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| Pregame Hitler speech stirs fury (in North Carolina) |
| 2006-11-07 |
| When Charlotte Catholic's boys' soccer team got to Forestview High School in Gastonia on Saturday night for an N.C. 3A playoff game, the Cougars heard something over the public address system they never would've expected: A 90-second portion of a speech from Adolf Hitler. "We were warming up," said Catholic coach Gary Hoilett, "and all of us stopped and looked up at the booth. We were just real shocked. It was obviously a Hitler speech. The voice was coming across clearly. Everybody knew." Forestview's players took the field after the speech ended. But before the game, Hoilett said, some Forestview players were chanting something in German that means "On to victory," according to one of his players who speaks German. Hoilett, who is black, said that during the game some Forestview players directed racial epithets at his two black players. "It was one of the worst things I've seen," Hoilett said of the speech and the racial epithets. I believe some severe stomping is in order. |
| Posted by:mrp |
| #9 Jeebus, .com. Amazing that you're posting here and not over at koz or somewheres with those circumstances, lol! |
| Posted by: BA 2006-11-07 21:18 |
| #8 Arrrggghhh, I meant FOTSGreg - sorry - I'd just read one of 49Pan's posts, lol. And, um, since FoxNews is screwed up on my cable system, I'm having to watch CNN, too. Those are my excuses and I'm sticking with 'em, lol. |
| Posted by: .com 2006-11-07 19:51 |
| #7 49Pan - Your school's textbooks came from approved Big Blue Machine vendors and your teachers from their "universities". |
| Posted by: .com 2006-11-07 19:48 |
| #6 It is impossible to believe that America's collective memory of WWII is so diminished that no one possibly knew the historical context of what happened. Zenster - of course it is. Teaching of American history in my own day (back in the mid-60's/70's) rarely went beyond WW1 and then only briefly touched on such things as WW2, Korea, or Viet Nam - except to say that the US was the bad guy in Viet Nam - and I was in a rural country school where Republicans and conservatives were heavily dominant! If I couldn't get a decent education regarding WW2, Korea, or Viet Nam (eventually managed to get myself that education by individual study and going to carefully selected colleges and classes), how the hell can one expect a student in high school today to get anything other than dhimmi pc twaddle about America at war? |
| Posted by: FOTSGreg 2006-11-07 19:46 |
| #5 When you stop teaching history...this is what happens. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2006-11-07 17:23 |
| #4 It is impossible to believe that America's collective memory of WWII is so diminished that no one possibly knew the historical context of what happened. A king-sized can of whupass needs to be opened up on those responsible for this disgrace. The Forestview players who made racist remarks should be ejected from their team for unsportsman like conduct. Buncha filthy assholes. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-11-07 16:58 |
| #3 But before the game, Hoilett said, some Forestview players were chanting something in German that means "On to victory," according to one of his players who speaks German. I vaguely recall that "sieg" is "victory". Very vaguely. Doesn't come off well for Forestview High School. If the report is accurate, that school needs an enema. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2006-11-07 15:33 |
| #2 They need to watch the South Park where they explain to cartman that it isn't cool to dress up as Hitler on Halloween.... |
| Posted by: Mark E. 2006-11-07 15:25 |
| #1 Possibly it did not occur to them to record the exchange student, or some local German-speaker, saying the expression. The principal of the offending school has apologized but I have not seen the text. I can guess though: "I deeply regret that my students are so box-o'-rocks stupid that they cannot understand the historical context of A. Hitler's ravings, and so inept that they cannot record their own slogan. On the other hand, they know about the contributions of African-American womyn during the War of 1812, and they bow their heads in shame on Hiroshima Day, so the education that I and my colleagues have provided is not a complete waste." |
| Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2006-11-07 14:38 |