Israeli expert: "Holocaust fatigue" is a mental illness

newyorican

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Mon Apr-11-05 08:39 PM
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Israeli expert: "Holocaust fatigue" is a mental illness

Dr Efraim Zuroff, the Simon Wiesenthal Center's Israel director, told the JPost that the comments by Mr Tamihere, released over the weekend and earning an assignment to political limbo from Helen Clark, could mean that the MP was unfit for public service and needed psychological counselling.

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Jim Sagle

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Mon Apr-11-05 08:44 PM
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1. Works for me.

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newyorican

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Mon Apr-11-05 08:56 PM
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2. Expert opinion...

case closed.

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Jim Sagle

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Mon Apr-11-05 08:57 PM
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3. FNA right.

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newyorican

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Mon Apr-11-05 09:01 PM
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4. Didn't the old Soviet Union...

declare mentally ill those that didn't agree with the official doctrine?

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blogbear

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Mon Apr-11-05 09:28 PM
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6. yes, just as the American, Israeli, and Vatican regimes..

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Djinn

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Mon Apr-11-05 09:24 PM
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5. and we should listen to him because?

Edited on Mon Apr-11-05 09:26 PM by Djinn

clearly he has as much expertise on mental illness as I do on nazi hunting - stick to what you know Dr Zuroff.

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Coastie for Truth

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Mon Apr-11-05 11:32 PM
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7. New Zealand MP "sick" of Holocaust from Jerusalem Post VIA NZ NBR

"I am sick and tired of hearing how many Jews got gassed," announced New Zealand Labor Party MP John Tamihere, in an interview released on Sunday.

Tamihere's comment was met with quick reaction from international groups as well as his own party, which currently holds the New Zealand premiership.

In a statement issued to the press, New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark described Tamihere's comments as "deeply offensive to New Zealanders" and added that "the statements are also offensive and utterly unacceptable to the New Zealand Labor Party."

Clark went on to apologize on behalf of her party: "The pain caused to the Jewish community and to others who suffered in the Holocaust by these thoughtless comments is acknowledged and deeply regretted by the Labor Party."

In response to the New Zealander MP's comments, Dr. Efraim Zuroff, the Simon Wiesenthal Center's Israel director suggested that such a lack of understanding of the significance of the Holocaust makes Tamihere unfit for political leadership.

"It would appear that MP Tamihere is in urgent need of psychological assistance to increase his ability to deal with the sad history and reality of life on the planet Earth during the past century, an absolutely necessary quality for anyone who desires to serve as a public representative. In that respect, "Holocaust fatigue " is simply a new form of mental illness, which is a condition which should disqualify him from public service," said Zuroff on Sunday.

According to a statement issued by the New Zealand PM's office, Tamihere will not attend caucus this Tuesday and will be placed on extended leave, as part of an agreement made with Labor Party leadership in light of this, the latest in a series of brash statements that caused embarrassment to the Labor Party leadership.

Link to original, original -- http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1113099515194&p=1008596975996

In the interest of academic or journalistic or intellectual integrity I have posted the original, original.

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newyorican

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Mon Apr-11-05 11:42 PM
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8. The self-same link...

is at the top of the article linked to in my original...

..in the interest of academic or journalistic or intellectual integrity, of course.

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Djinn

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Tue Apr-12-05 12:46 AM
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9. completely irrelevant

even if the NZ MP (since when does anyone listen to them anyway??) had said "the jews all got together and made up the holocaust because they're evil" it wouldn't make holocaust fatigue or holocaust denial a mental illness

People living with a mental illness have enough misinformation and prejudice to deal with without folks like Efraim Zuroff claiming anything they (and incidentally myself also) disagrees with or disapproves of.

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Coastie for Truth

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Tue Apr-12-05 08:31 AM
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10. My Dear Aussie "Down Under" Friend

I was merely posting the full story from the original source to provide the original, unabridged, unedited source, which I regarded as a non-event and a non-story.

Good day, Mate.

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disgruntledloner

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Tue Apr-12-05 02:28 PM
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11. Indeed

Edited on Tue Apr-12-05 02:28 PM by disgruntledloner

To suggest that anyone who makes an idiotic or utterly insensitive remark is mentally ill is offensive to those dealing with the reality of mental illness, and serves to create yet more misunderstanding of the issue. The vast majority of dumbasses are in perfect mental health.

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Colorado Blue

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Wed Apr-13-05 12:12 AM
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12. Did it occur to anybody that Dr. Zuroff was being sarcastic?

Sheese.

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Djinn

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Sat Apr-16-05 11:18 PM
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13. no

it reads like he's an ignorant pig I'm afraid

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Coastie for Truth

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Sat Apr-16-05 11:48 PM
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14. I agree with Coloardo Blue

sarcastic.

Like I am being sarcastic when I criticize vegimite and Foster's Lager.

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Djinn

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Sun Apr-17-05 02:04 AM
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15. that's not sarcasm either

Edited on Sun Apr-17-05 02:06 AM by Djinn

just kinda pointless as for you agreeing with CB well fuck me gently with a chainsaw - there's a surprise

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