It's clear that Andre is not the only one with no patience for the victims of the Holocaust.
He may have a point. Isn't it enough already? Seriously, what's the big deal? So, Maxim a glossy magazine sponsored by BMW, VW, Mercedez, Nivea, Bayer and other fine, and yes, German companies and published by Hachette Filipacchi Shkulev desecrates the memory of victims for the sake (of let me borrow a word from one of the listers) a "flat" joke. Andre is bored and wants to move on. That's exactly why it is a big deal. Because there are folks like Andre, and there isn't 5 cents worth of irony to their whole sad lot. They sit in their caves and basements and measure THEIR feelings as to those women, children, elderly who were starved, gassed, tortured, etc. The Andres on this planet feel that it's up to them to weigh the contribution, oh let's not euphemize, sift through the ashes, skin lampshades, human bone furniture, etc. and decide who deserves to be respected and who doesn't. "These" people are the price we pay for democracy. Personally, I do derive a sense of self-satisfaction from tolerating him. At the same time, there is zero reason to tolerate Hachette, Maxim, Mercedes, etc. They should know better. Seriously, in what context IS a Holocaust starvation joke funny and/or a suitable caption to an article about how to throw an inexpensive banquet. Yet, worth noting, this is not a story. A cartoon (!!!) about a religious figure nearly two thousand years ago is world news. Holocaust humour... we get the "Andres" of this world. Somebody should write to Moscow Times, give them a shot at today's news, rather than yesterday's translations. _______________________________________________ Expat mailing list [email protected] http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat http://www.expat.ru/forum/
