tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post1167307962920441029..comments2024-03-14T13:06:38.883+00:00Comments on cultural snow: And they had the best uniformsTim Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14681067872556519250noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-89049939202889123542010-07-06T13:53:46.452+01:002010-07-06T13:53:46.452+01:00Boll apparently. And perhaps Im remembering wrongl...Boll apparently. And perhaps Im remembering wrongly and thinking of a chimney in Dublin? If I bump into anyone who frequetns Dunmurry I'll check.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-26619407138413777952010-07-04T06:47:52.365+01:002010-07-04T06:47:52.365+01:00Indeed, Rog. He was put on this earth to make Bern...Indeed, Rog. He was put on this earth to make Bernard Manning look good.<br /><br />OK, GSE, is it possible to get too angry about superficial iconography that was co-opted by the Nazis, which in turn obscures the evil of their ideology and behaviour...<br /><br />Which leads neatly on to the swastika, as BWT so sagely points out. Didn't Günter Grass or Heinrich Böll or someone of that ilk write about visiting Ireland in the 50s and being confronted with a swastika-daubed laundry van?Tim Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14681067872556519250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-77578274231662097622010-07-03T01:25:53.235+01:002010-07-03T01:25:53.235+01:00Working with the Nazis was all the rage - my enemy...Working with the Nazis was all the rage - my enemy's enemy etc. Everyone was at it - otherwise anti-fascist IRA men, English royals, Boers, the Soviet Union, anyone occupied by the Soviet Union.<br />Though if I were Indian, or more specifically Hindu, I might be peeved at the hijacking of the swastika.<br />Funnily enough - yes, I'm still banging on - I remember Swastika Laundries in Dunmurry just outside Belfast. The name was painted in big letters up the chimney.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-33710030864798784702010-07-02T16:22:20.394+01:002010-07-02T16:22:20.394+01:00I don't think that's being too angry about...I don't think that's being too angry about the Nazis, I think that's being completely (but not unusually) ignorant and ill informed).<br /><br />In the meantime (and I believe it has since been taken down by Facebook) next Friday is Kill a Jew day<br /><br />http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_g_7Qy56LNKw/TC1oYVWskdI/AAAAAAAAAJU/XWh-wCBx9vc/s1600/kill+a+jew+day.jpg<br /><br />Personally, I'm going to carry on being angry about Nazis.GreatSheElephanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06589100964804729527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-86489582528510247232010-07-02T10:49:19.642+01:002010-07-02T10:49:19.642+01:00It's certainly impossible to be too angry with...It's certainly impossible to be too angry with Stan Boardman.Roghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09780409453528524865noreply@blogger.com