ZGram - 7/29/2003 - "Day Two of Zundel Hearings"

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ZGram - Where Truth is Destiny:  Now more than ever!

July 29, 2003

Good Morning from the Zundelsite:

The second day of the Zundel Bail Hearings seems not to have gone 
well at all, but when I talked to Ernst last night, I found him in 
remarkably good spirits.  He says that if, at least for a while, he 
needs to trade his freedom for publicity, so be it!  He knows he is 
rapidly becoming an international symbol of Jewish censorship, 
brutality and oppression. 

It seems the biggest problem inside courtroom was that the focus was 
not kept on bail, as we had hoped and pleaded.  The  choice of enemy 
attack turned out to be more of the nasty, spiteful character 
assassination at which Ernst's political opponents excel. 

The hearing also, once again, ad nauseam, seems to have focused on 
the shopworn question of "... just who controls the Zundelsite?" 
Didn't our foes themselves deliver themselves of a legally threadbare 
administrative ruling - after five long years of Kommissar-style 
Kangaroo Court - based on the "Truth is no defense" obscenity?  And 
didn't I ignore that ruling, since I, the owner of the Zundelsite, 
was never asked, much less informed, of anything? 

Must I remind them once again that I was there, in 1996, on the first 
day of Human Rights Tribunal Hearing, ready and willing to testify - 
and isn't it a fact that I was NOT ALLOWED to tell them that it was 
MY website?   

And didn't our enemies themselves admit in their summation write-up 
that, had they allowed my testimony, there WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ANY 
HEARINGS? 

Disgusting! 

What's going on is yet another political Stalinist Show Trial, with 
Prisoner Zundel Humiliation Writ Large thrown in for good measure. 
For instance, Ernst was not allowed a shower and a haircut before he 
was taken to court.  He had to wear his old work clothes in which he 
was arrested 6 months ago,  which haven't been washed even once. 
Also, since he lost some weight, he had asked for a belt or 
suspenders, both of which were denied.  He warned them he would drop 
his pants - and to show that he meant it, he did!  Thereupon somebody 
in the audience took off his tie, which served as a belt for the rest 
of the day. 

Can anybody fancy that petty tyrannies like that make our enemies look good? 

Another scene for my screenplay my future audience will relish, 
rooting for the underdog!

The purpose is, of course, to break the Zundel Spirit.  What our 
enemies have never really understood is that this prolonged spiritual 
battle - really a cosmic battle - plays out in the world's courtrooms 
these days, and that while it is exceedingly unpleasant for people 
victimized sadistically as Ernst is being victimized, the moral coin 
goes to the victim, not the victimizers.  Good people notice. 
Everywhere.  And more will notice, trust me, the longer this goes on. 

Last night I was reading a rather fascinating book, titled "Which Way 
Western Man" of which I had heard many times but somehow never found 
the time to study.  I'll quote you a relevant passage:

[START]

A tradition of thousands of years' standing is not lightly to be dismissed. 

In writing the above, I have had intelligence chiefly in mind.  But 
to my way of thinking the attribute "higher" is to be assigned to men 
less on the ground of superior intelligence - important as that is - 
than on the ground of superior character. 

What then are the essential features of the superior man's character?  (...)

He must cease to be content to float like a cork on the current of 
life.  He must have come to a vision of life on ahead of where he 
stands, and must want ever to outgrow what he is that he may give his 
bones and his flesh to his vision.  He must therefore be one whose 
very nature it is to risk himself, even unto exhaustion, for the sake 
of what he most loves and believes in.  He must have recognized and 
accepted the necessity of a stern discipline imposed on himself under 
the will of his leading bent.  The required qualities, therefore, are 
an unflagging aspiration, a dominant coordinating will, profound 
self-reliance, a capacity for boundless loyalty and devotion, utter 
integrity, and with it the strength and the courage to bear the 
burden that his integrity imposes.  (...)

Without a strong, well-knit, overflowing self there can be no 
greatness or beauty of life whatsoever, no towering beneficent 
personalities, lighting up all time and space and pointing out a path 
for mankind far down the centuries.  Before anyone can ever know "the 
bestowing virtue" and find joy in spending himself for others, he 
must possess an inner wealth and fullness, and overfullness, out of 
which it is possible to be lavish of himself.  Behind every great 
lover there stands a great self.  Behind every great reformer there 
stands a great self.  And likewise behind every great artist, 
composer, teacher, ruler, scientist, saint, or seer.  Before there 
can ever be any great seeing, or saying, or doing, there must be the 
inner wealth, strength and masterfulness of a great personality."

[END}

I believe that this masterfulness of a well-rooted, well-grounded, 
sure-of-himself-and-his-role personality is what our enemies really 
fear in Ernst Zundel - and which they will try to destroy.  It is 
this very personality, however, that brought him his supporters from 
every walk of life - and brings them even now.  They sense it.  They 
sense that there is character and strong will shining through the 
torment of his present incarceration - it is a "self" that has his 
enemies' number down pat!  

I know many things about Ernst - things not even he knows I know.  I 
know he will not easily be broken, and I know that his role as 
"America's Refusenik", as an articulate political prisoner of 
substance, has been enhanced and magnified these past six months. 
Galore!  I hate it to see Ernst in prison - but if it has to be, it 
has to be.  We do not belong to the Yammering Tribe.  We'll make his 
story known from sea to shining sea!

Will you help me one more time?  Will you help to underwrite this 
struggle?  We on the outside have realizable strategies and plans. 
Right now I have the commitment of two additional important papers 
that people of influence are reading - not only here but abroad.  And 
that is only the beginning.  Full-page ads require money up-front, 
but they pay for themselves many, many times over.  My first ad in 
the Washington Times has now been replicated, translated into several 
languages, talked about, commented on in the far corners of the world 
- and it has brought me additional, serious supporters.  And mind 
you, not marginal folks - folks of strong minds, self-disciplined 
lifestyle, propelled by certainty of will that our children's future 
will be entirely up to us, not our enemies. 

I need to keep up the momentum.  I need to know you are as serious as 
I am.  I intend to carry on the fight, and I ask for your active 
support.  By that I mean not just your deep commitment morally, but 
just as important, your wallet.  I'm serious.

There is this story I have long cherished as a guidepost of sorts. 
It tells of a choice given to man who undeservedly longed for the 
riches of life, who hoped that it would come to him right on the 
silver platter. 

This man was asked to make a choice: 

1)  Would he take $1 million dollars, up front, guaranteed, without 
any sweat on his part?

Or

2) would he take a lowly penny and work to double it each day for an 
entire month? 

Multiply it out yourself.  Day 2 = 2 pennies.  Day 3 = 4 pennies. 
Day 5  = 8 pennies.  Keep going.   Day 30?  I promise you will be 
amazed.

Think what we could do in a year!

What I am telling you is that there is potential in delaying one's 
rewards.  There's merit in old-fashioned elbow grease.  There's 
strength in hard work and in numbers.  Think what we could do with 
our pennies if we had the numbers of people "out there" - who 
recognize we need the funds to ascertain we will not all go down like 
dinosaurs and leave this planet to the ones who think they can pocket 
the hand-outs  - and run!

I have printed up two "America's Refusenik" booklets which cost about 
80 cents each - plus postage.  They are a handy fundraising tool.  Go 
get yourself a handful of those booklets and start handing them out 
to your friends.  Send me your financial support, and send me 
additional warriors willing to fight and sacrifice!  Money and 
numbers will do it.  Right now, our enemies have got all the money. 
They do not have the numbers.  And numbers will get us the clout!

We need to get Ernst out of prison!