From: JNugent73@mail.com
On 04/08/2025 06:25 PM, Roger Hayter wrote:
> On 4 Aug 2025 at 17:58:29 BST, "Max Demian" wrote:
>
>> On 04/08/2025 10:55, Jeff Gaines wrote:
>>> On 04/08/2025 in message <9994495444.cccd629a@uninhabited.net> Roger
>>> Hayter wrote:
>>>> On 4 Aug 2025 at 10:12:59 BST, ""Jeff Gaines""
>>>> wrote:
>>
>>>>> The various laws relating to antisemitism protect the Jewish faith, I
am
>>>>> not aware of anything similar for other faiths.
>>>>
>>>> I wasn't actually aware of any in this country. I know Germany has
>>>> holocaust-denial laws, but I don't think we have?
>>>
>>> That is a surprise to me, what do our antisemitism laws protect then?
>>
>> They outlaw "antisemitism". "Holocaust-denial" laws outlaw the denial
>> that the (so-called [1]) "holocaust" took place, i.e. the systematic
>> killing of people (mostly Jews) by Germans during WW2.
>>
>> I don't see why we should have laws outlawing denial of anything,
>> whether it's climate change or that the Earth is round. People should be
>> allowed to believe whatever they like.
>>
>> [1] "Holocaust" means total destruction by fire, which could refer to
>> any cremation. I first heard the term used in reference to the wartime
>> activity in the 1970s I think.
>
> Is 'holocaust' a rough translation of a Hebrew word? I believe the
> Palestinians have a similar Arabic word for the mass slaughter, destruction
> and population expulsions on the formation of Israel.
I'm sure that "holocaust" is Greek in origin and came into English via
Latin.
Think: "hypercaust".
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