Commemorating the Holocaust will drive young Muslim men to commit suicide bombings, or so say advisors to Tony Blair. The Times of London is reporting that a panel of advisors sent a recommendation that they replace Holocaust Memorial Day with Genocide Day, so that the killings of all people killed in a genocide will be remembered.
I have no problem with a Genocide Day. In fact, I think it would be fabulous to have a day where we do remember those that governments and other organized bodies kill en masse (since it's almost always a government or tribed that perpetrates a genocide). I don't even necessarily have an issue with replacing Holocaust Day with Genocide Day because it would highlight everyone's need to be aware that genocide continues and will probably continue for a long time.
But to claim that having Holocaust day will give extremists something to exploit and could result in more suicide bombings is NUTS. It's another example of political correctness gone haywire. As if our most important goal in life is to dance around each other's feelings and make sure that no one gets offended. We have more important things to do people.
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