"The Holocaust"

Chuck


Joined: 05/07/2008
Posts: 30

Message Posted:
08/07/2008 12:46

This week, the UK removed The Holocaust from its school curriculum because it 'offended' the Muslim population which claims it never occurred.

What is this Labour going to do next to offend all its own citizens so that it can please the ethnic minorities.

I can say this because I lived in uk as an ethnic minority for 40 years and this offends me!!

Littlenige



Joined: 24/12/2006
Posts: 3594

Message Posted:
08/07/2008 12:50

The Holocaust from its school curriculum because it 'offended' the Muslim population which claims it never occurred



Bollocks it never happend my grandad was one of the first british troops to go into Belsen, The memories never left him He would never speak o fthe Horrors there but one day he did tell me a little,



Thee is no room in the uk for apeasenicks.

Lemtich



Joined: 15/02/2007
Posts: 1487

Message Posted:
08/07/2008 13:37

One of my grandads died at Auschwitz!



Lem

edmund


Joined: 05/02/2008
Posts: 33

Message Posted:
08/07/2008 14:13

Read this

http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/holocaust.asp

Lemtich



Joined: 15/02/2007
Posts: 1487

Message Posted:
08/07/2008 14:23

It was tragic, he fell off a machine gun tower!



Lem

Perry


Joined: 27/01/2007
Posts: 413

Message Posted:
08/07/2008 14:50

I think it is just a rumour.

My son is just completing the first year of GCSE history and his coursework includes the rise of the Nazis, politics surrounding WW2 and the Holocaust - so it is certainly still on the national curriculum. Indeed last year the school took them on a trip to Berlin and Warsaw - and the trip included a visit to the Auchwitz site - which all of the class will never forget.

PtePike



Joined: 20/05/2008
Posts: 2334

Message Posted:
08/07/2008 16:22

Chuck,



Are you sure about that? Schools are very much involved in WW2 history including the Holocaust.

windmill


Joined: 06/07/2008
Posts: 143

Message Posted:
08/07/2008 17:39

Lemtich,very poor taste

Lemtich



Joined: 15/02/2007
Posts: 1487

Message Posted:
08/07/2008 17:52

First told by Bernard Manning actually.



Lem

windmill


Joined: 06/07/2008
Posts: 143

Message Posted:
08/07/2008 17:57

Lemtich,so that makes it right

PtePike



Joined: 20/05/2008
Posts: 2334

Message Posted:
08/07/2008 18:30

Great joke, Lemtich. Irony is lost on some people. It was the same after the excellent Brass Eye "Paedoph Isles" episode.

Lemtich



Joined: 15/02/2007
Posts: 1487

Message Posted:
08/07/2008 19:03

Windmill, whatever the joke is, it does not make it right or wrong. Some find it funny, others do not. I attributed it to the late Bernard Manning who first told it to an audience who found it amusing.



His other great classic was told to a packed house just after the Falklands War.



"I'd like you to put your hands together and give a big welcome to a couple of lads here tonight who have just got back from Goose Green!"



After the applause died down, he announced,



"They're Argentinian!"



When I posted the original joke I knew that it would attract a comment like yours from someone. But it is to be expected.



Humour is humour, it transends boundaries. Sniffy political correctness is all very well but where do you stop?



Come on, tell the BB a joke.



Lem

windmill


Joined: 06/07/2008
Posts: 143

Message Posted:
08/07/2008 19:21

Lemtich,well at least you have gained a friend called pike,that should tell you something

PtePike



Joined: 20/05/2008
Posts: 2334

Message Posted:
08/07/2008 21:45

I think you're the one who's tilting at windmills, Windmill.

Lemtich



Joined: 15/02/2007
Posts: 1487

Message Posted:
08/07/2008 21:51

Windmill



Pte Pike and I have known each other on other BB's beside this one for a few years now. I don't always agree with what he has to say but I read his postings with interest.



Lighten up, Steve. Life's too short..



Lem

wynyardman



Joined: 15/12/2007
Posts: 4580

Message Posted:
08/07/2008 21:52

I think this site is developing racialist threads.



It is wrong, and should be stopped.



Wyn

Lemtich



Joined: 15/02/2007
Posts: 1487

Message Posted:
08/07/2008 22:44

I'm outta here before I get tempted to repeat the "I used to like tractors but I don't anymore......." theme.



Lem

Lemtich



Joined: 15/02/2007
Posts: 1487

Message Posted:
08/07/2008 22:58

Hi Wyn



I've just been reading the "THE LUNATICS HAVE TAKEN OVER THE ASYLUM" thread.



Is that where you meant to put your last posting (Message 16)?



It would seem more appropriate there and I would agree with it whole heartedly.



Lem

Cyprusunday


Joined: 16/06/2008
Posts: 53

Message Posted:
09/07/2008 09:04

How about teaching about how the British were treated in the Japanese POW camps? Then at least you can keep bloody religeon out of it

jock1



Joined: 06/01/2008
Posts: 3786

Message Posted:
09/07/2008 09:20

OH you swore! ! !

cyprusishome


Joined: 31/03/2007
Posts: 2381

Message Posted:
09/07/2008 10:09

OOHHHH, don't go Lem!!!!!! LOL



It is always the same, there is a minority that take offence at jokes. 99% of people take jokes at their intended meaning.



The other thing I have found over the years on the BB's it is almost always someone new, (or may be not!!!!!) who is new and knows little of the dynamics.



I say maybe not, a certain Pte. Pike appeared a while ago and was attacked as a newcomer who knew nothing. Oh Dear!!!!



If you get the chance see The Axis of Evil Tour live or on TV, superb. For more, google it!!!!



David