HK store's Nazi theme sparks fury

[Don Vito Corleone]

This is really weird:

HONG KONG, China (AP) -- German and Israeli diplomats have lashed out at a Hong Kong fashion company for using swastikas and other Nazi party symbols in a clothing line and to decorate its chain of stores.

The firm, which calls itself www . izzue . com produced a range of T-shirts and pants with Nazi symbols printed on them. One T-shirt has a portrait of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler standing on a laurel.

CNN

(the link to the store, as quoted from CNN, does not work - I added the spaces because the forum software kept autoformatting this as a link)

 

[fatbaby]

linko no worko

 

[gopunk]

i got a tshirt in china that says "i'm really popular" on it... i think they like western culture but don't quite understand the nuances of it

 

[roncarter]

They should burn in hell!

 

[SilverThief]

I'm inclined to agree with gopunk. I dont think they really understand.

 

[tnitsuj]

Worst marketing idea evarrr!!!!!!!!!!!!

but I don't think they really get it. Happy Christmas is also very popular in Asia.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Originally posted by: SilverThief
I'm inclined to agree with gopunk. I dont think they really understand.

Possible, but it isn't as though the Holocaust is something only a westerner would know about and understand. I doubt you will see Armani Exchange come out with a "Bataan Death March" line.

 

[gopunk]

Originally posted by: Don_Vito

Originally posted by: SilverThief
I'm inclined to agree with gopunk. I dont think they really understand.

Possible, but it isn't as though the Holocaust is something only a westerner would know about and understand. I doubt you will see Armani Exchange come out with a "Bataan Death March" line.

yea but you see the commie symbolism in western society every once in a while, even tho the regimes killed tons of innocent people as well.

also china was not very involved in the holocaust... the reason everybody knows about the bataan death march is because western soldiers were in there.

not saying that this is right in any way, but i seriously doubt they knew what the full significance of all this was.

 

[SSP]

Cheng added that the designer wanted the clothes to have a military theme and did not realize that the Nazi symbols would be considered offensive.

Wow... do these people learn world history or what?

 

[Ameesh]

Originally posted by: gopunk
i got a tshirt in china that says "i'm really popular" on it... i think they like western culture but don't quite understand the nuances of it

the holocaust isn't a nuance of WW2, its not subtle in any way. those people are staright up stupid.

 

[GasX]

I think I am going to get a custom T-shirt that says, "I am glad we dropped the bomb on you slanty eyed bastards!"

 

[guapo337]

silly foreigners!

 

[cheapgoose]

Originally posted by: SSP

Cheng added that the designer wanted the clothes to have a military theme and did not realize that the Nazi symbols would be considered offensive.

Wow... do these people learn world history or what?

and I suppose you know how many chinese died when japan invaded china? sure everyone here knows what happened during ww2, but not every school in the world teaches the same history.

 

[Feldenak]

Originally posted by: Mwilding
I think I am going to get a custom T-shirt that says, "I am glad we dropped the bomb on you slanty eyed bastards!"

Twice

 

[GasX]

Originally posted by: cheapgoose

Originally posted by: SSP

Cheng added that the designer wanted the clothes to have a military theme and did not realize that the Nazi symbols would be considered offensive.

Wow... do these people learn world history or what?

and I suppose you know how many chinese died when japan invaded china? sure everyone here knows what happened during ww2, but not every school in the world teaches the same history.

I know enough to not design a clothing line to marketed in China that glorifys the rising sun flag...

 

[gopunk]

Originally posted by: Mwilding
I think I am going to get a custom T-shirt that says, "I am glad we dropped the bomb on you slanty eyed bastards!"

that's japan dumbass

 

[GasX]

Originally posted by: gopunk

Originally posted by: Mwilding
I think I am going to get a custom T-shirt that says, "I am glad we dropped the bomb on you slanty eyed bastards!"

that's japan dumbass

ever hear of a double entendre?

 

[cheapgoose]

Originally posted by: Mwilding

Originally posted by: cheapgoose

Originally posted by: SSP

Cheng added that the designer wanted the clothes to have a military theme and did not realize that the Nazi symbols would be considered offensive.

Wow... do these people learn world history or what?

and I suppose you know how many chinese died when japan invaded china? sure everyone here knows what happened during ww2, but not every school in the world teaches the same history.

I know enough to not design a clothing line to marketed in China that glorifys the rising sun flag...

that's because you learned about. i went to school for a few years in china and all I remember learning was math, and reciting old poems.

it's not an excuse but dude, if they said they didn't know? I believe them.

 

[Grminalac]

Well the nazis did do some pretty bad $hit but you gotta admit their clothes/uniforms were really snazzy.

 

[gopunk]

Originally posted by: Ameesh

Originally posted by: gopunk
i got a tshirt in china that says "i'm really popular" on it... i think they like western culture but don't quite understand the nuances of it

the holocaust isn't a nuance of WW2, its not subtle in any way. those people are staright up stupid.

no, but the emotions that are still present after 60 years that are attached to just the symbol of the nazi party are. over here we're taught about how sensitive an issue it is, etc etc, but for them it's just a part of history.

 

[Mill]

Originally posted by: cheapgoose

Originally posted by: Mwilding

Originally posted by: cheapgoose

Originally posted by: SSP

Cheng added that the designer wanted the clothes to have a military theme and did not realize that the Nazi symbols would be considered offensive.

Wow... do these people learn world history or what?

and I suppose you know how many chinese died when japan invaded china? sure everyone here knows what happened during ww2, but not every school in the world teaches the same history.

I know enough to not design a clothing line to marketed in China that glorifys the rising sun flag...

that's because you learned about. i went to school for a few years in china and all I remember learning was math, and reciting old poems.

it's not an excuse but dude, if they said they didn't know? I believe them.

Read the post in that quote chain that ASKS if they learn world history. You just said that you didn't.

 

"and I suppose you know how many chinese died when japan invaded china? sure everyone here knows what happened during ww2, but not every school in the world teaches the same history."

I agree, Cheapgoose. History is told from the point of view of the victors or from the point of view of the narrator. My sister is reading a history novel about what the Americans aren't told. She read out some of the passages. It includes the events of WW II. I said to my siblings: I imagine how much controversy this book attracted.

Basically, I think the business in question should do whatever the hell it wants to do. Capitalism will take its natural cause if people don't like the idea of the clothing and symbol. The consumers should have a choice, for it's their form of free speech too.

Before anyone asks me: Would I object to a KKK symbol being sold by a business for instance? No. Once again, I'm an adamant supporter of the freedom of expression and thought. Free thought and expression doesn't always result in action.

 

[gopunk]

Originally posted by: Mwilding

Originally posted by: gopunk

Originally posted by: Mwilding
I think I am going to get a custom T-shirt that says, "I am glad we dropped the bomb on you slanty eyed bastards!"

that's japan dumbass

ever hear of a double entendre?

yes, but i guess i'm not smart enough to get it... what's the hidden meaning?

 

[Siddhartha]

Originally posted by: Don_Vito
This is really weird:

HONG KONG, China (AP) -- German and Israeli diplomats have lashed out at a Hong Kong fashion company for using swastikas and other Nazi party symbols in a clothing line and to decorate its chain of stores.

The firm, which calls itself www . izzue . com produced a range of T-shirts and pants with Nazi symbols printed on them. One T-shirt has a portrait of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler standing on a laurel.

CNN

(the link to the store, as quoted from CNN, does not work - I added the spaces because the forum software kept autoformatting this as a link)

I hope this is a bad case of cluelessness!

 

[Mill]

Originally posted by: luvly
"and I suppose you know how many chinese died when japan invaded china? sure everyone here knows what happened during ww2, but not every school in the world teaches the same history."

I agree, Cheapgoose. History is told from the point of view of the victors or from the point of view of the narrator. My sister is reading a history novel about what the Americans aren't told. She read out some of the passages. It includes the events of WW II. I said to my siblings: I imagine how much controversy this book attracted.

Basically, I think the business in question should do whatever the hell it wants to do. Capitalism will take its natural cause if people don't like the idea of the clothing and symbol. The consumers should have a choice, for it's their form of free speech too.

Before anyone asks me: Would I object to a KKK symbol being sold by a business for instance? No. Once again, I'm an adamant supporter of the freedom of expression and thought. Free thought and expression doesn't always result in action.

Knowing HOW many is a detailed thought. Knowing that the Holocaust occurred requires much less time and effort. Think about it.