webfact Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 Condemnation after men dress as Nazis at Bangkok mall festive event Picture: Sanook Photographs which show two Thai men dressed in Nazi uniforms at an event at a Bangkok shopping mall have been condemed by the Israel's ambassador to Thailand. One of the photographs show the men stood in front a Christmas tree giving a ‘thumbs up’ wearing the Nazi themed costume. The photographs drew widespread condemnation from people posting online. In a statement posted on Facebook, Israel's Ambassador to Thailand, Dr. Meir Shlomo called the incident an “insult” to the victims of the Nazi regime. "I am disappointed to see the sad reoccurrence of incidents in which Nazi symbols are displayed on random occasions in Thailand, said Dr. Shlomo. “Needless to say, that this is an insult to the 6 million Jews and other victims of the Nazi regime, and their relatives. “There is yet a lot to be done in Thailand through proper education and public awareness." The festive themed event was organised by Mastercard and held at the Central Pattana shopping mall in Bangkok. Both Mastercard and Central Pattana Public Company Limited have also condemned the photographs, saying they do not support the actions in anyway This is not the first time glorification of Nazi symbols or iconography has occurred in Thailand. In 2013, Chulalongkorn University students included an image of Adolf Hitler in a mural about superheros. In 2018, a Thai pop star caused outrage after performing in a t-shirt emblazoned with the Nazi flag. Also in 2018, a French tourist made a complaint to police after discovering Nazi themed goods on sale at a market in Pattaya. Source: Sanook -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2019-12-25 Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking Thailand news and visa info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creasy Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 Geography and history, especially foreign is not a strong suit of the Thais Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samui Bodoh Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 3 minutes ago, webfact said: The festive themed event was organised by Mastercard and held at the Central Pattana shopping mall in Bangkok. Both Mastercard and Central Pattana Public Company Limited have also condemned the photographs, saying they do not support the actions in anyway 'Yes, we organized the event to make some cash, but now that there is some controversy, we condemn it harshly.' Gutless cowards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatOngo Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 7 minutes ago, webfact said: “There is yet a lot to be done in Thailand through proper education and public awareness." Don't hold your breathe waiting for that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJRS1301 Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 The unfortunate truth is they have none nothing illegal in Thailand Distaste to millions, but not illegal, I doubt many Thais of any generation would have knowledge of the holocaust Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckamuck Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 I would love to know what these folks are thinking. They must have some understanding of who the Nazi's were. Their outfits and the posters and stuff they make, show there was research and knowledge involved. I just can't see what part of the Nazi story that is attractive to Thais. There has to be some kind of unspoken appreciation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike787 Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 I thought thailand respected free speech???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt1591 Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 23 minutes ago, Samui Bodoh said: 'Yes, we organized the event to make some cash, but now that there is some controversy, we condemn it harshly.' Gutless cowards. They are condemning the 2 idiots, not the event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesofa Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 15 minutes ago, canuckamuck said: I would love to know what these folks are thinking. They must have some understanding of who the Nazi's were. Their outfits and the posters and stuff they make, show there was research and knowledge involved. I just can't see what part of the Nazi story that is attractive to Thais. There has to be some kind of unspoken appreciation. No, they don't have any understanding of who the Nazis were. I very much doubt they know about the second world war. Thirty years ago my first Thai girlfriend definitely didn't know who Hitler was. The only thing she knew about the second world war was that her parents in Chiang Rai told her they remembered Japanese soldiers marching through their village after they invaded Thailand, on their way to Burma. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LomSak27 Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 Thailand has never been big on teaching about World War II in their schools, for obvious reasons. That is not going to change anytime soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorecard Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 18 minutes ago, LomSak27 said: Thailand has never been big on teaching about World War II in their schools, for obvious reasons. That is not going to change anytime soon. A simple example, my Thai son's brother in law (spent all of his life in the mid North, did complete high school) is adamant that the globe of the world in my son's house (which son uses often to teach his kids, check the location of countries in the news etc.) is wrong because Germany is just above Thailand. BIL believes this from some simple geography lessons conducted by a monk many many years ago when he was a 3 months novice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
animalmagic Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 43 minutes ago, canuckamuck said: I would love to know what these folks are thinking. They must have some understanding of who the Nazi's were. Their outfits and the posters and stuff they make, show there was research and knowledge involved. I just can't see what part of the Nazi story that is attractive to Thais. There has to be some kind of unspoken appreciation. Probably some bright marketing guy connecting the words Mastercard and Master Race and thinking they were smart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParkerN Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 Children in a sandpit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickey rat Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 99.9% of the locals have no idea who Pol Pot was, much less Hitler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mngmn Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 It's not misunderstanding, is admiration. Strong, dictator who made Germany powerful for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardColeman Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 Said this before, but my wife is a kindergarten teacher, well educated at high universities here in Thailand - never heard of 9/11 !! (and topically once asked me is father Christmas was real person each year in the UK). So, huge lack of historical education Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AhFarangJa Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 14 minutes ago, mickey rat said: 99.9% of the locals have no idea who Pol Pot was, much less Hitler. Agreed Mickey. I may have mentioned before, apologies if I am repeating myself, but we have a house near Prasat. It is where my wife comes from, and is only about 24 km from Cambodia. Both my wife, her family, and most people in the village speak Khmer. Yet, she has absolutely no idea who Pol Pot was, let alone the Khmer Rouge. Selective education at its finest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebell Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 1 hour ago, webfact said: There is yet a lot to be done in Thailand through proper education and public awareness. In a nutshell. Thais are ignorant of the rest of the Universe, not helped by the PM saying Thai would soon be the Universal language of the World! He's not noticed the Internet yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denim Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 1 hour ago, Creasy said: Geography and history, especially foreign is not a strong suit of the Thais True .... but on the other hand they have totally nailed beauty parlours , wooden elephants , and driving without paying much attention. It's a question of priorities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingdong Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 1 hour ago, ezzra said: Yeah right, let a genocide of millions of people just be forgotten, let us all learn nothing from history, let us all be ignorant, insensitive and dismissive of other people misfortunes why don't we?... Let's not forget pol pot while we,'re on the subjecr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingdong Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 36 minutes ago, mickey rat said: 99.9% of the locals have no idea who Pol Pot was, much less Hitler. Posted before i,d read your post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theoldgit Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 Troll post and two measured responses removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingdong Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 14 minutes ago, HuskerDo said: The U.S. has far too many skinheads and of course the KKK but people (especially Thais) wearing Nazi uniforms is surprising. Skinheads and the KKK spew the same hatred that the Nazi's spewed. It seems the hatred in this world just won't stop. Seems there's more of that sort of carry on in eastern Europe than the usa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brokenbone Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 get over it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyF Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 I believe this is simply ignorance, not malice. They have no idea of the history and just think the uniform looks cool, a bit like dressing up as a stormtrooper from Star Wars. They've probably seen the swastika on T-shirts at the night market and think it's a designer name in Europe. Lack of education is the issue here, not hatred of Jews or a love of genocide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairynuff Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 4 minutes ago, brokenbone said: get over it Sympathiser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairynuff Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 48 minutes ago, Deli said: Shouldn't Israel rather take care of their domestic problems ? No, they should call out nazi sympathisers wherever they are, including forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raymonddiaz Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 It’s all about education guys.,., Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terminatorchiangmai Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 1 hour ago, RJRS1301 said: The unfortunate truth is they have none nothing illegal in Thailand Distaste to millions, but not illegal, I doubt many Thais of any generation would have knowledge of the holocaust Is there another history besides Thailand? They don't even know what happend in Cambodia during khmer rouge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mauGR1 Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 2 minutes ago, JonnyF said: I believe this is simply ignorance, not malice. They have no idea of the history and just think the uniform looks cool, a bit like dressing up as a stormtrooper from Star Wars. They've probably seen the swastika on T-shirts at the night market and think it's a designer name in Europe. Lack of education is the issue here, not hatred of Jews or a love of genocide. Agree, let's not forget the horror, let's not repeat it, and let's forgive the ignorance of others, as we forgive our own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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