Painted on the side of this store.
The "staff" is partially obscured.
I thought this post was going to be groundbreaking, but it looks like other people noticed it first (here and here), and apparently it's been around for a while.
My dad told me that when he was a kid there was a guy who lived across the street who used to hang a Nazi flag in his basement. He seemed a little crazy. But in that guy's defense he was from Austria and actually was a Nazi. So while he was hateful at least he wasn't ignorant. That was sarcasm.
I'm all for freedom of expression and all that. I'm just curious what view these Koreans are expressing with this mural. Do they respect Hitler for being a strong leader who pulled
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http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Asian_Nazis
These Asian Nazi's just see it as a sort of cosplay. I know someone who happily runs around with his buddies in a soviet and German outfit every other 2 weeks at a huge cosplay convention. They have no idea what those images mean to foreigners. I also guess that it can serve as a mirror to us and make us reflect on how much of our reactions to these images is conditioned by our grandparents and why we resent them so much, but I also believe that we don't have the right to lecture young Koreans on this matter. In the end I would say that just our shock makes it a big thing whereas for anyone else it is just a picture.
They should be taught what those symbols mean. As any one who flew a Japanese imperial flag in L.A. should be taught - by a Korean ideally - what that flag meant to his grandparents. I've spoken up to strangers wearing those Japanese flag t-shirts, and they were embarrassed and expressed ignorance, which was no doubt true. But they learned something and probably tossed the shirts. Someone should explain it to the owner of this shop.
The 'imperial flag' as you call it has been part of the official Japanese armed forces since the 19th century. It is still used by the naval Self-Defence Force. Calling this flag offensive is the same as calling the British flag offensive to the former Commonwealth. There's nothing wrong with it, especially if you express solidarity or pride for the Japanese ability to defend itself!
did anyone read that link? wtf!? I wasn't sure where the sarcasm ended and the info began (if any)...also, "Bjork" was listed under the "also see" section...
Alex, read the uncyclopedia for South Korea. lol.
human177- thank you VERY much for that bit of fascist tomfoolery (e.g. your last sentence). We'll be sure to tel that to the Germans who fly their Imperial flag on a regular basis.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Neonazi_2.4.2005_M%C3%BCnchen.jpg
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