On May 19, 2010, at 3:56 PM, P. J. Alling wrote:
> On 5/19/2010 2:42 PM, eckinator wrote:
>> 2010/5/19 Chris Mitchell<chris.mitch...@which.net>:
>>
>>> ...when you can do this?
>>> http://www.bea.hi-ho.ne.jp/bokuto/kosaku/digibarna2/
>>>
>>> Don't know what the original language was and why the guns are there at the
>>> end, but the whole thing is bizarre, so why not?
>>>
>> Original language was Japanese going by the URL, the guns are a German
>> MP 44 submachine assault rifle and Luger RP 08 Parabellum officer's
>> sidearm to match the camera which has a Property of the Germain Air
>> Force engraving as well as the eagle and swastika crest of the 3rd
>> Reich. Comes across a bit like a militaria collector or something of
>> the sort; someone who might applaud Adolf Hitler Campbell's dad. Not
>> my cup of tea really but I like the conversion idea especially when
>> applied to what people with rather gross political ideas would
>> consider (now disgraced and no longer) a collectors' item... hehehe
>> Cheers
>> Ecke
>>
>
> In the US we often consider old Nazi memoribilia war trophies, we're not
> ashamed of them, after all we beat them. It's better than taking scalps as
> some of my ancestors did.
>
I have a Nazi battle flag that i found in the rafters of a garage in Chicago.
When I taught a survey course to seniors in a Chicago high school that was
meant to meld some humanist thinking with basic social science , I brought the
flag in for a discussion about rampant nationalism and the roots of naziism.
It's about ten by six feet with an iron cross in the corner and a swastika in
the middle. Bright red of course. The kids understood, but some other teachers
freaked.
Paul
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