Prince Harry's Nazi gaffe draws fury, calls for public apology

AFP ^ | Thu Jan 13, 7:03 PM ET

[roses of sharon]

And if he would have dressed as Arafat, OBL, or Saddam, or even blew up innocents in a suicide belt, he would have been cast as a victim of "occupation" by the US and Israel.

[Marysecretary]

Sounds like a great idea! Let us all know when you're looking for financing (smile). Mxxx

[BlackElk]

There was a remark by Professor Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady to the effect that: The French don't care what they do, actually, so long as they pronounce it correctly. What is more important: having the place names of what the world knows as Berkenau and Auschwitz and the Poles know as Brzezinka and Oswiecim or what occurred during the Holocaust at those places?

If the point is that the Nazis slaughtered many Poles like St. Maximilian Kolbe or non-Jewish laymen whose names are not familiar to us at these places, fine. Maybe it is better that these places are known by their German names for the Holocaust period since the atrocities in question were, unquestionably, German Nazi atrocities and not Polish atrocities.

You are right that I have not previously heard of Brzezinka and, now that I have, I have no reason to think any differently of what went on there and who perpetrated what against whom. I also am far more concerned about the ignorance of British youth (are our own more knowledgeable?) as to Auschwitz, Berkenau, Bergen-Belsen, and so many other locations of Holocaust horror.

[BlackElk]

You have a way with words. That is elegant and accurate commentary.

[ex-snook]

"But since the media would NEVER make an issue if he dressed up as Marx, Lenin, Stalin, Castro or Mao, let's just DROP IT."

Probably no fuss either if he dressed up as Manson or some other mass murderer.

[A. Pole]

That's why I give money to the Fellowship of Christians and Jews to help feed elderly Jews in Russia who would otherwise starve if organizations like FCJ didn't help them.

Why so many elderly people in Russia (Russian, Jews and others) were starving? Because of the reform minded/free market oligarchs like Khodorkovsky who looted the country. Now thanks to Putin the old retired people can eat a little better.

[DianeDePoitiers]

"I dressed up as the devil for Halloween one year. The DEVIL has to be worse then wearing a swastika armband, but nobody flashed my picture across the world’s media. What does a poor peasant boy have to do to get some press?"

Well, first you need to convince everyone you can think of that you are third in line for Head of State. Then, you dress up as Osama bin Laden and go to a reunion for the families of victims of 9/11.

[JeffersonRepublic.com]

Good point. I shouldn't take this light hearted. We have our own demons.

[Marysecretary]

I don't think they are eating much better. I've seen some of the documentaries on them and it's eat or heat in many cases and medicines for the sick take precedence over food. They also have a program that helps Jewish families once they go to Israel. Some of them live in horrendous circumstances. M