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And a big hello to Thai aristocrat Rungkun Kitiyakraya, who has enlightened us all with the following on his Facebook page:

“Hitler led his folk and nation back to glory, and reclaimed sovereignty, freedom, and liberation from being indebted to and slaves of an evil capitalist regime. And what led to destruction of everything he built? The fact that he managed to find a way to rescue his nation from slavery? Because he showed the world that he could build a better future without the Zionist capitalist regime? Those are the truths. He was the hero of his people. He is the father of Germany. His people loved him, and he loved his people.”

Oh, and a bit of Holocaust denial. There’s always that, isn’t there?

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I haven’t been giving the Asian Nazis the attention they deserve, and I only just noticed that we got a name check from Dangerous Minds a few months back. Some good stuff there (some of which I’ll probably borrow in the near future) not to mention a heated debate about Eurocentrism, WW2, political correctness, Genghis Khan and all that fun stuff.

And here’s a response to the above that seems to rather miss the point.

OK, not exactly an Asian story, although the shirt was made in Turkey and there’s a press release coming out of Israel. The Spanish clothing chain Zara prompted controversy when the children’s top above went on sale, because of the more-than-passing resemblance to the uniforms Jews had to wear in Nazi camps. They’ve withdrawn the shirt, so all’s well, yeah? Until the brand’s Israeli office issued an apology: The item in question, part of the Cowboy Collection for babies, was inspired by the character of the sheriff in Wild West movies. The word ‘Sheriff’ is visible on the star at the front of the item. Nevertheless, we can understand the sensitive context and connotation that was created. The item does not exist in Israel and as soon as the issue became clear, it was decided the product will be removed from shelves across the world and exterminated. And we were doing so well until the end.

OK, not exactly an Asian story, although the shirt was made in Turkey and there’s a press release coming out of Israel. The Spanish clothing chain Zara prompted controversy when the children’s top above went on sale, because of the more-than-passing resemblance to the uniforms Jews had to wear in Nazi camps. They’ve withdrawn the shirt, so all’s well, yeah? Until the brand’s Israeli office issued an apology:

The item in question, part of the Cowboy Collection for babies, was inspired by the character of the sheriff in Wild West movies. The word ‘Sheriff’ is visible on the star at the front of the item. Nevertheless, we can understand the sensitive context and connotation that was created.

The item does not exist in Israel and as soon as the issue became clear, it was decided the product will be removed from shelves across the world and exterminated.

And we were doing so well until the end.

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Tsao Ya-sin, the owner of the Rockmill restaurant in Banciao, New Taipei City, has apologised for naming two of its dishes “Long Live the Nazis”, because they contain German sausages. “When we were deciding on a name for this pasta dish, it never occurred to us that the word Nazi would stir up such controversy,” she said. Source: The Independent. Thanks to the excellent Jeremy Walden-Schertz for the tip.

Tsao Ya-sin, the owner of the Rockmill restaurant in Banciao, New Taipei City, has apologised for naming two of its dishes “Long Live the Nazis”, because they contain German sausages. “When we were deciding on a name for this pasta dish, it never occurred to us that the word Nazi would stir up such controversy,” she said. Source: The Independent. Thanks to the excellent Jeremy Walden-Schertz for the tip.

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In Tel Aviv last weekend, protestors against the attacks on Gaza were set upon by Israeli right-wingers, some of them wearing t-shirts bearing the slogan “Good night left side”, mainly associated with American and European neo-Nazis. I thought the Korean cosplay woman with the magen david was the weirdest thing yet but this… Full story here. Thanks to Jeremy Walden-Schertz for flagging this up. 

In Tel Aviv last weekend, protestors against the attacks on Gaza were set upon by Israeli right-wingers, some of them wearing t-shirts bearing the slogan “Good night left side”, mainly associated with American and European neo-Nazis. I thought the Korean cosplay woman with the magen david was the weirdest thing yet but this… Full story here. Thanks to Jeremy Walden-Schertz for flagging this up. 

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