The wrong signals to send to young visitors.

Wrong Larry.
Those logos are authentic and accurate historical markings. If your kid cant
handle the concept, keep him the hell out of the museum.


"Larry Dighera" wrote in message
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On Sat, 22 Nov 2003 17:06:12 +0000 (UTC), (Paul
Tomblin) wrote in Message-Id: :

In a previous article, Larry Dighera said:
"Having a historic plane covered in gratuitous beer advertising sends
misleading and dangerous messages to the millions of annual museum

So, do all those World War II German planes with swastikas on them tell
kids that Nazism is cool?

History is appropriate for a museum; marketing messages are not.


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In a previous article, "H.J." said:
Wrong Larry.
Those logos are authentic and accurate historical markings. If your kid cant
handle the concept, keep him the hell out of the museum.

And restaurants, sports venues, etc. Don't let him watch TV or read
magazines, either. Oh, and the newspapers are full of accurate depictions
of reality, some of which might involve beer.


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"H.J." writes:

Wrong Larry.
Those logos are authentic and accurate historical markings. If your kid cant
handle the concept, keep him the hell out of the museum.

It's not the *kid* who can't handle the concept.

Ari.

Incidentally, some countries do prohibit Swastikas -- Germany, for
example. Ever bought a German-made plastic scale aircraft kit? No
Swastikas on the decal sheet, historic accuracy or not. Hasegawa, a
Japanese company, used to print Swastika decals in two separate
pieces, split down the diagonal -- if you wanted the historic
accuracy, you put it back together again, if you didn't, you didn't
have to look at the symbol.

My German friends who have been to the US are genuinely surprised that
it is legal to print Swastikas here and how often one sees them.

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