ZGram - 2/3/2003 - "Bradley's 'Break his Bones'"

[irimland@zundelsite.org]

ZGram - Where Truth is Destiny

=46ebruary 3, 2003

Good Morning from the Zundelsite:

I admit I have a  soft spot in my heart for Bradley Smith, 
Revisionist, who has just published his long-announced "Break his 
Bones" autobiography.  Bradley is the kind of guy that grows on you 
for his simple honesty, great tolerance of all and sundry, and 
genuine good will. 

Not that the ADL agrees.  How a fellow like Bradley can end up on the 
ADL Hate List - or whatever they call it, Schmierfinks that they are! 
- is beyond me.  But then, they labeled me as an "extremist" also - 
by swiping my own bio sheet right off the Zundelsite, not giving any 
reason - merely supplying their own maligning heading!  Some 
"researchers" they are!

Today I want to pitch Bradley's book because I know it will be a good 
read.  Bradley asked me to do a critique when it was not quite in 
galley form, and I thought it was "pure Bradley."

Now having said that, and habving praised him for fine writing, I 
also lectured him a bit.  Bradley suffers from a Tourette-like 
syndrome, by which I mean that ingrained Pavlovian reflex that makes 
otherwise sane and tolerant people say something nasty about Hitler, 
whether it belongs in the context or not.

So I put the knife to Bradley's chest and told him to confess and 
admit that he had NEVER EVER read any original writings by Hitler. 

Sweet pal that he is, he agreed. 

So that's what you will find in his book, some occasional mild 
sniping - and I want you to know that those odd, infrequent 
politically correct hiccoughs throughout "Break his Bones" are my 
only reservation.  Otherwise, it's a fine read. 

Here is Bradley, in person:

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=46ebruary, 2003

=46riend:

My name is Bradley R. Smith and I have a new book out titled 'Break 
His Bones: The Private Life of a Holocaust Revisionist'. While 
'Bones' is an autobiographical exercise, it is not written in a 
vacuum empty of cultural and political issues, because I do not live 
in such a vacuum. I do not believe you do either.

One primary sticking point about my book for politically correct 
editors, and the special interest organizations that pressure them 
into silence, appears to be the fact that I argue for an open debate 
on whether the U.S. alliance with Israel is good for Americans 
(putting aside for the moment whether or not it is good for 
Palestinians - we know that it has been a catastrophe for 
Palestinians).

The second is that I argue that there should be an open debate on the 
Great Mother of all taboos - the taboo that prevents an open debate 
on the Holocaust question. I will only note here that we will never 
be able to question the U.S. alliance with Israel so long as we 
cannot question the Holocaust story. We will not, because the moment 
any conversation about the Israeli/Palestinian affair begins to get 
serious, it ends up in the "gas chambers" of Auschwitz. That is the 
role that the Holocaust story plays in American cultural and 
political de-bate. Enforced silence. It has been successful for the 
best part of half a century. My view is that it has been a 
catastrophe for Americans as well as Palestinians. I believe the 
attack on New York City and the Pentagon would not have occurred if 
the U.S. had not aided Israel to humiliate the Palestinians and 
destroy Palestinian society.

When I ran a small ad for my book in student newspapers at Harvard, 
Texas and Berkeley, the ad ran one time in each paper then it was 
killed. I could not find out why - other than that the protests 
against printing the ad for "Bones" were "a little overwhelming." In 
Santa Barbara I was interviewed on Cox Cable, and when I submitted a 
paid ad to the UCSB Daily Nexus announcing the dates and times when 
the interview would air, the paper refused to run the announcement. 
Why?

I have tried to rent a venue to speak at UCLA to talk about why a 
simple book like mine should be censored at such prestigious 
institutions, why it is seen as being so dangerous that we can not 
even talk about it. My application to rent a room in Ackerman Hall 
has been rejected without explanation. Ofcourse, that's one way, the 
easy way to censor a book. Meanwhile, there appears to be no other 
room available to me at UCLA.

This note is to ask if you would be interested in sponsoring my 
appearance on the UCLA campus to speak about =91Break His Bones=92, about 
why so many would be so focused on suppressing it, and why the ideal 
of intellectual freedom should, address such subjects as contemporary 
cultural and political issues and recent historical ones. If you or 
your organization would like to consider setting up a speaking 
engagement for me, or if you know someone who would, please request a 
review copy of "Break His Bones" and I will see to it that you 
receive a complimentary copy promptly.

I can be reached at 1 800 871-7385, or you can contact John Bolton at 
the number below.

Thanks,

Bradley R. Smith

ps:
Today the story of the Challenger disaster is wall-to-wall on 
television and radio. It should be. It's a story that is drawn from 
great daring, courage, imagination, adventure, and explosive death. 
At the same time one cannot help but notice how the Israeli's are 
exploiting the story, in the most vulgar way, for political gain.

The "Holocaust" is introduced into interviews given by Israeli 
government officials time and again. The Israeli astronaut carried a 
drawing with him into outer space that was done by the hand of a 
Jewish boy in a German camp more than half a century ago. During WWII 
the Jews were at their weakest. Now they rocket through the cosmos 
with their American allies. Ofcourse, Israel has nothing, is nothing 
without its American allies. Most of all, Israel would not have the 
third or fourth most powerful military on the planet. Without the 
help of the U.S. Congress Israeli Jews would be unable to continue 
their colonization of land belonging to Palestinian Arabs.

What's the "Holocaust" got to do with it?
More than you probably think.


BACKGROUND ON SMITH AND 'BONES' by John Bolton

Let me give you some facts about Bradley Smith:

- he lives in Mexico

- he is married to a Mexican woman - they have two daughters

- as a book dealer in the 1960s he was prosecuted for refusing to 
stop selling Henry Miller's 'Tropic of Cancer', a book that was 
banned at that time by the U.S. Government

- his life has been threatened numerous times by persons who 
identified themselves as being against an open debate on the 
'holocaust' story

- he has been repeatedly attacked by the Orwellian Thought Police for 
alleged views which he does not even hold, a cowardly attempt to 
shoot the messenger rather than debate the message

Not the stuff of a "hater" or "racist" I would say. The man is about 
a free press and intellectual freedom, and he thinks it's time for an 
open debate on issues that today are taboo. The book is an enjoyable, 
thought provoking read. I invite you to visit the website for the 
book at: http://www.breakhisbones.com

** If you represent media, or head a registered student organization 
and would like a complimentary review copy of Bradley Smith's book, 
please contact us by visiting the 'Break His Bones' site, and see our 
Media Room. If you think you have found "hate" in this book, or 
anything else that should not be there then let us know.

Regards & Peace

John Bolton

Media Consultant for Bradley Smith
ph: 310 836-8697

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