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Chaiyim Ben Ariel is in protest against a Nazi swastika flag, seen flying at a Carrum property. Picture: Chris Eastman
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[QUOTE]A DEFIANT flag-maker says Nazi flags flying outside his home will not be removed.
Angry members of the Melbourne Jewish community have demanded the swastika and SS flags flying outside the Carrum property be removed, according to Mordialloc Chelsea Leader.
Flag-maker Rob Boot said he would not remove the flags from his front yard along the Nepean Highway because of the complaints.
"I’m just a flag salesman and it's just merchandise to me," Mr Boot said.
"I’m at liberty to display what I want on my own property.
"There’s no political message behind it at all."
Mr Boot said he did not believe the flags were offensive.
"It would only be in really poor taste if I flew them with the Israeli flag," he said.[/QUOTE]
[url]http://www.news.com.au/national/flag-maker-says-swastika-flag-will-stay-despite-angering-jewish-community/story-e6frfkvr-1226261897337[/url]
my troll senses are tingling
I bet the jews living next door did NAZI that coming.
(Best to get that out of the way first)
And really? Merchandise? I would call coincidence but then he has the SS insignia right beneath it so it seems he has one preferred type of customer.
"There’s no political message behind it at all."
Maybe not, but there is a definite business message behind it.
those damn jews are always complaining about something anne frankly i think something should be done about them
I c wat u did thar.
well good.
i mean i'm sure they wouldn't care if a palestinian told them the israeli flag was offensive.
that's fucking retarded. mechandise? what the fuck kind of people are your customers?
[QUOTE=yawmwen;34522525]Maybe not, but there is a definite business message behind it.[/QUOTE]
How?
[QUOTE=thisispain;34522560]well good.
i mean i'm sure they wouldn't care if a palestinian told them the israeli flag was offensive.[/QUOTE]
not sure if you're serious here.
A lot of Germans are desensitized to WWII and the whole holocaust thing. :/
[QUOTE=iFail;34522565]that's fucking retarded. mechandise? what the fuck kind of people are your customers?[/QUOTE]
Flag enthusiasts?
maybe he should show more merchandise than just a swastika and SS flag?
Maybe Hitler goes there to buy flags to decorate his tomb.
[QUOTE=iFail;34522565]that's fucking retarded. mechandise? what the fuck kind of people are your customers?[/QUOTE]
Most flag makers have pretty much any design you want. Want to know who's worse? Tattoo artists. They sell that Nazism like it's going out of fashion. Let's also not forget car sticker folk.
It sells, so people sell it.
[QUOTE=Polyethylene;34522581]A lot of Germans are desensitized to WWII and the whole holocaust thing. :/[/QUOTE]
Quite the opposite, its still pretty touchy. You know with it being illegal to have any Nazi-related paraphernalia and being censured for the occasional joke by older generations.
Still laughing at one of my teachers stories about it though. When it would snow in her town her father would always talk with his buddies at the biergarten about it and would say:
"Ja, the snow was *makes the Nazi salute* THIS high!"
[QUOTE=Paramud;34522570]How?[/QUOTE]
Waving a Nazi and SS flag together implies that you cater mostly to white supremacists, or that you want to cater mostly to white supremacists.
He's a flag maker, I think he can get a free pass on this one. It's just a symbol anyway.
[QUOTE=iFail;34522565]that's fucking retarded. mechandise? what the fuck kind of people are your customers?[/QUOTE]
Reenactors.
Flag collectors.
History enthusiasts.
Small museums and other such organizations.
And [b]OH GOD A TINY AMOUNT OF NEO-NAZIS[/b]!
[QUOTE=iFail;34522565]that's fucking retarded. mechandise? what the fuck kind of people are your customers?[/QUOTE]
People like me. Don't get me wrong, the Nazis were [i]fucking terrible,[/i] but I'm interested in history (and historical reproduction items) on all sides, not just the ones I like.
That said, he should be able to keep it up if he wants to. It's his land, and he should have every right to do with it what he wants.
[QUOTE=beanhead;34522586]maybe he should show more merchandise than just a swastika and SS flag?[/QUOTE]
Perhaps he should advertise the Israeli flag as well.
Private property, you don't like it, fuck off. It's simple. Legally you can't do shit.
[QUOTE=iFail;34522565]that's fucking retarded. mechandise? what the fuck kind of people are your customers?[/QUOTE]
People who like to fuck with and piss off the jews because they are sensitive.
If he isn't using it to propagandize then yeah there's no problem.
Taking laws about this too far is why you can't get uncensored WW2 video games in Germany
[QUOTE=iFail;34522565]that's fucking retarded. mechandise? what the fuck kind of people are your customers?[/QUOTE]
lotta people collect nazi memorabilia
[QUOTE=-nesto-;34523598]lotta people collect nazi memorabilia[/QUOTE]
Yeah, I've seen people selling Iron Cross Medals and other Nazi memorbilia at Markets (I want an Iron Cross Medal since I have a big interest in History)
I wish I had an Iron Cross, that shit looks so cool.
Wait shit, I live right near Carrum, how have I not seen this?
Maybe I should go tear it down :v:
[QUOTE=BigBoom;34524258]Wait shit, I live right near Carrum, how have I not seen this?
Maybe I should go tear it down :v:[/QUOTE]
And then you get fined for destruction of property. :v:
[QUOTE=JoeSkylynx;34524265]And then you get fined for destruction of property. :v:[/QUOTE]
That's only if I get caught :3
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