Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas yesterday called the Holocaust a "heinous crime." Many observers detect a change in the vocabulary of the Palestine Liberation Organization, which he heads. The word it usually uses to describe the Holocaust is "hoax."

Humans being what they are, each will find comfort in the H-word he chooses to believe about the PLO. In a nasty, messy world, a simple multiple choice is a great relief.

(Courtesy of Numbers the roach.)