Does anyone else find this wrong?

From CNN [link|http://www.cnn.com/2006/EDUCATION/06/13/hitler.yearbook.ap/index.html|Hitler quotes in yearbook prompt apology "]

NORTHPORT, New York (AP) -- Two high school seniors picked quotations from Adolf Hitler's book "Mein Kampf" to appear under their high school yearbook pictures, prompting school officials to apologize.

The quotes were picked by Christopher Koulermos and Philip Compton, both 18. Koulermos' read "Strength lies not in defense, but in attack." Compton chose "The great masses of people ... will more easily fall victims to a big lie than to a small one."

"It's our responsibility and we failed miserably," said Northport High School principal Irene McLaughlin. "The fact that the book went out in the form it did was a grave mistake on our part."

What's wrong with these quotes? imo it's wrong to be blocking the quotes, or "censoring" the students, or to be apologizing to the parents. Even if the quotes were attributed to Hitler in the yearbook, I don't find anything wrong with the selection of these quotes. I can find much more offensive statements attributed to Homer Simpson.

Post #258,770 by jbrabeck 6/13/06 1:08:38 PM 6/13/06 4:09:25 PM Reply	Does anyone else find this wrong? From CNN [link\|http://www.cnn.com/2006/EDUCATION/06/13/hitler.yearbook.ap/index.html\|Hitler quotes in yearbook prompt apology "] NORTHPORT, New York (AP) -- Two high school seniors picked quotations from Adolf Hitler's book "Mein Kampf" to appear under their high school yearbook pictures, prompting school officials to apologize. The quotes were picked by Christopher Koulermos and Philip Compton, both 18. Koulermos' read "Strength lies not in defense, but in attack." Compton chose "The great masses of people ... will more easily fall victims to a big lie than to a small one." "It's our responsibility and we failed miserably," said Northport High School principal Irene McLaughlin. "The fact that the book went out in the form it did was a grave mistake on our part." What's wrong with these quotes? imo it's wrong to be blocking the quotes, or "censoring" the students, or to be apologizing to the parents. Even if the quotes were attributed to Hitler in the yearbook, I don't find anything wrong with the selection of these quotes. I can find much more offensive statements attributed to Homer Simpson. A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. (Herm Albright) Edited by jbrabeck June 13, 2006, 04:09:25 PM EDT Expand All History
Post #258,773 by Simon_Jester 6/13/06 1:21:48 PM Reply	Only the source.
Post #258,784 by warmachine 6/13/06 1:53:15 PM Reply	Nope For a nation that advocates free speech, blocking the quotes makes no sense. The yearbook contains statements of the students, not the school. If you block any, then it should be called a marketing document, not a student yearbook. The statements themselves cannot be said to incite hatred or divisiveness. So the principal doesn't like the idea that students choose Hitler as a model. Tough! They're big and ugly enough to make their own decisions now. Matthew Greet Choose Life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a fucking big television, choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol, and dental insurance. Choose fixed interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends. Choose leisurewear and matching luggage. Choose DIY and wondering who the fuck you are on a Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing, spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing fucking junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pishing your last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, fucked up brats you spawned to replace yourself. Choose your future. Choose life... But why would I want to do a thing like that? I chose not to choose life. I chose somethin' else. And the reasons? There are no reasons. Who needs reasons when you've got heroin? - Mark Renton, Trainspotting.
Post #258,787 by imqwerky 6/13/06 1:59:38 PM Reply	If they can quote the Bible, they can quote Der Fuhrer Smile, Amy [link\|http://kevan.org/brain.cgi?Amy%20Rathman\|Pics of the Family]
Post #258,788 by boxley 6/13/06 2:14:38 PM Reply	yep, blocking their quotes is wrong at $100 bucks a wack they should be able to put in pornographic pictures and cross burnings in my opinion. thanx, bill Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free american and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 50 years. meep
Post #258,795 by ben_tilly 6/13/06 3:08:03 PM Reply	I like the second quote The source makes it particularly good IMO. Any democracy which isn't willing to look at that idea and ponder it carefully is a democracy that is ready to stop being a democracy. Cheers, Ben I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
Post #258,804 by boxley 6/13/06 4:07:10 PM Reply	he was plagarising an american phrase Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free american and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 50 years. meep
Post #258,811 by ben_tilly 6/13/06 7:55:26 PM Reply	But it has more impact coming from him. The great masses of people ... will more easily fall victims to a big lie than to a small one. -- Adolf Hitler

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