Holocaust Denier Bishop Interview

11 February, 2009

Story at Spiegel.de (a German newspaper)

After Bishop Williamson notes that he would look into the possibility that Germany ~~quite obviously~~ may have killed millions of people Spiegel suggests a way to know for sure:

SPIEGEL: You could travel to Auschwitz yourself.

Williamson: No, I will not travel to Auschwitz. I've ordered the book by Jean-Claude Pressac. It's called "Auschwitz: Technique and Operation of the Gas Chambers." A printout is now being sent to me, and I will read it and study it.

And then they gave him a softball, probably so he didn't come off like a monster. It's an easy "yes/no" question. Wait, scratch that, it's a "yes" question:

SPIEGEL: Do you at least recognize universal human rights?

Williamson: When human rights were declared in France, hundreds of thousands were killed throughout France. Where human rights are considered an objective order for the state to implement, there are constantly anti-Christian policies. When it comes to preserving the individual's freedom of conscience against the democratic state, then human rights perform an important function. The individual needs these rights against a country that behaves like a Leviathan. But the Christian concept of the state is a different one, so that the Christian theories of human rights emphasize that freedom is not an end in itself. The point is not freedom from something, but freedom for something. For good.

Did he really say that human rights aren't always a good thing?