Thread: Fuhrer furore! Thai student Nazi dress-up day causes outrage

^ top row right, what's that hand signal?

"Carabao"

WTF is John Lennon doing in there?

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

WTF is John Lennon doing in there?

John Lennon was shot in New York, I salute for his all great music

He was a twat.

I think that's what you call "polarised opinions".

The political indoctrination by the education system to foster ultra-nationalism based on the supremacy of the Thai race also does not help. It makes people believe that Thailand is a racially homogenous country of ethnic Thais, which is false. Meanwhile, the military is over-glorified as defender of the Thais. Any violence against "the other" is then justified.

This is why mainstream Buddhist Thai society cannot empathise with the suffering of the Malay Muslims in the deep South, even though nearly 5,000 people have been killed.

It is also why the systematic abuse of the highlanders and migrant workers has failed to stir public outrage against ethnic discrimination, thus allowing the wrongdoing to continue.

spot on

Originally Posted by taxexile

The political indoctrination by the education system to foster ultra-nationalism based on the supremacy of the Thai race also does not help. It makes people believe that Thailand is a racially homogenous country of ethnic Thais, which is false. Meanwhile, the military is over-glorified as defender of the Thais. Any violence against "the other" is then justified.

This is why mainstream Buddhist Thai society cannot empathise with the suffering of the Malay Muslims in the deep South, even though nearly 5,000 people have been killed.

It is also why the systematic abuse of the highlanders and migrant workers has failed to stir public outrage against ethnic discrimination, thus allowing the wrongdoing to continue.

spot on

Oh yes, because the Malay Muslims don't go around killing Thais, do they?

Duh.

most of them dont.

Why can"t i find a DVD of " THE KING AND I " anywhere in thailand......?

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Yes, this "Ooooh we must get all indignant if anyone mentions Hitler" shit has been drummed into everyone by the Jews for decades, usually as an excuse for them to squash a few more Palestinians in their houses.

Personally I don't give a shit, any more than I give a shit about Stalin or Saddam.

Yes they were evil bastards, but they're dead. Get over it.

I think we all know that civilised countries no longer appease evil dictators unless there's money or oil in it for them.

The spluttering protests of these people make me fucking laugh, when there's shit just as bad going on all around the world and no-one lifts a fucking finger.

I couldn"t agree more Harry auld chap

Originally Posted by BaitongBoy

A similar swastika symbol is used in Buddhism...predates the German use...maybe this is part of the problem...

your correct, similar but not the same. sort of like an M and a W. same same but different with different meanings.

There is a moderator on here who used to have the Nazi Swastika in his AV.

This Thai woman writes editorial for the Bangkok Post, and is an editor. This time she really hit the nail on the head and my hat is off to the Post for publishing it. Please take the time to read it.

COMMENTARY
Nazism in our brainwashed upbringing

• Published: 29/09/2011 at 12:00 AM
• Newspaper section: News

Who is not shocked to see teenage girl students happily dressing up in full Nazi regalia, outfitting themselves as Adolf Hitler and SS Guards to celebrate their Sports Day _ totally unaware that they were also celebrating the world's murderers who killed six million Jews in a state-sponsored ethnic cleansing during World War Two?
What were the girls thinking?
What were their teachers thinking?
The news reports and photos on the Nazi-themed parade of the students at Sacred Heart School in Chiang Mai has shocked and angered many, and rightly so.
Various embassies have tendered protests, including the Simon Wiesenthal Centre, an international Jewish human rights group. The school, obviously shocked by the international outrage, quickly offered deep apologies, and rightly so.
According to the school, the girls had no ill intentions at all. They were just completely unaware of the sensitivity, or lack of it, involved.
That I believe.
The school also said no teachers knew beforehand of the Nazi parade theme because it has been a tradition for the students to keep it a secret until the parade day.
That I don't believe at all.
Photos on the internet showed the school buildings decorated with huge Swastika flags and a three-storey-high wall-hanging in fiery red depicting Hitler and his look-alike caricatures doing the "Sieg Heil" salutes, with the word "Nazism" splashed big and bold on it.
Putting all this paraphernalia in place needed prior preparation. How could the school administrators and teachers not know about this? Why then pass the buck to the kids alone?
According to news reports, when a group of expat parents and teachers conveyed their shock and dismay to the school, they were stunned to learn that the Thai teachers did not see how the Nazi parade theme was offensive.
With red as the theme colour, some have suggested a conspiracy theory that the parade might be politically motivated to warn against what was to come with the return of Thaksin Shinawatra.
Conspiracy or not, the insensitivity of the chosen theme is glaring.
How did this apathy come about?
Is it a matter of ignorance, which can be fixed by some history classes on the Holocaust? Or is the problem deeper than that?
What happened at Sacred Heart School is beyond the poor quality of our history classes.
To start with, I don't think the adults who knew about the Nazi-themed parade, are ignorant about the Holocaust. It is just that they do not realise the danger of militarism and fascism. Nor can they feel the pain of its victims.
Not that they are unkind. But for people who have grown up in a country where toddlers are ordered to turn left and right like soldiers since kindergarten, while the male high school students are forced to cut their hair like the Marines _ and where a coup d'etat is a common occurrence _ many have simply come to accept militarism as part of life.
The political indoctrination by the education system to foster ultra-nationalism based on the supremacy of the Thai race also does not help. It makes people believe that Thailand is a racially homogenous country of ethnic Thais, which is false. Meanwhile, the military is over-glorified as defender of the Thais. Any violence against "the other" is then justified.
This is why mainstream Buddhist Thai society cannot empathise with the suffering of the Malay Muslims in the deep South, even though nearly 5,000 people have been killed.
It is also why the systematic abuse of the highlanders and migrant workers has failed to stir public outrage against ethnic discrimination, thus allowing the wrongdoing to continue.
When we cannot feel the pain of the victims of ethnic violence close to home, how can we feel for people so far away in place and time?
Instead of blaming the Sacred Heart students and teachers, we should thank them for mirroring our society's deep militarism and lack of empathy.
If we do not like what we see, then we should do something to end the systematic brainwashing that fills us with heartlessness.
Sanitsuda Ekachai is Assistant Editor, Bangkok Post.

Whenever you hear of 'outrage', you can be sure it's the indoctrinated that are outraged.

Hitler was a bad bastard - nobody's pure- but not the only bad bastard by a very long chalk. Probably not even the baddest bastard. Need pics and stats? Ask Uncle G.

But because everybody was fed on the Jewish/American marketing machine, they get 'outraged' while munching on their Big Mac and sipping their Coke.

Fuck the Jews. 'The worst atrocity in history'. What crap.

It's the shoving shit down other peoples' throats that make them despise the Jews, nothing else.


There's a difference between being despised and being hated...... Time to take it into account.

^^Already posted 25 posts ago.

Shit noodles that will teach me not to take time away from the board.

you have to admit though that Nazi parades were quite stylish and elegant, something unequaled to this day, and I am sure a few would like to organize some of them if it wasn't attached with such a dark history

Originally Posted by Butterfly

you have to admit though that Nazi parades were quite stylish and elegant, something unequaled to this day, and I am sure a few would like to organize some of them if it wasn't attached with such a dark history

Unequalled to this day?

Haven't you seen any of the Chinese or North Korean shit then?

middle bottom row - Obama?
2nd from right bottom row, Thaksin?

Originally Posted by aging one

With red as the theme colour, some have suggested a conspiracy theory that the parade might be politically motivated to warn against what was to come with the return of Thaksin Shinawatra.

Dear me.

"killed six million Jews"

F...I am tired of hearing that number. Six million dispersed...not all were killed.

Originally Posted by English Noodles

^^Already posted 25 posts ago.

You got a problem with me saying what I want to say or are you just being pedantic.

Originally Posted by KAPPA

Bin Laden, Bush, Chairman Mao? Hardly glorifying Nazi'ism. This was a satirical comment on how society glorifies war .


Who are the others?

Mr Bean, top right.

Originally Posted by FlyFree

You got a problem with me saying what I want to say or are you just being pedantic.

What?