I show you the historians' view that triremes were crewed by paid volunteers, and because that doesn't fit your pet theory, you say my view is equivalent to Holocaust denial?

I've never been so fucking insulted on DU. I never said that the Knights Hospitallers didn't use slaves, nor did I dispute that some of their slaves were Jewish. I just pointed out that historians don't think slaves were used in triremes, ancient or medieval. That puts a big hole in your idea of why Perle and his partners chose the name 'Trireme'. But rather than showing any counter evidence (hint: showing that Nostradamus knew of the existence of triremes isn't evidence that slaves were use to row them), you call me an 'apologist' (I presume you mean for Perle), and then suggest I'm like a Holocaust denier? Outrageous. After that, I have to wonder if you're calling me an apologist for Hitler.

To make it clear: you did care about the number of oars a trireme had ("It is the term for a three banked slave galley"), but faced with evidence against the 'slave' part, you've backed into a gross insult against me. It's the biggest 'ad hominem' argument I've ever had attempted against me. It's despicable.