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Originally Posted by morse1001 You ask why Irving, and in reply to another poster, I am not being ironic, I do like Irving not because of his views on the Holocaust but his style of writing and the fact that it is packed with evidnce which is readily accessible to the normal reader. The depth of his research is amazing.
it is worth pointing out that I studied under prof Richard Evans who was the expert witness called against Irving.
You can read his stuff with an open mind and still learn something from it.
Dare I say, I have written to him in prison and pointed out that i disagreed with most of his conclusions.
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You don't have to justify yourself. I wasn''t out to be critical of your choice just the reasoning behind it. Since your decision is based on Irving's depth of research and his style of writing I can see why you chose him. The initial response one would pick up is a big confused why. Like you say you like his style of writing and that you can learn from what he says. Valid choice.