On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 09:20:48 +1300,
(BackToNormal) wrote:

German historian provokes row over war photos
http://www.guardian.co.uk/germany/ar...067259,00.html

Another one.

According to the Grauniad interview on that link:

"Friedrich is unrepentant. "Churchill was the greatest
child-slaughterer of all time. He slaughtered 76,000 children," he
said."

- sits a few paragrpahs above:

"Friedrich admits he is a revisionist, but says he is not interested
in making moral judgements, merely in what happened."

So, hypocrisy, rampant hyperbole and avowed revisionism. I wonder
what could explain that?

"During the sixties, Friedrich moved to Berlin, took part in the '68
movement, and became a Trotskyite radical."

Well, that explains it. Another Trot shock-jock with the latest in
the customary series of "new and contraversial revelations" that are
nothing of the sort. Overturning the conventional wisdom to recruit
cadre from the resulting disillusioned mass is too hackneyed for words
at this point.

Gavin Bailey


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