Wednesday, August 23, 2006

Am I the only one who notices these things?

The Associated Press reports on the outcry over the opening of a restaurant in the suburbs of Bombay, India, with the name of... Hitler's Cross. Decorated with the appropriate Nazi regalia, it has provoked outrage from the local Jewish community.

And I'm not saying it shouldn't, but...

At the same time, there is a curious fascination with all manner of Soviet and related accoutrement, like Chairman Mao buttons and Che Guevera tee-shirts. Any of these goons were every bit as bloodthirsty. Joe Stalin was responsible for more deaths than Hitler could have imagined, and in all likelihood, he enjoyed it a lot more. But Roosevelt and Truman had no problem sucking up to "Uncle Joe," and there exists in the popular culture to this day, a certain caché associated with that culture.

Can somebody take a few minutes from reading the usual luminaries in the blogosphere long enough to explain this to me?

(It's 'cuz they had better PR, right?)

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