Hitler and Jesus (and a flattened guinea pig)
Nice one…:
“One in 20 children, aged 9 to 15, surveyed believed Adolf Hitler was a football coach, not the leader of the Nazi regime.”
Of course, many of our more populist newspapers will see this as yet another bit of proof that schools in England are beyond even the whitest shade of pale…
… and, for once, they’d not be much wrong: The educational system in England (and in Holland as well, I might add) is, most probably, fucked beyond repair – not unlike a (now sadly flattened) guinea pig that’s been gang-banged by a frat pack of drunken elephants.
Still, it’s not all bad news.
I mean, this survey does show that, despite the efforts of these same tabloids…
… despite the self-centered greed and fears of a growing number of Europeans, wishing the rest of the world would leave their continent well enough alone and voting, en masse, for quick-fix, right-wing parties…
… and despite illustrious alumni like the Pope…
… the Hitler Youth movement doesn’t seem to be doing all that well in the come-back tour department.
Of course, it’s understandable that both the ’so-many-to-so-few’ and the neo-Nazi crowd will be a bit shocked by this lack of historical knowledge but they should be able to get some comfort from the fact that it was not a personal vendetta against their (somewhat differing) role models.
I mean, most Western kids, at that age, if so asked, would probably state that Jesus Christ was just some guy who once was in bed with Madonna.
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