Hensoldt
07-26-2007, 05:21 PM
Taiwan students inspired by Hitler launch Nazi movement
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
A group of Taiwanese university students has set up a Nazi political movement advocating national unity, strength and curbing immigration, the group's co-founder said Wednesday.
The National Socialism Association currently has 20 paid-up members, with another 800 who have used the group's Web site to indicate an interest in joining, co-founder Chao Lahn, 24, said.
The site is emblazoned with a Nazi swastika and says the group's ranks are reserved for people "who do not dislike (Adolf) Hitler," the Nazi dictator whose regime systematically murdered 6 million Jews during World War II.
Hitler images and iconography have sometimes been used to promote commercial products in Taiwan - including a now-closed Nazi-themed restaurant - on the grounds that the German leader symbolized strength.
There is no indigenous Jewish community on the island, and most Taiwanese seem confused by distinctions among European populations and religions. Read more (http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=117382 3735621&pagename=JPost%2FJPA rticle%2FShowFull)
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That's one big fat WTF! right there. :doh:
What were those inbred morons smoking? :bonk:
Geez!
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
A group of Taiwanese university students has set up a Nazi political movement advocating national unity, strength and curbing immigration, the group's co-founder said Wednesday.
The National Socialism Association currently has 20 paid-up members, with another 800 who have used the group's Web site to indicate an interest in joining, co-founder Chao Lahn, 24, said.
The site is emblazoned with a Nazi swastika and says the group's ranks are reserved for people "who do not dislike (Adolf) Hitler," the Nazi dictator whose regime systematically murdered 6 million Jews during World War II.
Hitler images and iconography have sometimes been used to promote commercial products in Taiwan - including a now-closed Nazi-themed restaurant - on the grounds that the German leader symbolized strength.
There is no indigenous Jewish community on the island, and most Taiwanese seem confused by distinctions among European populations and religions. Read more (http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=117382 3735621&pagename=JPost%2FJPA rticle%2FShowFull)
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That's one big fat WTF! right there. :doh:
What were those inbred morons smoking? :bonk:
Geez!