Thailand Covers Hitler Billboard

BBC ^ | Sunday, 18 October 2009

[nickcarraway]

Museum officials in Thailand have covered a billboard depicting Adolf Hitler saluting after complaints from the German and Israeli embassies.

The advertisement, which reads in Thai, "Hitler is not dead," was set up on a main road out of Bangkok two weeks ago.

The billboard was covered up after the museum received "a lot" of complaints, director Somporn Naksuetrong said. The series of highway advertisements featuring famous dead people promote Louis Tussaud's Waxworks in Pattaya. "We weren't showing his image to celebrate him," Mr Naksuetrong told AFP.

"We think he is an important historical figure, but in a horrible way. We apologise for causing any offence which was not at all intended. We did not realise it would make people so angry," he added.

German Ambassador Hanns Schumacher was quoted in the Bangkok Post as labelling the advertisement "tasteless" and complained directly to the Thai foreign ministry. The Israeli embassy protested directly to the museum, Mr Naksuetrong said.

[nickcarraway]

[Blue Jays]

That will cause some excitement in Thailand.

[Vaquero]

The advertisement, which reads in Thai, "Hitler is not dead," was set up on a main road out of Bangkok two weeks ago.

[MotorCityBuck]

Oooh, Mr Bimmler, you do have us on.

[Lazamataz]

Thailand?

[HospiceNurse]

German tourists in Thailand for a week of meaningless sex with children object to Hitler Billboard?

Glad their Government is focused on the real problems.

[dfwgator]

"You wouldn't have had much fun in Stalingrad, would you? Ha ha."

[WKUHilltopper]

“Hitler is not dead”

Apparently he’s not. But alive and well in Washington, DC. And seems he likes Latin music.

[MotorCityBuck]

Cool it Führer cat! P.S. how did your GATORS do saturday?

[dfwgator]

We won, barely.

[Lazamataz]

It’s Mr McGoering from the Bell and Compasses. He says he’s found a place where you can hire bombers by the hour...?

[dfwgator]

If he opens his big mouth again...it’s lampshade time!

[MotorCityBuck]

Well, I gave him my baby to kiss and he bit it on the head.

[dfwgator]

I don’t like the sound of ‘ese ‘ere ‘Boncentration Bamps.’

[PGR88]

One of the reasons I love visiting Asia - they don’t understand, nor do they give a shit about, the West’s political correctness.

[Lazamataz]

Pleased to meet you, squire. I also am not of Minehead being born but I in your Peterborough Lincolnshire was given birth to. But am staying in Peterborough Lincolnshire house all time during vor, due to jolly old running sores, and vos unable to go in the streets or to go visit football matches or go to Nuremburg. Ha ha. Am retired vindow cleaner and pacifist, without doing war crimes. Oh...and am glad England vin Vorld Cup. Bobby Charlton. Martin Peters. And eating I am lots of chips and fish and hole in the toads and Dundee cakes on Piccadilly Line, don't you know old chap, vot! And I vos head of Gestapo for ten years.

(oof)

Ah! Five years!

(OOOF)

Nein! No! Oh. NOT head of Gestapo AT ALL! I was not, I make joke!

[dfwgator]

Ah! Hein...Reginald you have the wrong map here you silly old leg-before-wicket English person.

[Lazamataz]

I THINK HE’S GOT BEAUTIFUL LEGS!

[The Comedian]

There's a fine line between facism and comedy, as this regime keeps reminding us...

[Lazamataz]

Shut your cake-hole, you Nazi!

[MotorCityBuck]

Just a heads up to all you Python freaks... The Independent Film Channel is running a six part M.P. documentary all week 9-12 pm est. So look into it, or I will taunt you second time!

[Lazamataz]

Vot you ask that for, are you a spy? Get on against the wall,
Britischer Pig, you are going to die!

[Cringing Negativism Network]

ประเทศไทย ?

[Lazamataz]

Говорите на русском языке Вы нацистский шпион

[PzLdr]

They used as reverse negative to make the billboard. thje salute is done with the right hand. And Hitler’s IC 1st and Wounds Badge should be on the left side of the shirt.

[Cringing Negativism Network]

Боже, благослови Америку

[ASA Vet]

Thai Ping

[Lazamataz]

Хорошая попытка советская свинья. Вы желаете разрушения Америки! Известно, что Вы - российский шпион, который желает скрыть себя, пока он не готов УБИТЬ!

[Lazamataz]

Thailand?

[Cringing Negativism Network]

Uh oh.

OK I have to confess I just copy/pasted the Russian words “God Bless America” and have no idea what you wrote. :)

[Lazamataz]

شما سعی می کنید به ما ابله!

Translated: YOU CAN TRY OUR DOODLE!

[ASA Vet]

คุณเป็นฏาร

[Lazamataz]

Your translator was flawed: It wrote... My God, bless America!

lol

My text was (roughly) Nice try, Soviet pig! You wish for the destruction of America! It is well known that you are a Russian spy who conceals himself until he is ready to KILL!

[Cringing Negativism Network]

That’s the spirit.

[Lazamataz]

Вы можете судить нашего болвана!

YOU CAN TRY OUR DOODLE!

[Lazamataz]

Unaweza kujaribu doodle wetu!

YOU CAN TRY OUR DOODLE!

[Lazamataz]

אתה יכול לנסות לשרבט שלנו

YOU CAN TRY OUR DOODLE!

[Cringing Negativism Network]

I think it starts with “khun”?

[ASA Vet]

Yes

[Cringing Negativism Network]

OK back to it. BRB.

[Cringing Negativism Network]

OK I give up.

I end up with something like “khun pndwer”. LOL. Couldn’t get a translation on the characters directly so I tried phonetics.

Uncle.

[Lazamataz]

SoH laH Sop maj yuch

YOU CAN TRY OUR DOODLE!

[ASA Vet]

Second word เป็น bpen (to be)

[Lazamataz]

Did you try anything related to trying doodles?

[Cringing Negativism Network]

Ah. OK good hint. “You are”.

Thanks.

[Cringing Negativism Network]

Is it an insult of some sort?

[Lazamataz]

Ah. OK good hint. “You are”.

“A doodle trier”.

[ASA Vet]

Yes, a very bad one, for which I’m sorry.

[Cringing Negativism Network]

ไม่ เป็น อะไร

[ASA Vet]

doodle is kinda hard as there's no real exact single word for our concept of doodle, but this would be about right. เขียนหรือวาดอย่างใจลอย