council leader suspended for dressing up as Hitler.

If he went as Attila the Hun or even Sadam Hussain would it still have been an issue ?
Both responsible for untold genocide.
 
Tute said:
I don't really see the problem; it's fancy dress! It's not like he dressed up purely to spout racist bile or promote the Nazi party.
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Exactly, and who cares what position he holds, making fun of people such as Hitler is agood thing imo.
 
LOAM said:
If he went as Attila the Hun or even Sadam Hussain would it still have been an issue ?
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Depends if they were responsible for the deaths of hundreds if not thousands of relatives of the people he is supposed to represent during their life times.

Surely it's not that hard to understand the difference?
 
I see where you're coming from Athanor but the guy is still part of history and will continue to be. Where's the problem in dressing up like him, at a private bash, for one night only?

It's not like the man himself will suddenly feel the urge to invade Belgium? :)
 
my last post in this thread but i just think the public need to get over it. are there lives so boring that they have to create such a hoohah about something like this?
 
Tute said:
I see where you're coming from Athanor but the guy is still part of history and will continue to be. Where's the problem in dressing up like him, at a private bash, for one night only?

It's not like the man himself will suddenly feel the urge to invade Belgium? :)
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I agree in general, except that as the leader of the council it was poor judgement. Like it or not public office carries with it different expectations and privilidges to private life and that's the bit that causes the reaction he had from his political party.

"Politics" and "public life" are the key bits as to why he's been taken to task
 
Tute said:
I see where you're coming from Athanor but the guy is still part of history and will continue to be. Where's the problem in dressing up like him, at a private bash, for one night only?

It's not like the man himself will suddenly feel the urge to invade Belgium? :)
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Yes, but the point is that there are many people still alive that were directly affected by Hitler and his regime. If he had been seen by one of these people they would have been deeply offended. Why? Because they see fit to masquerade/dress up as/ portray a man who committed many evil deeds.
 
TheCenturion said:
Yes, but the point is that there are many people still alive that were directly affected by Hitler and his regime. If he had been seen by one of these people they would have been deeply offended. Why? Because they see fit to masquerade/dress up as/ portray a man who committed many evil deeds.
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Bit where are all these offended people ? There aren't any. It's another example of protecting the potentially offended people who didn't even see it. The press if anyone are guilty of offence by bringing a private party into the public domain.
 
Nodiggidy123 said:
wasnt prince harry spotted at a fancy dress party dressed as a nazi?
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Yes he was and his uniform was an actual Nazi one.
That council fool looks to be dressed in an army or a luffewaffe uniform, I don't see any swatikzas at all, which would suggest it isn't a Nazi uniform.
He certainly does appear to be dressed at Hilter however.

Would have thought he would have had more sence, as it is only a couple of years since Harry did it and the storm that caused. The salute might be offensive, but his dress and mustache are not offensive.
 
LOAM said:
If he went as Attila the Hun or even Sadam Hussain would it still have been an issue ?
Both responsible for untold genocide.
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Attila the Hun has the benefit of much time having passed between his atrocities and now, no-one alive can possibly have been directly affected by him although if we're going down this road then Dracula is in dubious taste with one line of thought being that the character is based on Vlad the Impaler and there are many other historical characters of dubious merit that people choose to dress up as.

Saddam Hussein is possibly still a little bit too close to be judged as being in good taste but then again he didn't quite achieve the same death toll as Hitler did - perhaps not for want of trying though...

I'm not hugely bothered either way by how he chooses to dress up but he should hardly be surprised if as a public figure it is reacted to badly.
 
TheCenturion said:
Those guys have arguably done their damage in Iraq and Afghanistan, so if someone dressed up as them for a fancy dress party over there, they'd probably be killed :eek:
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This, it's all about judgement and context. That's why he's been given a hard time when "joe bloggs" may not have done.
 
Indeed semi, there an element of devils advocate in my argument, I'm just a person who thinks "silly fool" rather than "zomg think of the children"
 
LOAM said:
Utterly stupid, it's comedy gold in true British tradition. Just compare it to allo allo which has a central character as an SS officer, did that cause offence? No your mocking the man not the victim in the same way we use an effigy of guy fawkes in derision.

PC idiots.
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seconded
 
Storm in a tea cup.

I wouldn't do it myself, don't think its too clever either when your in public office because of the obvious free hand it gives to other for ridicule and accusations... but he doesn't look like he's foaming at far right marches or anything.
 
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