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(Boston Globe)   Parade float to commemorate Holocaust with a big pile of fake dead bodies. What could possibly go wrong?   (boston.com) divider line
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dahmers love zombie
2008-01-29 2:32:52 PM  
Fake?

Pussies.
 
Kome
2008-01-29 2:35:39 PM  
It'll be a gas. I'm sure they'll get all fired up for this one.
 
Tatsuma
2008-01-29 2:36:45 PM  
I'm fine with people who want to commemorate the Holocaust, but next to drunk, half-naked people busy shouting and trying to hook-up during a farking parade? Not really.
 
Daneel Olivaw
2008-01-29 2:37:16 PM  
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/what could go wrong?
 
muck4doo
2008-01-29 2:37:20 PM  
*facepalm*
 
xtex
2008-01-29 2:43:52 PM  
I was really hoping this was going to be a link to the Onion...
 
absoluteparanoia
2008-01-29 2:47:01 PM  
Daneel Olivaw: /what could go wrong?

If I knew you were coming I would have baked a kyke?
 
Cagey B
2008-01-29 3:27:59 PM  
This reminds me of a Thanksgiving Day parade fiasco I was involved in several years back. It was a similar concept, except it was a pile of dead Armenians.

Sheesh. God forbid anyone think about the Armenian Genocide on Turkey Day. Lousy parade commission.
 
ArcadianRefugee
2008-01-29 4:00:20 PM  
Tatsuma: I'm fine with people who want to commemorate the Holocaust

I get annoyed at the term "The Holocaust" because too many people view it as the killing of 6 million Jews and seem to not realize that nearly as many non-Jews were also killed.
 
Tatsuma
2008-01-29 4:06:34 PM  
ArcadianRefugee: I get annoyed at the term "The Holocaust" because too many people view it as the killing of 6 million Jews and seem to not realize that nearly as many non-Jews were also killed.

Do you get angry at the term anti-semitism because Jews are not the only semites around?
 
Boritom
2008-01-29 4:30:42 PM  
ArcadianRefugee: I get annoyed at the term "The Holocaust" because too many people view it as the killing of 6 million Jews and seem to not realize that nearly as many non-Jews were also killed.

I think the term fits well enough to describe all atrocities comitted by the Nazi regime at the time. People of Jewish faith understand and realize they were not the only ones victimized by this event, but since Hitler specifically had a real burn going against Jews, they are more likely to be the focal point when we remember it.

It was a Holocaust, by all relevant linguistic definition. Now if they specifically referred to it as "The Jewish Holocaust," then people who represent other faiths and social ilks would have more reason to be offended.

Don't forget, it's just one of many ways we get to rejoice in our blood-boiling hatred of Hitler and the Third Reich.
 
stpauler
2008-01-29 4:40:22 PM  
absoluteparanoia: Daneel Olivaw: /what could go wrong?

If I knew you were coming I would have baked a kyke?

Win!
 
ArcadianRefugee
2008-01-29 4:43:04 PM  
Tatsuma: Do you get angry at the term anti-semitism because Jews are not the only semites around?

No. But when they use that phrase to describe, say, an Arab's distaste for Jews, I find it annoying. It's like calling a black man a racist for calling another black man "[n-word]".

You'll also notice I said "annoyed", not "angry".
 
ArcadianRefugee
2008-01-29 4:47:10 PM  
Boritom: I think the term fits well enough to describe all atrocities comitted by the Nazi regime at the time. People of Jewish faith understand and realize they were not the only ones victimized by this event,

Don't get me wrong. If Jews refer to it as the Holocaust and refer to only the damage done to "their people", then fine. A bit selfish, but fine. It's the fact that so many others seem to either not care -- or worse, not even know -- that so many others were killed as well and when they think of "The Holocaust" they only think of half its victims.

Don't forget, it's just one of many ways we get to rejoice in our blood-boiling hatred of Hitler and the Third Reich.

I wouldn't say "hate". They had such snappy uniforms. And the flag was pretty, though they've pretty much ruined the swastika.
 
ArcadianRefugee
2008-01-29 5:02:57 PM  
let me amend that: if any group is talking about their culture, and their culture's hardships, and talks about the Holocaust and its effect on their culture (ignoring the effect it had on others) then fine -- that's a contextual thing.

It's the, what seems to me, to be the rampant ignorance of too many others that annoys me, so I avoid the term altogether.
 
Oldiron_79
2008-01-29 5:31:29 PM  
Theres no such thing as dead bodies, just Zombies that are too afraid to get up for Bruce Campbell
 
crazynorman
2008-01-29 5:31:59 PM  
This is the worst idea since Hitler's mum had sex with Hitler's dad
 
Mr_Smartypants
2008-01-29 5:32:05 PM  
They could turn out to be fake zombies?
 
jonescollectables
2008-01-29 5:33:42 PM  
Dumbass tag more appropriate.

-1 subby
 
gorgor
2008-01-29 5:33:52 PM  
You want fries with that? (new window)
 
KnightsCross
2008-01-29 5:34:19 PM  
Hmmm, how could someone else have submitted the exact same source and article that I did. What a CROCK

(Reuters)2008-01-29 [Main] When making a float for the Rio Carnival, you might assume that your holocaust themed pile-o-bodies might not be cool with everyone (pic)
 
AnnoyingKidNextDoor
2008-01-29 5:34:21 PM  
I heard that a group of homosexual necraphiliacs were in the area. Therefore, they wanted them out of there FAST.
 
nativefloridian
2008-01-29 5:36:16 PM  
Viradouro's parade theme is "Shockers" and it includes floats depicting the shock of birth, the shock of horror and the shock of cold.

Barrossaid the Holocaust float would be the only one without dancers on top.

"If we had people dancing on top of dead bodies that would indeed be disrespectful," he told Reuters.

Ya think?

And who the hell thought up this theme? Parades are supposed to be *fun*.
 
tethead
2008-01-29 5:39:43 PM  
you know who else liked parade floats with dead bodies?

/got nuthin...
 
medius [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2008-01-29 5:40:53 PM  
shocker?
 
gorgor
2008-01-29 5:40:54 PM  
The best way to make a dead body float is to take your foot off its head.
 
theewhiterhino
2008-01-29 5:43:27 PM  
gorgor: The best way to make a dead body float is to take your foot off its head.

And that's all folks! We have a winner!
 
Ryan2065
2008-01-29 5:43:40 PM  
gorgor: The best way to make a dead body float is to take your foot off its head.

That doesn't work for everyone. For example, Jews don't float.
 
Captain Darling
2008-01-29 5:46:58 PM  
Viradouro's parade theme is "Shockers" and it includes floats depicting the shock of birth, the shock of horror and the shock of cold.

He's missing one kind of shocker.
 
GoodasGold
2008-01-29 5:47:19 PM  
Holocaust

Please a moment of silence.

/solemn
//reverential
 
Dr.Fey [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2008-01-29 5:47:49 PM  
But the Holocaust didn't happen!
 
the_chief
2008-01-29 5:48:32 PM  
Stay classy guys!
 
Lionel Mandrake
2008-01-29 5:49:39 PM  
Tatsuma: I'm fine with people who want to commemorate the Holocaust, but next to drunk, half-naked people busy shouting and trying to hook-up during a farking parade? Not really.

No doubt. "Holocaust" should not lead people to think "Oh, yeah, you remember, bra...right before that hot chick showed us her ginormous tits! Woooo!! Holocast rulez!!!"
 
gorgor
2008-01-29 5:50:09 PM  
theewhiterhino
:)

Ryan2065
Jews don't float. (new window)
 
tonesskin
2008-01-29 5:51:25 PM  
They should use Real Dolls.
 
FeBolas
2008-01-29 5:53:15 PM  
ArcadianRefugee: various words


For what it's worth, you're the only person I've ever heard saying that the holocaust only refers to the Jews. (even if you're only saying that other people think it... you're still the only person I've ever heard it come from).

Also- I admit that I don't know the numbers on this, but was there not a much larger number of Jews that were killed in the holocaust? Not that the other people don't matter, but it's logical that the most attention would be paid to the group who was most affected.
 
Danger Avoid Death
2008-01-29 5:53:19 PM  
gorgor: The best way to make a dead body float is to take your foot off its head.

Or 16 gallons of ice cream, 32 gallons of root beer, and a dead body.
 
Lionel Mandrake
2008-01-29 5:54:16 PM  
sleeps in trees: {shrug} I dunno, that might take a bit of the edge off.

wouldn't want genocide to be edgy, eh?

/hey, my pop tarts are done!
 
Richard Saunders
2008-01-29 5:54:21 PM  
So, lemme see... Images of Christ or the Virgin Mary are barred from the parade because they might offend some groups of people but a big stack of "dead bodies" representing the holocaust is acceptable.

Makes perfect FARK-ing sense.

/dumbasses
 
gorgor
2008-01-29 5:54:53 PM  
Danger Avoid Death
Now I'm hungry!
 
Spongebob Plaid Pants
2008-01-29 5:59:00 PM  
Danger Avoid Death: gorgor: The best way to make a dead body float is to take your foot off its head.

Or 16 gallons of ice cream, 32 gallons of root beer, and a dead body.

Sick, but funny
 
Ryan2065
2008-01-29 6:02:13 PM  
FeBolas: For what it's worth, you're the only person I've ever heard saying that the holocaust only refers to the Jews. (even if you're only saying that other people think it... you're still the only person I've ever heard it come from).

I hear it all the time.

FeBolas: Also- I admit that I don't know the numbers on this, but was there not a much larger number of Jews that were killed in the holocaust? Not that the other people don't matter, but it's logical that the most attention would be paid to the group who was most affected.

6 million Jews died and 12 million total were killed in the Holocaust.
 
wilder_card
2008-01-29 6:05:48 PM  
All I can think of is, this float would be a great place to stash a real dead body, assuming you had an extra one you didn't want to be caught with...
 
GoodasGold
2008-01-29 6:06:31 PM  
I did a GIS for Holocaust museum and this is what I found. Disgusting.

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Gordon Bennett [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2008-01-29 6:07:24 PM  
dahmers love zombie: Fake?

Pussies.

The really sad part is that in Rio you could probably gather up a floatfull of real ones in the favelas in a couple of months.

It's an awful idea owing to context, but I don't doubt the sympathy is genuine. It's also quite unfortunate that it is being done when there are such brutal conditions much closer to home.

I'd like to be snarky about this, and honestly tried, but I can't quite bring myself to it. Does this mean I'm going to have to retire my Fark account on grounds of oversensitivity?
 
Tatsuma
2008-01-29 6:09:39 PM  
GoodasGold: I did a GIS for Holocaust museum and this is what I found. Disgusting.

Next time you take something off Stormfront and you want to make it look like you found that on GIS, you need to understand that other people can do GIS, search for 10 pages and never see that.
 
Xeronite
2008-01-29 6:12:25 PM  
GoodasGold: I did a GIS for Holocaust museum and this is what I found. Disgusting.

The internet makes short work of any tender areas in human hearts.
 
GoodasGold
2008-01-29 6:13:34 PM  
Next time you take something off Stormfront and you want to make it look like you found that on GIS, you need to understand that other people can do GIS, search for 10 pages and never see that.

Its on the third page, Mr. Extra-Sensory Perception.
 
Tatsuma
2008-01-29 6:14:59 PM  
GoodasGold: Its on the third page, Mr. Extra-Sensory Perception.

Nope, it isn't
 
Xeronite
2008-01-29 6:15:29 PM  
GoodasGold: Next time you take something off Stormfront and you want to make it look like you found that on GIS, you need to understand that other people can do GIS, search for 10 pages and never see that.

Its on the third page, Mr. Extra-Sensory Perception.

Personalized search, locales, etc. Google searches aren't identical.
 
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