Comments on: Scientists Say The Sun Rises in the East http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2005/12/scientists_say.html The Law, the Universe, and Everything Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:22:46 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: ray http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2005/12/scientists_say.html/comment-page-1#comment-61606 ray Sat, 10 Dec 2005 06:27:34 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2005/12/scientists-say-the-sun-rises-in-the-east.html#comment-61606 Jason is incorrect. Iran's Ahmadinejad "historians say" is pure sarcasm. Jason is incorrect. Iran’s Ahmadinejad

“historians say” is pure sarcasm.

]]> By: ray http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2005/12/scientists_say.html/comment-page-1#comment-61605 ray Sat, 10 Dec 2005 06:23:59 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2005/12/scientists-say-the-sun-rises-in-the-east.html#comment-61605 Jason is incorrect that Iranian Ahmadinejad's "historians say" phrase agrees with the historical figure. Its just the opposite. It is sarcasm. Jason is incorrect that Iranian Ahmadinejad’s

“historians say” phrase agrees with the historical figure. Its just the opposite. It is sarcasm.

]]> By: Jason http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2005/12/scientists_say.html/comment-page-1#comment-61604 Jason Fri, 09 Dec 2005 17:31:24 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2005/12/scientists-say-the-sun-rises-in-the-east.html#comment-61604 In all fairness, I would read that sentence ("Historians say...") as attributing the given number (6 million) to historians' assessments, and not the fact of the killings themselves. In other words, I don't think the sentence intends to cast doubt on the historicity of the Holocaust -- rather, it offers authoritative support for the numerical claim. In all fairness, I would read that sentence (”Historians say…”) as attributing the given number (6 million) to historians’ assessments, and not the fact of the killings themselves.

In other words, I don’t think the sentence intends to cast doubt on the historicity of the Holocaust — rather, it offers authoritative support for the numerical claim.

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