Mel Gibson: defends father, says holocaust a numbers game

[Herman Munster]

http://www.rd.com/content/openContent.do?contentId=28713

Now, his whole thing was about the numbers. I mean atrocities happened. The thing with him was that he was talking about numbers. I mean when the war was over they said it was 12 million. Then it was six. Now it's four. I mean it's that kind of numbers game. I mean war is horrible. The Second World War killed tens of millions of people. Some of them were Jews in concentration camps. Many people lost their lives. In the Ukraine, several million people starved to death between 1932 and 1933. During the last century 20 million people died in the Soviet Union. Okay? It's horrible.

[WindRavenX]

1. yeah, a systematic genocide is a numbers "game"

:puke:

Fuck Gibson and fuck his father. I hope they both get what they deserve.

A pox upon them.

[LostinVA]

2. His father has denied 99.9% of the atrocities

And, Mel... "a numbers game"????

Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.

[tnlefty]

3. I'm sorry, but when I saw he was interviewed by Peggy Noonan....

just :puke:

Did it ever occur to him that his Mensa candidate dad was confusing the numbers? Say between the numbers of Russians who were killed, the numbers of Jews who were killed, etc.? Probably not.

Quit drinking, Mel, your truly ugly side comes out when you drink, man.

[Nikki Stone 1]

4. How many died in the Armenian genocide?

From what I remember, it was the Turks wholescale holocaust against the Armenians that became Hitler's blueprint.

[reichstag911]

5. ~1.5 million.

Robert Fisk, in his book The Great War for Civilisation, has a chapter on the Armenian genocide, and it was used by the Nazis as a "blueprint" of sorts for the Holocaust.

[Nikki Stone 1]

6. Thanks. We need to remember the role of the Armenian genocide

in Hitler's planning.

[uppityperson]

7. I think someone needs to explain "genocide" to him, what it means

not just a numbers game, who had more die, but the purposeful killing of a group with the intention of wiping them all out. I wonder if he knows this (rhetorical question).

[niyad]

8. welcome to DU--and thanks for reminding us that mel is one sick, twisted

little creep.

[Behind the Aegis]

9. What a fucking tool!

The number was 12 or 13 million..TOTAL! HALF were Jews! Here's a fact for Mel and his daddy...the number of Jews BEFORE the Holocaust is not equal to the number of Jews now living! For those mathematically challenged...prior to the Holocaust there were about 18 million Jews. Now, there are 14 million. Basically, 60 years after the Holocaust, there are still less Jews!

I am SO glad that he is not producing a Holocaust story!