Prince Harry in Nazi costume

Paul Mason · Post by **Paul Mason** » 13 Jan 2005, 22:39

Does it insult the Germans?

Alenyx · Post by **Alenyx** » 13 Jan 2005, 22:43

Sorry?

Paul Mason · Post by **Paul Mason** » 13 Jan 2005, 22:45

Does Prince Harry wearing a Nazi Swastika upset the Germans?

Alenyx · Post by **Alenyx** » 13 Jan 2005, 22:51

The press in Germany reflects the same opinion the Sun does... I csn't speak for Germans in general, but I don't feel insulted by it... Why should I? I don't identify with these symbols... It's just the general reaction on it that upsets me... as I said I think it's only provocation...

Alex · Post by **Alex** » 13 Jan 2005, 23:03

Alenyx wrote:as I said I think it's only provocation...

I think it was a fancy dress party, that's all.

Alenyx · Post by **Alenyx** » 13 Jan 2005, 23:06

So it's common to pick Nazi uniforms for fancy dress parties in Britain?

Paul Mason · Post by **Paul Mason** » 13 Jan 2005, 23:12

Don't be stupid, be a smarty
Come and join the Nazi Party

:D

Alenyx · Post by **Alenyx** » 13 Jan 2005, 23:24

your place or mine? :;):

Website · Post by **evonx** » 13 Jan 2005, 23:39

I'm sorry but coming from a family in which some people still relive the horrors of WW 2 and of which about 70+ died in a.o. the concentratiion camps I cannot see any fun in wearing such a costume.
It is 60 years ago yes, but time does not say a lot to some people who have lived though it at the time.

Post by **Dom P** » 14 Jan 2005, 00:02

It is quite serious, depending on circumstances this guy come become head of state. His judgment in choosing such a costume for a party is in question. Also in question is why no-one in the family stopped him going out dressed like that.

Punks used to wear swastikas, but in isolation... Harry had the whole uniform. Then again, I used to be able to dress my Action Man in a variety of nazi stormtrooper costumes. But they were toys and couldn't become king.

Given the current royal family's familial ties with Germans, nazi party members and the upcoming remembrance, it is definitely news. Is he trying to tell us something?

It has constitutional significance in that a freak accident wiping out Liz, Chas and Will would put the bastard son of James Hewitt and Diana Spencer on the throne... and he's that much of a fuckwit that the government, in that event, would have no choice but to abolish the monarchy immediately...

To say it's on the front page to cover up more important news is also misguided in my opinion. Harry is not just a nobody... he's a public figure and the treatment of his mother should have taught him that. If he had considered for one moment that wearing that kit could be offensive to someone, he should not have worn it. That he ended up wearing it says alot about his, and his family's, level of connection with the real world.

:wanker:

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Alenyx · Post by **Alenyx** » 14 Jan 2005, 00:17

Almost everyone comes from a family with losses and people who suffered at the time... my grandfather was imprisoned at the age of barely 16 by Czech soldiers.. he was tortured and raped... my grandparents both coming from a Polish area had to escape to Germany...
And as I said I didn't want to minor the horrors... I just think that people still take it too serious... it's still like a looming shadow in Germany...
A country is nothing to be proud of as you've got no influence on where you're born, but you shouldn't have to be ashamed of your background either...

Website · Post by **evonx** » 14 Jan 2005, 00:21

you shouldn't have to be ashamed of your background either...

I agree on that of course. I just think that when you say people take it too serious you perhaps don't realize how much of what happened in WW2 is still a large shadow in some peoples daily lives. Believe me, I know what I'm talking about sadly enough...