DUMB HOLOCAUST ANALOGY OF THE MONTH

IN FRIDAY'S BOSTON GLOBE, ELLEN GOODMAN COMPARES DENIAL OF GLOBAL WARMING TO ... HOLOCAUST DENIAL.

I would like to say we're at a point where global warming is impossible to deny. Let's just say that global warming deniers are now on a par with Holocaust deniers, though one denies the past and the other denies the present and future.

IS THE GLOBE GETTING WARMER? PROBABLY. ARE HUMAN BEINGS CONTRIBUTING TO IT? PROBABLY. BUT AS JAMES TARANTO OF THE WALL STREET JOURNAL POINTS OUT:

There's an enormous difference between doubting an outlandish prediction (even one that comes true) and denying the grotesque facts of history. Because we are ignorant of the future, we can innocently misjudge it. Holocaust deniers are neither ignorant nor innocent (though extremely ignorant people may innocently accept their claims). They are falsifying history for evil purposes.