On Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 07:26:21PM -0800, Eric Cordian wrote:
This is not simply a case of reporting something, and then tossing the burden of proof on the opposition to prove it wasn't said. This is a case of something pretty widely disseminated on the Net, to which not a single
Well, yes, but so are plenty of urban legends, myths, and rumors.
official voice of opposition has been raised. In a general subject area where the slightest dissent generally makes one a big target.
The only two sightings in any newspaper, magazine, newsletter, radio station, cable channel, or broadcast outlet archived by Lexis-Nexis (and there are thousands) were two smallish newspapers. Hardly worth a serious attempt at debunking. They may even have gone unnoticed by the Weisenthal Center and their allies. Not that I'm a huge fan of what the Weisenthal Center has done in terms of Internet regulation, but I'm also insufficiently credulous to accept all extraordinary statements as fact. -Declan