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[Ksandra]

http://news.yahoo.com/hitler-clothin...133743884.html

'Hitler' clothing store stirs anger in India

The owner of an Indian clothing store said Wednesday that he would only change its name from "Hitler" if he was compensated for re-branding costs, amid a growing row over the new shop.
The outlet, which sells Western men's wear, opened 10 days ago in Ahmedabad city in the western state of Gujarat with "Hitler" written in big letters over the front and with a Nazi swastika as the dot on the "i".
"I will change it (the name) if people want to compensate me for the money we have spent -- the logo, the hoarding, the business cards, the brand," Rajesh Shah told AFP.
He put the total costs at about 150,000 rupees ($2,700).
Shah insisted that until the store opened he did not know who Adolf Hitler was and that Hitler was a nickname given to the grandfather of his store partner because "he was very strict".
"I didn't know how much the name would disturb people," he told AFP by telephone from Ahmedabad. "It was only when the store opened I learnt Hitler had killed six million people."
Members of the tiny Jewish community in Ahmedabad condemned the store's name, while a senior Israeli diplomat said the embassy would raise the matter "in the strongest possible way."
"People use such names mostly out of ignorance," Israel's Mumbai Consul General Orna Sagiv told AFP.
[Related: 11 Urban Outfitters clothing controversies]
Esther David, a prominent Indian writer in Ahmedabad who is Jewish, said she was "disturbed and distressed" by the shop, but added that some Indians used the word "Hitler" casually to describe autocratic people.
David said Jewish residents had sought to change Shah's mind about the store's name and told him about the Holocaust.
The row evoked memories of a controversy six years ago when a Mumbai restaurant owner called his cafe "Hitler's Cross" and put a swastika on the hoarding, claiming Hitler was a "catchy" name.
The restaurant owner eventually agreed to change the name after protests by the Israeli embassy, Germany and the US Anti-Defamation League.
Hitler attracts an unusual degree of respect in some parts of India, with his book "Mein Kampf" a popular title in bookshops and on street stalls.
Gujarat schoolbooks issued by the Hindu nationalist state government were criticised a few years ago for praising Hitler as someone who gave "dignity and prestige" to the German government.

[hey]

"It was only when the store opened I learnt Hitler had killed six million people."

How is this even possible?

[Bregor]

How is this even possible?

Yeah, it's amazing people in India don't learn all about European history.

Also, I like that the related article was about Urban Outfitters.

[Eurell]

Yeah, it's amazing people in India don't learn all about European history.

Also, I like that the related article was about Urban Outfitters.

World War = European history. k.

India_in_World_War_II

[Byrthnoth]

70,000 chickens = $20,000 worth of chickens. Each chicken is worth 28.5 cents?

[Bregor]

World War = European history. k.

India_in_World_War_II

"...being colonies of the United Kingdom..." k.

Not to mention the term "World War" is somewhat prejudicial.

But you're right, someone really ought to reform the curriculum of schools in Gujarat, they don't know anything about Indian history!

[Gadritan]

something something pacific theater

[Cail]

major battles on 4/7 continents (5/7 if u count hawaii in north america(yes its USA but ehhhhhh))

[TacoTaru]

70,000 chickens = $20,000 worth of chickens. Each chicken is worth 28.5 cents?

Pretty sure when Rural King (I'm not sure if that's national or regional, sorry) sells baby chicks they're 6 for $1.

[Shakki]

The outlet, which sells Western men's wear, opened 10 days ago in Ahmedabad city in the western state of Gujarat with "Hitler" written in big letters over the front and with a Nazi swastika as the dot on the "i".

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Shah insisted that until the store opened he did not know who Adolf Hitler was and that Hitler was a nickname given to the grandfather of his store partner because "he was very strict".
"I didn't know how much the name would disturb people," he told AFP by telephone from Ahmedabad. "It was only when the store opened I learnt Hitler had killed six million people."

Knew enough about Hitler to put a swastika over the i, but didn't know enough about Hitler to remember he killed off millions of people? Seems legit.

[hey]

"...being colonies of the United Kingdom..." k.

Not to mention the term "World War" is somewhat prejudicial.

But you're right, someone really ought to reform the curriculum of schools in Gujarat, they don't know anything about Indian history!

They sent 3 million troops over. idk, that seems like it'd be worth a mention in history class.

[Necronus]

Esther David, a prominent Indian writer in Ahmedabad who is Jewish, said she was "disturbed and distressed" by the shop, but added that some Indians used the word "Hitler" casually to describe autocratic people.
Hitler attracts an unusual degree of respect in some parts of India, with his book "Mein Kampf" a popular title in bookshops and on street stalls.
Gujarat schoolbooks issued by the Hindu nationalist state government were criticised a few years ago for praising Hitler as someone who gave "dignity and prestige" to the German government.

Quoted the parts I found important. It seems like its an area that is losing touch / lost touch with what he represents.

[Bregor]

They should just use Texas's schoolbooks like the rest of the world.

[Kerberoz]

Most schools in India don't even teach germ theory and you want them to teach European history? Baby steps, c'mon.

[Milkster]

Happily married Christopher Bridgeman and Martin Borger, both corporate executives, were humiliated in Texas at the George Bush Intercontinental Airport by United-Continental airlines after collecting their luggage from an international flight. Their bag, which was secure before the flight, had been tampered with. Its contents included a gigantic purple dildo which was taped to the top of the bag. The tape contained the logo of the airline, and only airline personal were allowed to handle baggage. The couple is now suing the airline for invasion of privacy, intentional infliction of emotional distress, mental anguish and negligence. They are seeking an unknown amount for damages.
The incident, which originally happened in 2011, was documented in an email to a friend immediately after. The couple described the ordeal, "SO EMBARRASSED, ABSOLUTELY MORTIFIED... just knowing that everyone in sight had already seen it and after looking at their faces that depicted disbelief, some were snickering, others completely astonished, and of course, disgust was ubiquitous."
The married couple was only meant to be in Texas temporarily to catch a connecting flight, as they were on their way home to Virginia after a lengthy vacation stay in Costa Rica. Federal regulations state passengers from international flights must collect their baggage when re-entering America, and then re-submit it through security.
Bridgeman and Borger both say they know their bags were secure when they handed them to security describing the situation, "With bags in-hand we continued while making our way through a security checkpoint, then (we) approached the area we were to check the bags-back-in, (we) picked up our bags which were in sound and undamaged condition prior to handing them to the attendant who then sent them through the X-ray machine that housed a conveyor belt which sent them to wherever they go from there."
When asked for a comment dailymail reports the airline's reasoning for removing the dildo was, "because the airline baggage handlers realized it was in a bag that had a man's name on the luggage tag."
So be warned, if you are a male traveling through Texas with a dildo in your bag it may be placed in a prominent place for all interested parties to view.
It will be interesting to see how United-Continental's policy plays in a courtroom.

http://www.examiner.com/article/humi...e-after-search

[Silenka]

Knew enough about Hitler to put a swastika over the i, but didn't know enough about Hitler to remember he killed off millions of people? Seems legit.

Just wanna say, even if it seems unlikely to be a coincidence, the swastika as it originally was came from Indian religion and was a symbol of goodness.
The Nazis stole it, flipped it around and made it mean the opposite of goodness.

[Eurell]

If the swastika is flipped, you'd think they used the actual indian version instead of the Nazi one.

[Sepukku]

were humiliated in Texas at the George Bush Intercontinental Airport

Wut

[Kerberoz]

http://www.1011now.com/home/headline...167394325.html

Grand Island Preschooler Asked to Change the Sign for His Name in School

Hunter Spanjer says his name with a certain special hand gesture, but at just three and a half years old, he may have to change it.

"He's deaf, and his name sign, they say, is a violation of their weapons policy," explained Hunter's father, Brian Spanjer.

Grand Island's "Weapons in Schools" Board Policy 8470 forbids "any instrument...that looks like a weapon," But a three year-old's hands?

"Anybody that I have talked to thinks this is absolutely ridiculous. This is not threatening in any way," said Hunter's grandmother Janet Logue.

"It's a symbol. It's an actual sign, a registered sign, through S.E.E.," Brian Spanjer said.

S.E.E. stands for Signing Exact English, Hunter's sign language. Hunter's name gesture is modified with crossed-fingers to show it is uniquely his own.

"We are working with the parents to come to the best solution we can for the child," said Jack Sheard, Grand Island Public Schools spokesperson.

[Dimmauk]

The mayor of Hollywood park near San Antonio was found dead. He was killed by a donkey.

http://www.woai.com/news/local/story...c7z2Dp_BQ.cspx