I thought I'd throw a light on this human lampshade thing, so to speak, and provide Andre with a good link on the Holocaust:
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2511/did-the-nazis-make-lampshades-out-of-human-skin > --- On Mon, 10/4/10, Human Resources <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Human Resources <[email protected]> > > Subject: Expat List patience with the morally crippled, sorry morally > differently abled > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Monday, October 4, 2010, 12:00 PM > > > > 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/ _______________________________________________ Expat mailing list [email protected] http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat http://www.expat.ru/forum/
