Thai Idol Group BNK48 Member Wears Nazi Flag on Stage

[tifino]

pity thais always have to copy copy copy

never can think for themselves

 

everybody else has been able to, throughout  history!

 

i think the girls wanted it, because 'ka' is in the word?

 

the boys should one up them, and wear Swastikrups

 

 

 

 

[overherebc]

20 minutes ago, Oziex1 said:

I made a brief comment about a few notable historic events, no need to get carried away over the many that I did not mention. Should we go back to discussing  the atrocities of the Roman Empire. Also Saudi Yemeni war is not an historic event it is current.

Exactly, what did the Romans ever do for us?

[BigC]

Nazis donf really exist anymore

 

Rather he wear that than a pro EU flag 

Which is the new nazi flag

[tifino]

15 minutes ago, asiaexpat said:

Having told my Uncle I am living in Thailand, he asked if I have learned to speak Chinese yet. Most Americans can not even tell where Thailand is located on a map, let alone any history.

are you sure that Uncle hasn't been there, or also on TV? and have seen all them Chinese lemmings there inundating LOS himself?

[overherebc]

3 minutes ago, tifino said:

pity thais always have to copy copy copy

never can think for themselves

 

everybody else has been able to, throughout  history!

 

i think the girls wanted it, because 'ka' is in the word?

 

the boys should one up them, and wear Swastikrups

 

 

 

 

That's an Irish crossroundabout road sign, to be sure.

[roo860]

The nazi hotel tried the same thing, donno if it was any success though...

Complete with porn channel?

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[geriatrickid]

2 hours ago, FritsSikkink said:

How much do you know about Asian history?

 More than most Thais including educated Thais. Asia includes India, Korea, Japan etc. and Thais neither care nor know much about any country  other than Thailand.

 

2 hours ago, sanemax said:

Ask teenage Westerners why this flag is offensive to some Asians and see whether they know or not .

 

Educated western kids will know. And therein is the difference with Thais, because even university educated Thais are oblivious. Thais are not even aware that Thailand was a puppet state of Japan during WWII. They should since tens of thousands of Thais died as slave labour.

 

1 hour ago, NCC1701A said:

 

Not an appropriate comparison. Harry was a kid at a  dress up event with the intent to MOCK and RIDICULE  nazis. No different than Allo, Allo or Hogan's Heroes etc. That part of the story was never  repeated because it did not allow for the instant justice so many people crave. The difference too is that Harry's family set him straight. No Thai ever, never ever, corrects a  mistake like that. Instead they carry on.

[Chippy151]

5 minutes ago, Karlsson said:

Maybe its because Thais dont get the same indoctrination as Westerners.

Maybe because opposite to the French and the English, the Germans never tried to colonalize and enslave Asian People ?

I think they need more Jewish led Media and Universitys to make them know the unbiased Version of History.

 

 

They get plenty of indoctrination already. Just not about general knowledge or the outside world.

[balo]

Another viral nazi story from Thailand.  I wonder how the Israeli embassy found out about a local event because the Thais themselves do not care. 

 

 

[marcusarelus]

3 hours ago, puukao said:

Who to blame here?  What if the kids can't find Germany on a map, and never heard of Hitler?  Not really an excuse, but then do we blame the schools for not teaching the world's tragedies?  Of course, easy to blame the producers.  Fire them for sure.  Any adult that knew about this can be blamed.  Then it's about how the kids reacted.  If everyone thought these kids are clueless, then it's time for a lesson.  If everyone was super mad and offended, then harsher penalties.   How can this happen in 2019?  Well, nothing surprises me anyone.  Most kids don't know apple is a fruit, only a computer.    

Never been to a Thai classroom eh?  Everyone I've been to has a chart hanging on the wall with important historical persons and HItler and Stalin are always there as are globes both round and hanging on the wall.  If not taught why hanging on the wall?  Every one of my Thai friends know who they are and watch the history channel on TV.  Kids all know appun is a fruit. 

[Spidey]

35 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

And it didn't involve some small two-bit country in a remote part of the world. It involved a world war that pretty much engulfed everyone, including Thailand at the time. No excuses.

And Thailand fought on the side of the Axis. They probably don't know that the war's over and Hitler's dead.

 

They're probably taught in school that Thailand won WW2.

[marcusarelus]

7 minutes ago, Spidey said:

And Thailand fought on the side of the Axis. They probably don't know that the war's over and Hitler's dead.

 

They're probably taught in school that Thailand won WW2.

No.  They are taught that Japan and Germany lost WWII and about Thai: เสรีไทย; RTGS: Seri Thai) was a Thai underground resistance movement against Imperial Japan during the war. They skip the part about the Thai war criminals. 

[Reigntax]

3 hours 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.

And they are not alone!!

[Karlsson]

 

20 minutes ago, Chippy151 said:

They get plenty of indoctrination already. Just not about general knowledge or the outside world.

i know that they get plenty of Indoctrination, as did you and  you still get. thats why i said not the same as the Western World.

Who decides what is General knowledge anyways ?

Controlled Western Education(indoctrination) Institutes ? or Controlled Mainstream Media Outlets ?

[tifino]

22 minutes ago, Chippy151 said:

They get plenty of indoctrination already. Just not about general knowledge or the outside world.

they need some edge'amakaishun:

 

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald's_Decision 

 

and whole Library of others... all in a nice easy childish minded level for simple understanding 

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Donald+Duck+Nazis

 

[Scott]

Baiting post reported and removed.

[Spidey]

4 minutes ago, marcusarelus said:

Never been to a Thai classroom eh?  Everyone I've been to has a chart hanging on the wall with important historical persons and HItler and Stalin are always there as are globes both round and hanging on the wall.  If not taught why hanging on the wall?  Every one of my Thai friends know who they are and watch the history channel on TV.  Kids all know appun is a fruit. 

 

1 minute ago, marcusarelus said:

No.  They are taught that Japan and Germany lost WWII. 

I've been in several Thai schools. Never seen pictures of Hitler or Stalin. None of my three stepchildren have been taught anything about WW2. One of them is currently at Uni.

 

You really need to stop making stories up to suit your agenda.

[RotBenz8888]

12 minutes ago, roo860 said:

Complete with porn channel?

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Yes, bondage.

[roo860]

Das ist gutt.

Yes, bondage.

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[Chippy151]

15 minutes ago, marcusarelus said:

Never been to a Thai classroom eh?  Everyone I've been to has a chart hanging on the wall with important historical persons and HItler and Stalin are always there as are globes both round and hanging on the wall.  If not taught why hanging on the wall?  Every one of my Thai friends know who they are and watch the history channel on TV.  Kids all know appun is a fruit. 

Are you having a laugh?

[Orton Rd]

46 minutes ago, Greyhat said:

Her manager most probably asked her to wear it to get some new attention on the group and it's working. This will always work.. In fact I bet this will be the first time many people internationally have even heard of the group. Don't be so quick to condescend, "oh they're just dumb, they don't know what it means!" It's a clever marketing ploy.

You are the one unaware, they are plastered all over the place in advertising, even on the side of buses, they draw huge crowds at concerts. Even the PM used them for PR. The 48 franchise is enormous in Asia, just about every country has it's own group.

[RotBenz8888]

2 minutes ago, Chippy151 said:

Are you having a laugh?

I am

[nausea]

Interesting article here:

 

Nazi Chic: The Asian Fashion Craze That Just Won't Die
www.vice.com
 

Too many points raised to go into them all but one did strike me as particularly worth mentioning, me being a UK guy:

 

"[But] Nazi chic as a phenomenon in fashion and in popular culture started with the punk rock movement in Great Britain."

 

John 8:7 and Matthew 7:5, kjv, spring to mind.

 

Nazi symbolism aside, I've always found it rather amusing that the Union Jack fashion icon is ubiquitous, Rule Brittana and all that.

 

 

[overherebc]

25 minutes ago, roo860 said:

Complete with porn channel?

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Last news I heard on that was that they had removed all that stuff after a bout of bad publicity

[bluesofa]

1 hour ago, Spidey said:

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.

Until five years ago we had a phone box outside our house with a swastika on it.

Somehow in an Issan village I doubt it was the work of Neo-Nazi sympathisers:

[Karlsson]

Maybe She just wanted to make a statement against Communism and Debt Slavery and for the preservation of Cultures.

[bkkgriz]

2 hours ago, sanemax said:

Ask teenage Westerners why this flag is offensive to some Asians and see whether they know or not .

 

OMG. You just triggered me. Off to my safe space.

[roo860]

That's a shame, was looking for it in TripAdvisor, found one comment that the showers weren't up to scratch.

Last news I heard on that was that they had removed all that stuff after a bout of bad publicity

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[tifino]

none of these 'hand symbol' examples were available at very short notice!

  just leave the 'faces' out of the context of this Post pleez! ...

 

the Nazi ones are dime'a'dozen everywhere...

[bluesofa]

1 hour ago, sanemax said:

Why was that "ignorant" 

The giraffe escaped and caused lots of damage to property and so they named him "Bin Laden" (who also caused a lot of damage to property)

What is ignorant about that ?

Although I doubt it's neck was long enough to bring down any planes.