logic about history

Dayana 2022-04-03 08:01:01

Some people say that history is a little girl, and let future generations dress up; so what is the truth of history becomes the world's always a little question: is it true?

Yes, we need to look at the opinions of others dialectically, even if the other party is an authority; but we cannot doubt everything and deny everything; after all, most of them are facts.

If the other party is just to satisfy his own cleverness, for example: How do you know that the Americans have gone to the moon? I'm really speechless, but I don't need to argue with the other side either, because it doesn't matter to me whether it's ordinary or not. I remain silent, but I secretly choose to trust authority over ordinary "little smarts."

But for a person who is an authority (or potential authority) in itself, can he succumb to pressure or his own ego and make history? Then look at his character, such as Owen in this movie, such as the historians of some former emperors in history!

"Logic", the back and forth between the lawyers on both sides of this movie is the PK of intelligence. Many times the devil is more cunning than the wise man. In fact, it is very difficult for the judge, because the logic of the devil is also normal logic! Therefore, the logic of the judge is required to be fair. Looking at it, my feeling is that the defense's logic has found the fault of Owen's logic, and it is also clever, but at this time he can't justify himself, but he still doesn't think he is wrong, but he admits that he lost the lawsuit (also the last sentence of the judge’s last question).

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Denial quotes

  • Richard Rampton: They're a strange thing consciences. Trouble is, what feels best isn't necessarily what works best.

  • David Irving: [first lines; in a video speaking to a sympathetic audience] I don't see any reason to be tasteful about Auschwitz. I say to you quite tastelessly that more women died on the back seat of Senator Edward Kennedy's car at Chappaquiddick than ever died in a gas chamber at Auschwitz.

    [audience laughing and applauding]

    Deborah Lipstadt: Holocaust denial rests on four basic assertions. Number 1: That there was never any systematic or organized attempt by the Nazis to kill all of Europe's Jews. Number 2: That the numbers are far fewer than five or six million. Number 3: That there were no gas chambers or specially built extermination facilities. Number 4: That the Holocaust is therefore a myth invented by Jews to get themselves financial compensation and to further the fortunes of the State of Israel. War, the deniers say, is a bloody business. There's nothing special about the Jews, they're not unique in their suffering. They're just everyday casualties of war. What's the fuss?

    Deborah Lipstadt: Okay, and here's another question, how do we know the Holocaust happened? Seriously. I'm asking. How do we prove it? Photographic evidence? Not one person in this room or outside it has ever seen a photograph of a Jew inside a gas chamber. You know why? Because the Germans made sure that none were ever taken. So how do we know? How do we *know* that so many were murdered? So what's the proof? Where's the proof? How strong is it?