From: roger@hayter.org 
  
 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. 
  
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