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john henry
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 Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2005 4:39 pm Post subject: He did what!!?? |
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Oye, in a monumental lapse of judgement, Prince Harry decided it would be a good idea to go to a costume party dressed as a Nazi.
http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2005-01-13-prince-harry_x.htm
I don't know on what planet anyone ever thinks this is a good idea, but one would think that THE PRINCE OF ENGLAND would have read a bit of Wiesel. Unfortunately, this is a pretty bad mistake, and people will be bringing up that photo for the rest of his life.
When I think of Kings and Princes and such, I think of battle hardened, worldly men who lead through strength, experience, etc....Most likely i watch to many movies. It really makes me wonder if these guys are too sheltered from their world. |
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ls650
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I don't understand what the fuss is about. He wore a costume to a costume party. Hell, my best friend went to a costume party dressed as Hitler once. Big deal.  |
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moonraven
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Hmmm. Maybe Tony Blair should have gone as a nazi?
Maybe not. Gilding the lily and all that.... |
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Gordon
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Someone who is 2nd or 3rd in line for the throne of England should have a little more sense than this. Doesn't say much for his Eton education.
Is650, you don't think the prince has more responsibility than us peasants or that photographers would be around? That would make him even more stupid. |
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Nagoyaguy
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I agree that it was a bonehead thing to do for the kid.
Still, the reaction is a little overboard. I mean, really. Calls for Harry to make a "penance run" to a concentration camp to prove how sorry he is. Bunch of crap. It would be better if his old man just slapped him around a little.
It makes me wonder, though- he got the uniform at a costume shop. What the hell kind of shop stocks Nazi uniforms?!? |
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osakajojo
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I heard it was a "bad-taste" party. If this is the case, than it was a good costume. And his brother dressed as a lion! That's funny.
As far as bad-taste costume parties go, I have heard of costumes like September 11th Survivors (covered in chalk) and Lacey Peterson costumes (complete with fetis) Now that's bad taste! |
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Twisting in the Wind
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| Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2005 3:24 am Post subject: |
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| Nagoyaguy wrote: |
It makes me wonder, though- he got the uniform at a costume shop. What the hell kind of shop stocks Nazi uniforms?!? |
Uh, Nagoyaguy, uh...you just haven't been around much, have you?
All kinds of costume shops stock Nazi costumes, in fact it's one of the most poular costumnes. In my high school back in the '70's, those of us taking German were warned on German Day not to go dressed as a "certain historical figure." And he wasn't talking Albert Schweitzer!!!! We;;. maybe ol Al wasn't German., but Swiss. However my point still stands. You can gettem, no problem. When I was 19 I walked into a shop and bought an authetic German U-boat flag.
What do I think of Prince Harry? I think they're going a little overboard with the reactions, but then, that's MY thinking, the thinking of a Yank who's not a member of the Royal Family. I almost think, you'know, so what? The kid's sowing his wild oats and is under such a microscope he's not being allowed to sow them. Sort of when I was 18 and I was given the choice to either go to the uni where my Dad taught for 50 years or to the state uni where I could be anonymous. Guess which I picked? I didn't want to be singled out for the next 4 years as Prof so-and so's child and not get any freedom. The same thing's happening to Harry, in my opinion to a much greater degree, of course. He's Somebody's Child and is not being allowed to just be.
However, if I was a Royal, with their concerns, affairs of state and whatnot, I might think differently. |
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Nagoyaguy
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| Uh, Nagoyaguy, uh...you just haven't been around much, have you? |
Apparently not! I guess you and I hang around at different "costume" shops.... 
One thing I DID read elsewhere though. Do you think there would have been as much outrage if Harry had dressed as Josef Stalin or Chairman Mao? After all, those two make Hitler seem like an amateur in the murder sweepstakes.
I wonder if there is something unique about the whole 'nazi' side of it that promotes such a reaction. Maybe a visceral hatred of the symbols of naziism, which are much more well known and despised than symbols of communism. |
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