stanleycoin 8543 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 Naughty imps. But they have no clue what it was all about. as Thailand does not educate there citizens about the real world. Just the little Thai world, is as far as they get. Next Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanleycoin 8543 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 7 minutes ago, NCC1701A said: Yes, but it was, a kind of family thing. ( in joke ) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanleycoin 8543 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 10 minutes ago, Somtamnication said: Actually, 3 times... Thank you. You given me a new idea for cos play down soi 6 Nice one Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Longcut 1527 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 1 hour ago, wgdanson said: Hitler, Second World War, Einstein, JFK, Beatles, Man on Moon, Twin Towers...................my GF (49) & her daughter (20) have no idea about them. Speaks volumes for the Thai education system. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raymonddiaz 2499 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 Education failure is the result of this... They don't educate the kids, they just brain washed them, telling we are the best people on earth... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khunbilly 81 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 To be fair, with a little bit of Buddhist knowledge and a total lack of knowledge about Hitler and the Nazis, she may have seen it as a Buddhist symbol (though, I don't think she mentioned that in her apology, it would have been an easy out). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCC1701A 57771 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 OK time for a break. please view this video. then return to commenting. thank you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
overherebc 21117 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 Not saying it applies in this case but the design is Asian in origin, with the four legs facing the opposite way from the nazi copy, The germans got it wrong or reversed it. You can see the sign carved in stone on many ancient graves in Vietnam. So next time you see one look at it carefully before getting all bitter and twisted about it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
overherebc 21117 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 2 minutes ago, Khunbilly said: To be fair, with a little bit of Buddhist knowledge and a total lack of knowledge about Hitler and the Nazis, she may have seen it as a Buddhist symbol (though, I don't think she mentioned that in her apology, it would have been an easy out). Posting same time as you and thanks, I'll download your att. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanemax 21503 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 21 minutes ago, NCC1701A said: That was a fancy dress party and he wore that because his school friends were ridiculing him and his families German connections , a fancy dress party , nothing to do with politics Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brucegoniners 2055 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 1 hour ago, sanemax said: I am quite sure that they just liked the design and were unaware of its implications . Just a fashion mistake , rather than a Political statement . Dont do it again, no harm done . No harm if 6 million of your people weren’t slaughtered by the Nazis dude. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanemax 21503 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 3 minutes ago, overherebc said: Not saying it applies in this case but the design is Asian in origin, with the four legs facing the opposite way from the nazi copy, The germans got it wrong or reversed it. You can see the sign carved in stone on many ancient graves in Vietnam. So next time you see one look at it carefully before getting all bitter and twisted about it. The Nazis took the ancient swastika and re designed it , the Nazi emblem is quite different to the ancient Buddhist symbol , similar, but quite different Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brucegoniners 2055 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 The ignorance of world history here is stunning. As a Jew I shudder every time I hear about this crap happening here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
animalmagic 3496 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 48 minutes ago, puukao said: Of course, easy to blame the producers. But a very easy way to generate cheap publicity for the programme. Please forgive my cynicism. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
holy cow cm 13802 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 manager's duty. so goes no farther than that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgdanson 9193 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 37 minutes ago, sanemax said: I do hope you gave them an education and sat them around the gramophone one evening and explained to them who Eleanor Rigby was and who the Walrus really was and who was the egg man. Lennon said he was the Walrus, until Glass Onion, when he said the Walrus was Paul. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oziex1 10281 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 1 hour ago, FritsSikkink said: How much do you know about Asian history? Very little, but so what. The events mentioned are some of the most significant and world changing events. WW2, Vietnam and the Moon landing are history all of earth's inhabitants should know about. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
overherebc 21117 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 2 minutes ago, sanemax said: The Nazis took the ancient swastika and re designed it , the Nazi emblem is quite different to the ancient Buddhist symbol , similar, but quite different Yes but if someone has no knowledge of the original then they assume that anything similar is just a stylised version of the nazi flag. Like a patpong Lolex watch. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesofa 43936 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 3 minutes ago, sanemax said: 9 minutes ago, overherebc said: Not saying it applies in this case but the design is Asian in origin, with the four legs facing the opposite way from the nazi copy, The germans got it wrong or reversed it. You can see the sign carved in stone on many ancient graves in Vietnam. So next time you see one look at it carefully before getting all bitter and twisted about it. The Nazis took the ancient swastika and re designed it , the Nazi emblem is quite different to the ancient Buddhist symbol , similar, but quite different They used the original name too. 'Swastika' is a Sanskrit word for prosperity and good luck. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
overherebc 21117 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 2 minutes ago, bluesofa said: They used the original name too. 'Swastika' is a Sanskrit word for prosperity and good luck. Similar to the Indian original Mahasa Sangkriti that is now Songkran in Thailand but don't tell anyone. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanemax 21503 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 8 minutes ago, brucegoniners said: No harm if 6 million of your people weren’t slaughtered by the Nazis dude. You can be upset if you want , but apart from upsetting some people , no harm was done Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spidey 8364 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 1 hour ago, sanemax said: Ask teenage Westerners why this flag is offensive to some Asians and see whether they know or not . Just shown this to my wife, Thai, 44. Not a clue what it was. Didn't even recognise that it was a flag. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanemax 21503 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 6 minutes ago, Oziex1 said: Very little, but so what. The events mentioned are some of the most significant and world changing events. WW2, Vietnam and the Moon landing are history all of earth's inhabitants should know about. Because it affects Americans ? What about the first Russian in space or the Chinese/Vietnam war or the Tutsi massacres in Africa or the mass killing of American Indians ? Why should the world know more about the USA/Vietnam conflict , moreso than the Saudi/Yeman conflict or any other conflict in the world( that doesnt involve the USA)? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
overherebc 21117 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 3 minutes ago, Spidey said: Just shown this to my wife, Thai, 44. Not a clue what it was. Didn't even recognise that it was a flag. Looks very like a certain part of my anantomy after eating too much chilli. I am of course talking about my eyes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluespunk 57636 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 2 hours ago, rooster59 said: A member of one of Thailand’s biggest pop sensations wore a Nazi German war flag replete with swastikas at a Friday performance, according to images of the event. Ignorant idiot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SheungWan 8356 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 15 minutes ago, holy cow cm said: manager's duty. so goes no farther than that No excuse from the management side. But no doubt the usual crew here will try on their behalf. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dexlowe 4468 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 Of course it's the producer's fault -- they control every single thing about these kids who are nothing more than a manufactured product. These kids are not artists nor musicians and have no say in what they do, sing, wear or go. My guess is that the girl who apologised did so because she was told to, not because she had any understanding of the right or wrong of what she had done. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ks45672 2100 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 1 hour ago, samsensam said: where is the responsible adult in the room? these children must be surrounded by management, publicists, parents and the show must have a producer as well as a multitude of other staff - did no one think that it might be inappropriate ? bizarre. If they're all Thais, probably not Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spidey 8364 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 19 minutes ago, sanemax said: The Nazis took the ancient swastika and re designed it , the Nazi emblem is quite different to the ancient Buddhist symbol , similar, but quite different My wife has a small swastika tattooed on her shoulder. It looks like a swastika, it is a swastika. She has no idea what the word "swastika" means. She's never heard of Hitler or Nazis. To her it's a Buddhist good luck symbol. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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