentage of the population that related too. Poor choice of words though, but that’s all.
Traxdata's post was genuinely sick though, and I think we can all see that. There is really not much to say other than that it was a vile, anti-Semitic post from which we can judge a lot about the personality of the poster.
There were a couple of others and in light of that I am not sure why so much attention is being placed on Russ D’s post for what seems just a misunderstanding and is obviously not anti-Semitic.
By the way, IMO, The reasons why there is anti-Semitism exists is partly from some people who follow Christianity who seem to have a problem with the death of Jesus and the ‘Jewish Involvement’ but there are all sorts of allegations (lies) made against them. These are obviously just accusations anti-Semitic morons use to try and justify their illogical and despicable views. I don’t think we need to pay much attention to them personally, since they are obviously incapable of intelligent thought and we won’t be able to even begin to comprehend their warped ignorant minds.
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I don't think anyone is calling Russ antisemtic, but I have to disagree with what you say as regards to downplaying the holocost. He did not make his comparison to the jewish population at the time but in the context of a billion world population. Poor choice of words, maybe, but I still find it hard that someone can make a comparison like that without downplaying the topic.
I'd say that more attention was put to his posts (and it wasnt a one off) as opposed to trax's because Trax's post is just sick and out of order, maybe a reflection of the post itself. A post like that doesnt warrant attention that the poster is so obviously seeking.
I was more suprised at Russ's post because I deem him to be intelligent enough not to make a statement liek that.