Show Faculty Upset With Horizons Publication Of Holocaust Ad Dear Editor We were deeply troubled after reading the advertisement in the last Horizon placed by the so-called so Committee for Open Debate on the Holocaust Groups like are famous for placing ads that challenge the reality of the Holocaust in college newspapers Unfortunately the editors of the Horizon cooperated wi with th this scheme There are three ways edi editors tors could respond to an outrageous ad of this sort The Horizons Horizon's editors chose the least desirable option printing the ad as though it were similar to an ad for pizza or books This policy effectively legitimizes the viewpoint of those who argue that the Nazis did not methodically exterminate millions of Jews Communists Communists Communists Com Com- Gypsies homosexuals and the mentally ill It is absolutely ir irresponsible irresponsible irresponsible ir- ir responsible for a student newspaper to participate in such an endeavor Many newspapers simply refused to run such false and offensive material no matter how much the group was willing to pay Editors are under no obligation to run any advertisement advertisement advertisement ad ad- that comes their way An advertisement for a membership drive for the Ku Klux Klan would have no place in student newspaper Why then did the editors feel it necessary to print a pro-Nazi pro anti- anti Semitic broadcast Another editorial choice would have been to run the ad with an immediate immediate im im- immediate im- im mediate rebuttal light right next to it The editors could have located a historian historian historian his his- torian capable of refuting the pseudo-arguments pseudo put forth by regarding the Holocaust This editorial would point out that of all the atrocities committed by one group of humans against another none is more thoroughly documented documented documented docu docu- then Hitler's Final Solution Evil chapters in history only repeat themselves if people forget the past The Horizon should not assist assist assist as as- those who would dupe us into forgetting Concerned Faculty Members David Hubert Political Science Carol Jackson Adams History Shari Political Science Loree Laree Harpster Hamster Psychology John Histo History Jonathan Stowers Language Lisa Bickmore English Allison Fernie Fernley English Stephen Ruffus English Frank Serpa History |