MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'holocaust'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:09:50 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5096343&cid=t_112867_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F08%2F03%2Ftrue-beauty-is-found-underneath-the-skin-an-interview-with-susanne-veder-berger%2F Since birth, Susanne Veder Berger was taught to hide herself, to cover the six-inch “port-wine stain” that dominated nearly the entire left side of her face. (Doctors call the condition “naevus flammeus,” a vascular birthmark resulting from deep dilated capillaries below the surface of the skin.) When Susanne was only four years old, she was taught how to apply a mask of thick makeup to her face each day in an effort to avoid teasing and humiliation. Susanne did this literally every day of her life for more than 50 years as she attended Seneca College in Toronto, got married, moved to the New York City suburbs and raised two children. Conditioned to believe that if the mask ever slipped — from careless application of her makeup or perhaps by shedding a tear — the world ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5096343 Wed, 03 Aug 2011 10:22:43 +0100 5096343 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4828986&cid=t_112867_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F05%2F15%2F10-great-moms-of-the-twentieth-century%2F Due to an error on our part, this article should’ve appeared a week ago… But hey, better late than never! – Ed. They are activists, humorists, Holocaust survivers, writers, first ladies, and missionaries. But first and foremost, they are moms. And, in my opinion, some of the best. As a relatively new mom, I could learn a lesson or two from the veterans. So here is a list of my blue-ribbon picks. 1. Erma Bombeck. She was the funniest mother in America, with an uncanny ability to bemuse fellow moms with hilarious twists on cleaning toilets and carpools of whinny kids. For more than 30 years her clippings occupied the most coveted real estate in middle-class homes — the refrigerator — where she’d offer invaluable insight and a dose of comedy amid lost sock... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4828986 Sun, 15 May 2011 10:28:28 +0100 4828986 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4794903&cid=t_112867_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F05%2F06%2Fsituational-sources-of-the-holocaust%2F From the Harvard Gazette: The table slab was cold and hard beneath 6-year-old Irene Hizme as doctors and nurses took measurements and blood samples. She didn’t know what was happening to her, and by the time it was all over, she wouldn’t care. She was found lying nearly comatose on the ground by a woman who brought her home to begin her recovery. Though it’s routine for children to be examined by physicians, that was hardly the case here. Her doctor was Josef Mengele, the infamous Nazi who conducted cruel experiments on inmates at the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II. Hizme, who survived both her imprisonment and Mengele’s experiments, told her story to a rapt audience at Harvard Medical School’s Joseph Martin Conference Center in the New Research Building on Apri... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4794903 Fri, 06 May 2011 12:37:11 +0100 4794903 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3885344&cid=t_112867_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fthe-selectiveness-of-science-denialism%2F2010.08.19 Statement #1: The holocaust never happened. Hitler loved Jews and respected Jewish culture. The photographic evidence of the camps, including the bodies and atrocities, were all fakes designed by the State of Israel to generate international sympathy. Statement #2: Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is an effective treatment for numerous medical conditions. Acupuncture has been around for centuries and is widely practiced in China and elsewhere. Science has proven its efficacy in controlled experiments. With any luck, that first statement should generate dozens of hits from watchdog groups berating me for spreading the vile lie of Holocaust denial. The second statement, or words perilously close to that effect, has appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine, a previously-prestigious ... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3885344 Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:00:13 +0100 3885344 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3794759&cid=t_112867_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FEY-vi4QkR_E%2F By Justin LoganAndrew Sullivan points us to this report that Newt Gingrich is going to tell an audience at AEI that the Obama administration is engaging in “willful blindness” and “self-deception” about the threat posed to the United States by Islam.  In the wake of his remarks urging the United States to emulate Saudi Arabian standards of religious freedom, Gingrich has promised to deploy “the lessons of Camus and Orwell” to illuminate our present predicament. “Evading the confrontation with Evil may bring a second Holocaust. The mistakes made by the White House will exact a terrible price.” What’s interesting is that this sort of thing is a long-standing trope in Gingrich’s rhetorical repertoire, although he has reserved it mostly for ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3794759 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:24:26 +0100 3794759 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2984737&cid=t_112867_83_f&fid=34690&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Finsolence%2F%7E3%2FbJlxMTRamNg%2Fcombatting_holocaust_denial_ur_doing_it.php I detest Holocaust denial. Relative newbies who haven't been reading this blog that long may be wondering why I, a physician, booster of science-based medicine, and scourge of the anti-vaccine movement (well, at least in my mind, anyway) would blog about Holocaust denial, but in actuality my interest in combatting Holocaust denial predates my interest in combatting quackery by at least two years. Indeed, one of my earliest long-form posts for this blog, written more than a year before I joined ScienceBlogs and reposted after I joined relates how I discovered Holocaust denial, my confusion and revulsion upon that discovery, and how I became involved in refuting it. Although these days I don't write about it as often as I used to, I've never lost my interest in it and have still on occasion... Respectful Insolence blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2984737 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:00:00 +0100 2984737 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3808797&cid=t_112867_136_f&fid=35300&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fmetastatic-liver-cancer%2F%7E3%2FZhmkqz5fyhk%2F Why do some medical insurance companies remind me of the Holocaust after reading about Janet’s sister who is dying from cancer?   Read where to find financial help in the US. Read the sad contradiction that US has the best cancer treatments available unfortunately for un-payable prices.   Do you have cancer medical insurance? No?   Do you want to [...] (Source: Metastatic liver cancer) Metastatic liver cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3808797 Sun, 11 Jan 2009 16:00:34 +0100 3808797 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1980504&cid=t_112867_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F11%2Fremembering-victims-of-euthanasia.html German historians are compiling the names of the people with developmental disabilities murdered (in addition to tens of thousands of people with physical disabilities) in the German Euthanasia Holocaust circa 1939-1945. From the story: German historians have started compiling a central register of 9,000 mentally ill people murdered as part of the Nazis' euthanasia policy, most of whom were previously unidentified. More than 100,000 people are believed to have been killed during a drive inspired by Hitler that was carried out in six extermination centres in Germany between 1940 and 1945.The idea of a Nazi euthanasia campaign, backed by propaganda films portraying the mentally handicapped and incurably ill as "useless mouths to feed", was first outlined in Hitler's 1924 book "Mein Kampf" an... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1980504 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 18:11:00 +0100 1980504 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1664213&cid=t_112867_83_f&fid=34690&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Finsolence%2F%7E3%2F349502217%2Fan_english_holocaust_denier_in_new_york.php Somehow, someway, a bit of slime oozed its way into a Manhattan church to insinuate itself into that fair city and thereby contaminate it. Somehow, I managed to miss it. Sadly, the world's most famous Holocaust denier, David Irving, is touring the U.S. to give aid and comfort to anti-Semites, racists, and Nazi wannabes all throughout the United States. I can't figure out why he's allowed in the U.S., but somehow he is, and he takes full advantage of the situation to replenish his coffers with the dollars of the American white power ranger Jew-hater contingent, all the while claiming he is not an anti-Semite or a Holocaust denier. This time around, The Huffington Post actually did something useful. Rather than its usual provision of a convenient, high traffic repository for the blather of... Respectful Insolence blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1664213 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:30:43 +0100 1664213 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1508255&cid=t_112867_83_f&fid=34690&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Finsolence%2F%7E3%2F309009627%2Fi_hope_youve_washed_the_slime_off_univer.php I don't know what's going on here, but the University of Oregon got slimed last night. A truly odious little being slithered his way into the University grounds and left a stench that won't soon dissipate. Sadly, David Irving, notorious Holocaust "revisionist" (translation: Holocaust denier) gave a talk last night at the University of Oregon. True, he wasn't invited by the university, but thanks to the fact that the founder of ultra-right wing Pacifica Forum is a retired UO professor and that retired professors can invite speakers to university facilities, David Irving spoke last night: Irving, who specializes in World War II history, will speak Monday before the Pacifica Forum, a local discussion group founded by retired University of Oregon professor Orval Etter. To Etter and other Pa... Respectful Insolence blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1508255 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 19:00:53 +0100 1508255 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1331265&cid=t_112867_109_f&fid=34504&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blacktriangle.org%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1748 Here’s Inderjit Singh, a sikh BBC 4 Thought for the Day author, on the human embryology bill, proving that it isn’t just christians who are willing to misrepresent: What is particularly concerning about the Bill’s proposals to allow the creation of part human and part animal embryos is, that while it may help in combating illnesses [...] (Source: Black Triangle) Black Triangle blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1331265 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:54:02 +0100 1331265 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1312356&cid=t_112867_83_f&fid=34690&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Finsolence%2F%7E3%2F253866093%2Fstupidest_thing_ever_said_about_the_holocaust.php You be the judge. Words fail me (an incredibly rare thing, I know). Obviously, "Dr." Walid Al-Rashudi's brai failed him when he uttered the words above, and somehow I get the impression that that is not a rare thing at all. Read the comments on this post... (Source: Respectful Insolence) Respectful Insolence blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1312356 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 22:00:00 +0100 1312356 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1290924&cid=t_112867_109_f&fid=34504&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blacktriangle.org%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1736 Francis Sedgemore has posted an essay by his mother, written after her recent trip to a number of concentration camps. It is well worth a read. One point stands out: Did the factories who made Cyclon B know what it was to be used for? Tomasz Kranz’ book, “Die Vernichtung der Juden im Konzentrationslager Majdanek” [The [...] (Source: Black Triangle) Black Triangle blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1290924 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:27:05 +0100 1290924 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1188562&cid=t_112867_83_f&fid=34690&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Finsolence%2F%7E3%2F226066710%2Ftheres_tasteless_and_then_theres_tastele.php Like most people, I have my limits. Actually, I have a pretty high tolerance for tastelessness. It's a necessity in a world like this, where tastelessness increasingly goes beyond the pale. But even I am not above finding something like this so tasteless and offensive that I can only shake my head: RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - A Carnival float with a pile of model dead bodies commemorating the Holocaust is causing unease before the lavish parades in Rio de Janeiro this weekend. The Viradouro samba organization, or school, plans to feature the grim display when it marches in the Sambadrome parade strip on Sunday, despite objections from a local Jewish group. Oh. My. God. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Respectful Insolence) Respectful Insolence blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1188562 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:31:00 +0100 1188562 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1182698&cid=t_112867_109_f&fid=34504&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blacktriangle.org%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1703 The BBC’s iplayer will have Primo, a film about Primo Levi, online for the next six days. Click here to watch it. You who live safe In your warm houses, You who find, returning in the evening, Hot food and friendly faces: Consider if this is a man Who works in the mud Who does not know peace Who fights for a scrap of [...] (Source: Black Triangle) Black Triangle blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1182698 Sun, 27 Jan 2008 22:50:16 +0100 1182698 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1113300&cid=t_112867_83_f&fid=34690&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Finsolence%2F%7E3%2F204698425%2Fsomehow_i_dont_think_this_came_out_quite.php Quoth global warming "skeptic" (translation: "crank") Senator Inhofe: Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) got the crowd cheering early in the day. "I have been called -- my kids are all aware of this -- dumb, crazy man, science abuser, Holocaust denier, villain of the month, hate-filled, warmonger, Neanderthal, Genghis Khan and Attila the Hun," he announced. "And I can just tell you that I wear some of those titles proudly." Inhofe repeated his view that man-made global warming is "the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people," and he quarreled with a Bush administration proposal to list polar bears as a threatened species. "They're overpopulated," he declared. "Don't worry about it: The polar bear is fine." His staff handed out supporting documentation, including the claim that "MARS... Respectful Insolence blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1113300 Sat, 22 Dec 2007 16:45:25 +0100 1113300 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=916169&cid=t_112867_99_f&fid=35344&url=http%3A%2F%2Fzackarysholemberger.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F09%2Fmonster-library-extravaganzas.html Monster Library Extravaganzas. . . and other pop-culture phenomena, through Vilna Ghetto posters.Like life, these Vilna Ghetto posters are not inspiring at first glance. Some of them could even be called uninteresting, the sort of thing we would pass on a busy Manhattan street without a second glance. A Hanukkah party, a lecture, a basketball game. But initial glances can be deceiving. First, many of these posters are handwritten (some with calligraphic skill); second, the great majority of them are in Yiddish, and third — and most important — the posters are the uppermost, visual layer of daily life in the ghetto.More in the Forward. (Source: Zackary Sholem Berger) Zackary Sholem Berger blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=916169 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 02:07:00 +0100 916169 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=885278&cid=t_112867_109_f&fid=34504&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blacktriangle.org%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1648 The above work outing is of the SS staff from Auschwitz. The photograph comes from a new photograph album, recently donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM), which depicts a rare view of Auschwitz from the SS side of the wire. They compare the album with another depicting the arrival of people at [...] (Source: Black Triangle) Black Triangle blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=885278 Wed, 19 Sep 2007 19:38:16 +0100 885278 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=821953&cid=t_112867_117_f&fid=34612&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedoctorweighsin.com%2Fjournal%2F2007%2F8%2F25%2F1984-has-it-finally-arrived.html  By Dov Michaeli MD, Ph.D Remember George Orwell’s society, subdued by Big Brother’s complete control of thought and feeling? 1984 came and went, and nothing happened; we dodged the bullet. Or did we? Memories… “I cannot but remember such things were, That were most precious to me” Macbeth, William Shakespeare. One of the fondest memories of my youth is dancing a tango called “memories” (I’m giving away my age) in a sidewalk café on the Mediterranean coast on a warm summer evening. Strange what our brain chooses to retain forever…Even stranger is what experiences most of us forget, while others remember forever. I am talking about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD, which many of us participating in the horrors of war ... The Doctor Weighs In blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=821953 Sat, 25 Aug 2007 06:12:29 +0100 821953 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=788149&cid=t_112867_83_f&fid=34690&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Finsolence%2F%7E3%2F142045099%2Fa_giant_has_passed_on.php I learned the other day that one of the most renowned historians of the Holocaust, Raul Hilberg, passed away at the age of 81: WILLISTON, Vt. --Dr. Raul Hilberg, a world renowned Holocaust scholar has died. He was 81. Hilberg, a professor emeritus of political science at the University of Vermont, died Saturday from a recurrence of lung cancer although he never smoked, his wife Gwen said. He died with her at his side at the Vermont Respite House in Williston. Hilberg was the author of The Destruction of the European Jews, (1961), a landmark study of the Nazi killings of more than 5 million Jews. He was honored by the German government for his contributions and teaching on the Holocaust and was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2005, according to UVM. Hil... Respectful Insolence blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=788149 Wed, 08 Aug 2007 17:05:34 +0100 788149 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=760421&cid=t_112867_83_f&fid=34690&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Finsolence%2F%7E3%2F137588265%2Ffrom_the_sublime_to_the_unforgivable.php Until the other day, it had been a long time since I had indulged my interest in World War II history. Not surprisingly, a certain anti-Semitic troll appeared out of the woodwork, thus amazing me with persistence, given that it's been at least two months since I've even mentioned the topic. That's a long time to have to wait for an opportunity to leap into the comments here and rail against "Jews" and Zionists while I've been dishing out the usual commentary on alternative medicine, science, clinical trials, Since he/she/it's here again, I thought I'd mention a story that's cropped up over the last week that I found out about via History on Trial. Did you know that it's possible for Holocaust deniers to get research grants to study Nazi history, presumably in order to churn out more Holo... Respectful Insolence blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=760421 Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:01:53 +0100 760421 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=650733&cid=t_112867_83_f&fid=34690&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Finsolence%2F%7E3%2F121152281%2Fanother_enemy_of_the_hitler_zombie.php Via Ed Brayton, I've learned of an interesting commentary by Sasha Abramsky on a topic that's near and dear to my heart. Well, its' more like a major pet peeve, one that irritates me so much that two years ago I even created a character who's made regular, albeit increasingly infrequent, appearances on this blog. I'm talking, of course, about the Hitler Zombie, everybody's favorite undead Führer whose chomp on a pundit's brain results in stupid and ridiculously overblown Nazi analogies. Indeed, such analogies irritate me sufficiently that at times my attacks on them have been described by some as "overwrought" or ridiculously "excessive nit-picking." I don't care, and I'm not about to stop when I see an argumentum ad Nazi-ium that strikes me as stupid or inappropriate. Remember, we're no... Respectful Insolence blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=650733 Thu, 31 May 2007 18:31:44 +0100 650733 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=631508&cid=t_112867_83_f&fid=34690&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Finsolence%2F%7E3%2F118994798%2Fwingnut_of_wingnuts_vox_just_cant_help_h.php Well, well, well. Remember about a year ago, when Libertarian wingnut Vox Day shot himself in the foot big time by using a warped logic to argue that because it was "possible" for Hitler to round up six million Jews in four years then it's not "impossible" for us to round up 12 million illegal immigrants, a contention that I had a great deal of fun royally fisking (as did Sergey over at Holocaust Controversies) and that was so bad that it was apparently deemed too offensive even for WorldNet Daily, which edited it to water down Vox's horrible historical analogy? (If not, please check out my deconstruction of it all here and here; you won't regret it.) You'd think that, over a year later, Vox would finally have realized just what an idiot he made himself look like with his "hey, it Hitler... Respectful Insolence blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=631508 Wed, 23 May 2007 14:01:51 +0100 631508 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=623347&cid=t_112867_83_f&fid=34690&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Finsolence%2F%7E3%2F118003212%2Fwhos_the_stupidest_holocaust_denier_of_t_1.php Let's face it. By their very belief in Holocaust denial, Holocaust deniers demonstrate day in and day out that they aren't the sharpest knives in the drawer (or the brightest bulbs on the Christmas tree, pick your simile). However, occasionally, I come across Holocaust denial that brings stupid to a whole new level, and I was made aware of a couple of such examples last week. Naturally, I could not resist sharing them with you, my readers. First, Larry Fafarman makes his case for the prize of Stupidest Holocaust Denier Statement, with such gems (excerpted from his "article") as: "Who in the hell cares about protecting the "privacy" of people who have been persecuted, tortured, and murdered?" (Regarding concerns about fears that unfettered access to Holocaust records might violate the p... Respectful Insolence blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=623347 Sat, 19 May 2007 18:46:27 +0100 623347 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=576481&cid=t_112867_83_f&fid=34690&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Finsolence%2F%7E3%2F112711085%2Fdiving_deeper_into_the_slime.php After the Virginia Tech shootings, as you may recall, a lot of people started using the shootings as a convenient excuse to start pontificating about their favorite cause or to attack their most hated enemy, be it secularism or even vaccines. In fact, politicians, pundits, and just plain annoying whackjobs are blaming the rampage on so many different hobbyhorses, that there's even a blogger keeping a running tally, which is up to 72 so far. A few days ago, I thought I had uncovered the lowest of the low, where a white nationalist besmirched the name of one of the heroes of that horrible day, Liviu Librescu, a Holocaust survivor who had held the door of his classroom against the gunman, Cho Seung-Hui, allowing his students to jump out of the classroom window until Seung-Hui finally shot hi... Respectful Insolence blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=576481 Sat, 28 Apr 2007 18:16:11 +0100 576481 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=564199&cid=t_112867_83_f&fid=34690&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Finsolence%2F%7E3%2F111361785%2Fembarrassed_through_insufficient_skeptic.php A while back, I posted about news reports that teachers in the U.K. were reluctant to teach about the Holocaust because of fears of offending the sensibilities of certain parts of the population. The subtext, of course, was that Muslims were the ones who would be offended. I lamented that such sensitivity might be causing teachers in the UK not to teach the Holocaust properly, much as sensitivity to the religious beliefs in the US lead to teachers not teaching evolution. I wasn't alone in making this connection. Both PZ and the Bad Astronomer made similar comments. It turns out that perhaps I should have heeded the words of some of my commenters, who warned me that this story didn't quite pass the smell test. Indeed, there was speculation that the Department of Education report that menti... Respectful Insolence blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=564199 Mon, 23 Apr 2007 20:01:50 +0100 564199 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=563449&cid=t_112867_83_f&fid=34690&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Finsolence%2F%7E3%2F111213092%2Fthe_lowest_of_the_low.php Ever since the Virginia Tech shootings a week ago, there's been a lot of playing of the blame game in the blogosphere over who or what was to blame for Cho Seung-Hui's deadly rampage. A few days ago, I mentioned one bright spot of heroism among the carnage, where a faculty member, Professor Liviu Librescu, barred the door to his classroom to the gunman, buying his students precious time to escape. He was apparently shot multiple times through the door. Librescu ended up giving his life so that a few more students could jump out of the windows of the classroom. As it turned out, he was also a Holocaust survivor, and, in addition, lived many years in Romania behind the Iron Curtain, unable to find an academic job because he refused to join the Communist Party. PZ, I, and others may have id... Respectful Insolence blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=563449 Mon, 23 Apr 2007 08:01:18 +0100 563449 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=551111&cid=t_112867_83_f&fid=34690&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Finsolence%2F%7E3%2F109939686%2Fhero_at_virginia_tech_a_holocaust_surviv.php The horror that consumed Virginia Tech on Monday produced an unexpected hero: Professor Liviu Librescu, who gave his life to save some of his students: In Monday morning's lecture on solid mechanics, all was quiet except for the sound of Professor Liviu Librescu's voice. Then came the gunshots -- in the classroom next door. In an instant, Virginia Tech's Norris Hall, a building dedicated to the science of engineering, was torn apart by the worst shooting rampage in modern U.S. history. Junior Richard Mallalieu said he and about 20 classmates instantly dropped to the floor, ducking under and behind desks for what sounded like the first 10 shots. "It wasn't like an automatic weapon, but it was a steady 'pow,' 'pow,' 'pow,' 'pow,' " Mallalieu, 23, said in a phone interview with The Sun. "... Respectful Insolence blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=551111 Wed, 18 Apr 2007 05:01:55 +0100 551111