Ernst Zundel, the infamous Holocaust denier, has been held in solitary confinement in Toronto for the past 18 months, awaiting a decision from the Federal Court regarding his possible deportation to Germany, as a threat to national security. There, he would be imprisoned. It is illegal in Germany to proselytize denial of the Holocaust, and to sell Nazi and neo-Nazi materials. His defence lawyers are arguing that his trail is proceeding in a manner that "cheapens and degrades" the entire justice system, adding that the trial is "not only about Ernst Zundel."
    I quite agree with them. This trial is about more than just the twisted, and warped individual currently on trial. It is about the very survival of our species, and a hate monger like Zundel will only serve to hasten its end. His Samisdat Publications carries a catalogue of Nazi materials that includes posters, recordings of Hitler spewing his vituperative vitriol, and "Music of the Third Reich:Inspiring and Nourishing Food for the Aryan Soul". Of course, much of Zundel's writing is available as well, writing littered with lust for white supremacy and the "purifying of the race". Read the following lines, written by Zundel, and then please take some time to read my entry "The Myth of Race" from October 20th.
   "Wherever we look, we White people find ourselves besieged by peoples of other races who compete aggressively against us for jobs, food, housing, education and above all -- power! The Jews are particularly adept at seizing or insinuating themselves into strategic positions in our society where they wield power far beyond the extent of their numbers..."
   When we find a once beautiful stream sullied by pollutants, we work to clean it. When a site such as the Love Canal is exposed as a danger to the health of any who come into contact with it, we work to clean it. We seek to make reparation to those harmed by our sins of neglect. We should do no less in this situation. Zundel is a pollutant, a scabrous sore on society. His hate-mongering is part of the reason he is on trail. It is seen as an incitement to violence in the minds of those easily led to such deeds. He should be cleaned away from every place where he could harm those with whom he comes in contact. That means taking him out of society, removing him from the streets and jailing him until his allotted years are over. Be sure though, that I have a very definite from of confinement in mind. Let it be one of some usefulness; one that will offer some small reparation. A pampered life in a cell with a colour TV is not what I envision. Hard labour is. Yes, I know he is 65. So what? Give him a sledgehammer and let him break rocks until the work breaks him.