Nazi Paegant At School?!

[nikster]

Apparently a Nazi paegant happened at Thewphaingarm school - 200 kids in full Nazi regalia seemingly celebrating ... well the Nazis.

http://tjmainline.blogspot.com/2007/09/naz...-school-in.html

The Wiesenthal Centre has protested and the teacher in charge was fired but... can someone explain what this is all about?

I got used to seeing people running around with swastikas, thinking that well, the indian symbol for the sun is over 2000 years old and very well known in all of Asia, long before the Nazis made it their symbol. And I still think this is the case.

But - how did they get the idea to play out some Nazi fun?! Do Thais just don't know anything about that time, or don't care, or have a distorted view of history there?

Thanks for any explanations

[stevemiddie]

This is being discussed in the General Forum http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=149002

[PeaceBlondie]

Many of us who post on the ThaiVisa Teaching Forum knew this went on a year ago, and didn't start a topic here. Now that there is one in General Topics, please reply there. Topic closed to prevent duplication.