From Steven Goldberg:
Let me see if I understand what reporter Fernanda Santos wrote in today's Times ( E-Mail About Book Questioning the Holocaust Shakes School ). It seems that web journalist and book editor, Michael Santomauro, inadvertently sent a E-mail to all the names on the PTA mailing list of his son's school, P.S. 290, asking them that they read a book that he publishes entitled ''Debating the Holocaust''. Although Mr. Santomauro apologized for his mistake, Ms. Santos tells readers that, ''Still the damage was done ''. What damage are we talking about...how can anyone be damaged by being asked to read a book? Ms. Santos then tells us that the school's principal was in the process of contacting the ADL in order to '' seek further clarity ''. Clarity about what?
Ms.Santos goes on to say that the ADL regional director, Ron Meir described Mr. Santomauro using a term borrowed from the porn industry, as '' a hard core Holocaust denier ''. To her credit Ms. Santos does tell us that Mr.Santomauro insists that he does not deny the holocaust but merely wants to encourage debate on the subject. In closing a parent Melinda Batelli-Scopaz is quoted as follows '' this guy is a moron ''. No mention is made of whether or not Ms. Batelli-Scopaz holds any academic credentials in either psychology or history that would give any credence to her assertion'.
What sort of TRUTH is it that crushes the freedom to seek the truth?
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