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French far-right MP suspended from teaching duties over gas chamber remarks

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friedrich braun [OP]

2005-02-04 03:22 | User Profile

[I]Bruno Gollnisch has two doctorates, one in international law and one in Japanese civilzation (he speaks Japanese fluently); he's also a member of the Lyon bar. It is widely thought that he will replace the aging Jean-Marie Le Pen (although Le Pen daughter's has been getting some good publicity lately). I have actually shook hands and spoken to Bruno Gollnisch during an Front National event. I saw him debate live and on tv and his intellectual brilliance and eloquence is light years ahead of the typical French pol. He runs circles around them. He's might type of a leader, I'd walk through fire for someone like him. [/I]

French far-right MP suspended from teaching duties over gas chamber remarks

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The French education ministry suspended far-right lawmaker Bruno Gollnisch from his position as a university professor over controversial comments he made about Nazi gas chambers.

Gollnisch, a professor of Japanese civilization and international law at the Jean-Moulin university in Lyon, said he would appeal his suspension to the Conseil d'Etat, the country's highest administrative court.

The education ministry said Gollnisch, who is a top deputy to far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen within his National Front (FN) party, had been relieved of his duties "in the interest of the department".

Gollnisch told a press conference in October: "I do not deny the existence of deadly gas chambers. But I'm not a specialist on this issue, and I think we have to let the historians debate it. And this debate should be free and open."

The FN deputy said he did not contest the "hundreds of thousands, the millions of deaths" during the Holocaust, but added: "As to the way those people died, a debate should take place."

University administrators suspended Gollnisch's classes in late October, but the Conseil d'Etat last month authorized him to return to the lecture hall.

His classes resumed on Wednesday, but were marred by scuffles pitting FN sympathisers against student groups condemning FN policies.

Le Pen sparked controversy last month when he described the Nazi occupation of France during World War II as "not especially inhumane".

Paris prosecutors have launched a preliminary inquiry to determine whether Le Pen's remarks constitute "denial of crimes against humanity" or "apology for war crimes" -- both of which are criminal offenses.


PaleoconAvatar

2005-02-04 03:32 | User Profile

So much for "freedom of inquiry" in Western academia. These incidents are frequent, and instructive--they can be turned toward the good by reminding people that you can determine who rules a society by looking at who it is you aren't allowed to question or criticize.

And to think that there are people out there who try to deny the reality of disproportionate Jewish influence in Western societies! All I can say to them is behold the taboos at work--these taboos didn't just arise by accident, they are deliberately cultivated and maintained because their operation benefits someone. Incidents like this should spur Whites to ask themselves "Who benefits (at our expense)?"


Tizzard

2005-02-05 20:40 | User Profile

Is it still legal to ask why the Germans, a people renowned for their efficiency, should choose such an uncertain and dangerous method for exterminating an entire race of people as gassing? It's not? OK, then I won't ask.