I'm generally sort of hesitant to take part in the various "meme" things that float around the Internet, because I'm just contrarian enough that it feels wrong to link to something just because everybody else is. Orac's got a good one, though, for a worthy cause.
Recently, somebody tried to burn down the Holocaust History Project, an organization dedicated to fighting Holocaust denial on the Internet. This is a typically craven attempt to suppress facts through violence, by people who don't like the truth, and would prefer that nobody else know it, either. Happily, the attempt failed.
At Orac's suggestion, though, here's a link to the Holocaust History Project. At least they can get some free publicity out of this sorry episode.
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