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Thursday, August 30, 2012

YOU HAVE TO BE KIDDING ME!

So, even if you can't read, I have to ask, "How many people know who Adolf Hitler was? And what did he do?" I bet that almost all of you can easily raise your hand and give me a brief description of the fallen dictator. Well, Rajesh Shah of Ahmedabad city in India will tell you that he did not know who Adolf Hitler was when he opened his clothing store with the name "HITLER" over a week ago. Shah said on Wednesday that he would only change the name if he was compensated for re-branding costs. 

Shah's outlet, Hitler, which sells Western men's wear, opened 10 days ago in the city of Ahmedabad city in the western state of Gujarat with the name written in big letters over the storefront with a Nazi swastika as the dot on the "i". This guy still wants to insist that he has no idea as to who Hitler was? I call B.S.! He claims that Hitler was a nickname given to the grandfather of his store partner because "he was very strict." So, am I to believe that there are no history books in India? Shah is insisting that it was only when the store opened that he 'learnt Hitler was responsible for killing over six million people.' He also claims that he didn't know how much the name would disturb people. Now, either this go is a total moron or he's a pure 'evil' genius! You can't ask for more international publicity than he is getting right now because of the store's name.

Members of the tiny Jewish community in Ahmedabad condemned the store's name, while a senior Israeli diplomat said the embassy would raise the matter 'in the strongest possible way.' One consulate stated, "People use such names mostly out of ignorance." A prominent writer in India, who happens to be Jewish, said that she was disturbed and distressed by the shop, but added that some Indians used the word "Hitler" casually to describe autocratic people. The writer also said that residents have tried to change Shah's mind about the store's name by educating him about the Holocaust. 

A similar situation happened in Mumbai six years ago when a restaurant owner called his cafe "Hitler's Cross" and put a swastika on the storefront because he thought the name Hitler was catchy. He eventually agreed to change the name after protests by the Israeli embassy, Germany and the U.S. Anti-Defamation League. Apparently, Hitler carries an unusual degree of respect in some parts of India with his book Mein Kampf, a popular title in bookshops and on street stalls. No wonder why India is so screwed up! Gujarat schoolbooks issued by the Hindu nationalist state government were criticized a few years ago for praising Hitler as someone who gave "dignity and prestige" to the German government. 

Maybe Shah isn't to blame for his ignorance because it sounds like parts of India praise Hitler and don't shed him in a negative light like they do here or any other part of the world. It just baffles me that this guy still had the nerve to open a shop under this name whether he knew who Hitler was or not. Personally, I think he knew all about Hitler because why would he put a swastika on his sign if he didn't? Its one thing to be ignorant, but how can one be that ignorant?

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