A 90 yr old survivor of Auschwitz and his grandchildren made a video dancing to I will Survive at the concentration camp. It hits some pretty strong emotions and is stirring up very polar opinions.
here's the vid:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3-641aScYw
So what do you think? A touching moment to celebrate one of the more atrocious parts of our recent history? Or completely tasteless?
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A touching moment to celebrate overcoming one of the more atrocious parts of our recent history?
FTFY. And this.
Lady DSD wrote:
A 90 yr old survivor of Auschwitz and his grandchildren made a video dancing to I will Survive at the concentration camp. It hits some pretty strong emotions and is stirring up very polar opinions.
here's the vid:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3-641aScYw
So what do you think? A touching moment to celebrate one of the more atrocious parts of our recent history? Or completely tasteless?
here's the vid:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3-641aScYw
So what do you think? A touching moment to celebrate one of the more atrocious parts of our recent history? Or completely tasteless?
Disclaimer: I can't watch the video here at work.
Having said that, I think the general idea of this concept is an excelent idea. Kudos to the tatooed man!!
remorajunbao wrote:
One day I'm going to fly to Canada and open the curtains in your office.
When I was in Germany, we stopped at Dachau and went through the camp there. It was definitly an emotional experiance, just seeing what horrors people can inflcit on others. The video footage from when the initial troops went through, the records the ****'s kept up until the end. Mengala's "experements". Piles of living near-skelitons pushed by bulldozers into open graves by the dozens, many of them still moving. The crematoriums. The showers, still functional to this day if someone hooked them up to the right gas. I could see how people could find it tasteless, but as far as I'm concerned, if he survived all that, he's earned the right to do whatever the hell he wants there, and if thats what he wanted to do, well maybe even the people irritated by it will help draw attention to what happened there so that it never happens again.
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I could see how people could find it tasteless, but as far as I'm concerned, if he survived all that, he's earned the right to do whatever the hell he wants there, and if thats what he wanted to do, well maybe even the people irritated by it will help draw attention to what happened there so that it never happens again.
Too late.
Lady DSD wrote:
A touching moment to celebrate one of the more atrocious parts of our recent history? Or completely tasteless?
Part of me feels the second way but if I was a 90 year old camp survivor I wouldn't really care what some whippersnapper in America thought either... so rock on, old guy!
Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
He's pretty spry for a ninety-year-old death camp survivor. Too bad none of them can dance.
Touching, I guess, but ultimately morbid. He's literally dancing on the graves of millions of his own countrymen.
Touching, I guess, but ultimately morbid. He's literally dancing on the graves of millions of his own countrymen.
publiusvarus wrote:
we all know liberals are well adjusted american citizens who only want what's best for society. While conservatives are evil money grubbing scum who only want to sh*t on the little man and rob the world of its resources.
This is art.
I liked it.
I liked it.
Just as Planned.
Now. I. Have. That. Song. In. My. Head.
What's bred in the bone will not out of the flesh.
He is a survivor, he can damn well do what he wants there as far as I am concerned.
With the grandchildren there it is proof that the ****'s failed.
Unfortunately genocide has not stopped as Kavekk has stated.
With the grandchildren there it is proof that the ****'s failed.
Unfortunately genocide has not stopped as Kavekk has stated.
I really liked the first 20 seconds of the vid without sound. I've always been a silence kind of cat when it comes to serious **** like Auschwitz and Chernobyl. No sounds, just images. It pulls me farther emotionally than any song could.
That said, I'd totally hit the granddaughters.
That said, I'd totally hit the granddaughters.
Kaelesh wrote:
I'd totally hit the granddaughters.
So would the *****.
Hitler.
Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
Yeah, I think it's pretty tasteless. He survived, and that's great, but lots of others didn't. I'm not sure how having him dancing on their graves, literally, can be anything other than a bit tasteless. I'm fine with the kitch concept of dancing to I Will Survive when talking about concentration camps, but I'm not sure Auschwitz is the place to do it. It's disrespectful to all the people who didn't survive.
But I agree with Joph: he's 90 and an Auschwitz survivor, so he shouldn't give a **** about what people like us think.
But I agree with Joph: he's 90 and an Auschwitz survivor, so he shouldn't give a **** about what people like us think.
Jophiel wrote:
So would the *****.
Hitler.
Hitler.
I'm not talking about hitting them with a shovel.
That's how you do cross-thread shenanigans right?
Kaelesh wrote:
That said, I'd totally hit the granddaughters.
Dammit. Now I have to go watch the video.
Edited, Jul 15th 2010 10:19am by KingJohn
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I'm torn on this. At first I thought it was great. What a way to stick it to the man, in a way. To prove that the “bad guys†didn't win and that, with his decedents, they carried on.
After reading some of the posts here I have to admit that, at first, I hadn’t thought about the disrespect issue and I also have to agree that dancing on the graves of the men, women and children that died is a bit disrespectful of him and his family.
Over all I think they have the right spirit and they meant well. Like Kao (I think) said, Even though people may not like it its getting attention and even if that effects one person in a positive way then in my mind it did some good.
After reading some of the posts here I have to admit that, at first, I hadn’t thought about the disrespect issue and I also have to agree that dancing on the graves of the men, women and children that died is a bit disrespectful of him and his family.
Over all I think they have the right spirit and they meant well. Like Kao (I think) said, Even though people may not like it its getting attention and even if that effects one person in a positive way then in my mind it did some good.
I'm of the opinion that most of those who find it tasteless do so because they would rather not process the reality of what went on.
Just as Planned.
Timelordwho wrote:
I'm of the opinion that most of those who find it tasteless do so because they would rather not process the reality of what went on.
Huh?
Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
I'd rather see him dancing on Hitler's bunker.
In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
Samira wrote:
I'd rather see him dancing on Hitler's bunker.
But there's a parking lot there now. Dangerous!
What's bred in the bone will not out of the flesh.
Timelordwho wrote:
I'm of the opinion that most of those who find it tasteless do so because they would rather not process the reality of what went on.
I agree, that was a horrible ****** dance.
Edited, Jul 15th 2010 10:18am by Kaelesh
Samira wrote:
I'd rather see him dancing on Hitler's bunker.
What song? Don't fear the Reaper?
It's tougher to pick music for there.
Just as Planned.
Kaelesh wrote:
Timelordwho wrote:
I'm of the opinion that most of those who find it tasteless do so because they would rather not process the reality of what went on.
I agree, that was a horrible ****** dance.
Almost as bad as the holocaust, neh?
Just as Planned.
Timelordwho wrote:
Samira wrote:
I'd rather see him dancing on Hitler's bunker.
What song? Don't fear the Reaper?
Ding Dong The Witch is Dead?
RedPhoenixxx wrote:
Timelordwho wrote:
Samira wrote:
I'd rather see him dancing on Hitler's bunker.
What song? Don't fear the Reaper?
Ding Dong The Witch is Dead?
Now all we need is about 4-6 jewish midgets?
Just as Planned.
Timelordwho wrote:
RedPhoenixxx wrote:
Timelordwho wrote:
Samira wrote:
I'd rather see him dancing on Hitler's bunker.
What song? Don't fear the Reaper?
Ding Dong The Witch is Dead?
Now all we need is about 4-6 jewish midgets?
I think that's a TV show right there.
Are you Jewish? Are you an extremely short person with body proportions similar to those of a normal-sized person's? If so, you could be the Jewish midget dancing on Hitler's grave to the tune of "Ding Dong The Witch is Dead", in our brand new reality show "Survivor: The Singing Jewish Midgets Version. This time, it's Vertical"
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