Good Morning from the Zundelsite:

• For quite some time I have been saying that although, in the beginning, our mail ran 5 to 1 against the Zundelsite, once people started reading what we had to say, the ratio reversed.
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• Of late, it seemed to me subjectively, that we received five letters of support for every letter that was hostile.
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• Well, it turns out that I was underestimating the approval ratio.
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• I have two piles of e-mail, for instance, one called EZFriends, and one called EZFoes. The size of EZFriends is 15,246 K. The size of the EZFoes is 1,320 K. That is a ratio of 11 to 1 in our favor. And it does not include my mor specialized EZStudents file, my EZMedia file etc.
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• I have an international media list that I use sparingly to give our press releases real punch. In the beginning, a press release out of the Zundel-Haus would cause an avalanche of protest. My roster of 500 was eventually whittled down to some 350 who at least seemed not to mind to hear from us once in a while.
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• Now we average 3-4 interviews per press release, and some of them become repeats because reporters get to know Ernst Zundel and realize that he has serious, responsible ideas. Ted Koppel's office called the other day. The latest press release caused not a single peep of protest!
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• Quite a few folks who have no websites of their own but who like to surf the net are now bookmarking my ZGrams just so they have it at their fingertips each morning. I think that is just nifty! I have no idea how many.
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• Of those who have websites, I know of about ten that have the ZGrams linked independently of, or in addition to, the Zundelsite. If ever I get put in handcuffs by our ThoughtCrimes Cops for my Politically Incorrect Ways, then all these folks will feel withdrawal symptoms and come to my defense!
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• Just a few months ago, the search engines would bring up about 200 links in response to the query "Zundel". The other day I pulled up 1,800!
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• When I search the Net, I am amazed at the proliferation of nationalist websites. All over the globe, these websites are just shooting up like mushrooms! Many if not most of them are more outspoken than we are. MUCH more outspoken than we are!
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• So what does all this mean? Much bigger guns against us.
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• Last night I had two faxes sent to me by an associate - one from the Canadian Globe & Mail, and one from the Toronto Star. Here are some thought-provoking excerpts:
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• The Globe & Mail, (August 28, 1996) by Parliamentary Reporter Jeff Sallot:
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• "Discounting these groups as isolated 'fringe elements' in society is dangerous. Their impact is far from isolated, given the national and international alliances that exist. . . (citing from a report by the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police, released August 27, 1996)
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• Young people are being targeted by smooth-talking recruiters from hate groups who are 'operating in a public relations mode', the report said.
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• Well-educated leaders are trying to promote their views to young people and know how to stop just short of violating the hate propaganda sections of the Criminal Code . . .
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• The report's warnings were reinforced with a presentation by Karen Mock, national director of the League for Human Rights of the B'nai Brith.
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• Most everyone recognizes the Nazi swastika as a racist symbol, but teachers are always shocked when their students can readily identify many of the other more obscure symbols and emblems. . .
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• Ms. Mock told the police chiefs that hate groups are making increased use of the Internet to spread their message. For example, Ernst Zundel, a well-known denier of the Holocaust, manages to skirt Canadian law by keeping his material on a computer in California. . . .
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• 2) From the Toronto Star (August 28, 1996) in a report by David Vienneau, a quote by Perry Kelly, a senior policy advisor on hate crimes in the federal solicitor's department:
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• "The department of justice has informed us they are currently looking at the possibility of a new provision under the Criminal Code covering the importation and exportation of hate propaganda on the highway."
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• And elsewhere, in the same article:
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• "'Their impact is far from isolated, given the national and international alliances that exist' . . .
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• The report says that the Internet is oblivious to international borders and material prohibited by Canadian law can pass freely and unexamined on the information highway. . .
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• Zundel is among dozens of extremists who use the worldwide computer network to incite hatred and promote violence. . . . The federal government last year enacted a law that provides for stiffer penalties for anyone convicted of deliberately abusing people who are gay, female or members of a visible minority."
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• Ernst Zundel will be glad to hear that. He has never, to anyone's knowledge, deliberately abused people who are gay or female - or, for that matter, a member of a visible minority. And of only 7 terrorist activities reported and investigated in Canada in all of 1995, two were directed AGAINST Ernst Zundel and the Zundel-Haus - a mail bomb and an arson fire, both meant to kill him and his staff.
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• Ernst Zundel, "Holocaust Denier" par excellence, is not gay or female. He is, however, a very visible minority of one.
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• Ingrid
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• Thought for the Day:
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• "We are not the last of the past. We are the first of the future."
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• (Anonymous)
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