funny how this wouldn't be allowed in most countries of europe. would it be legal in the US?

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"Outrage over Indian restaurant named after Hitler KRITTIVAS MUKHERJEE IN MUMBAI A NEW restaurant in India's financial hub, named after Adolf Hitler and promoted with posters featuring the Nazi leader and swastikas, has infuriated the country's small Jewish community. The owner of Hitler's Cross, which opened last week, says he chose the name to stand out among hundreds of Mumbai eateries. "We are not promoting Hitler. But we want to tell people we are different in the way he was different," Punit Shablok said. But India's remaining Jews - most migrated to Israel and the West over the years - are outraged by the gimmick. "This signifies a severe lack of awareness of the agony of millions of Jews caused by one man," Jonathan Solomon, the chairman of the Indian Jewish Federation, said. "We are going to stop this deification of Hitler." Posters featuring a red swastika carved in the name of the eatery line the road leading up to the restaurant. A huge portrait of a stern-looking Führer greets visitors at the door and the interior is done out in the Nazi colours of red, white and black. The restaurant also has a lounge for smoking the exotic Indian water pipe or "hookah". "This place is not about wars or crimes, but where people come to relax and enjoy a meal," Fatima Kabani, the restaurant manager, said, adding that more branches were planned in Mumbai. The cross in the restaurant's name refers to the swastika that symbolised the Nazi regime. The emblem has its roots in ancient Indian Hindu tradition and remains a sacred symbol for Hindus. Nazi theorists appropriated it to bolster their central hypothesis of the Aryan origins of the German people."

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8/22/2006 3:23:48 PM

i actually want to go over and punch that guy in his face while his whole family watches

its bad enough that a bunch of kraut eating neanderthals stole our religious symbol and our ethnic identity "Aryan", which is a purely Sanskrit word, and ruined it and used it to start wars and commit genocide

we don't need a desi guy fucking up the symbol even more

8/22/2006 3:29:41 PM

8/22/2006 3:49:25 PM

^ lol

8/22/2006 4:02:00 PM

POST THE LINK WHERE YOU COPIED THIS FROM

8/22/2006 4:06:13 PM

were the coins actually arranged like that in the game?

8/22/2006 4:14:51 PM

sorry boss

here is a better link with updates:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5275866.stm

apparently, that poster was put up by one of the attandees at the opening ceremony. it was pulled down by the restaurant.

here is what the front looks like:

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""Just like Hitler wanted to conquer the world, I want to conquer at least my area through the food served in my restaurant." "

DING DING DING

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8/22/2006 4:16:48 PM

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8/22/2006 4:16:59 PM

heard about that restaurant...who was teh marketing genius that said "i've got the theme for our new restaurant: Hitler"

8/22/2006 4:17:01 PM

STALIN'S POLE

new restaurant, serving borscht and jokes about penises

8/22/2006 4:26:19 PM

The Pol Pot Noodle Wok

8/22/2006 4:28:28 PM

they did one of those in hong kong a few years back

8/22/2006 4:33:10 PM

ha people in Asia dont give a fuck

8/22/2006 5:42:01 PM

mein lieber gott!

8/22/2006 6:07:27 PM

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"were the coins actually arranged like that in the game?"

in japan, the swastika is a buddhist symbol that means something other than exterminating all the jews

8/22/2006 7:15:39 PM

I would wear a swastika if I didn't think it would cause people to punch me in the face.

8/22/2006 7:23:33 PM

Not surprising considering the many Indians were actively participating in helping the germans and Japanese during WWII.

note, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savitri_Devi

8/22/2006 7:56:22 PM

it would be legal in the u.s., but there's no fucking way that it would last more than a week here.

8/22/2006 8:55:07 PM

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"Not surprising considering the many Indians were actively participating in helping the germans and Japanese during WWII. note, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savitri_Devi"

nutsmackr... once again you have proved that you are an idiot....do you know that the person whose bio you have posted is actually a French lady.....just because she was a Indo-phile doesn't make her an Indian.....



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8/22/2006 9:05:33 PM

yea it'd be legal in the US, but it wouldn't be too smart

8/22/2006 9:16:46 PM

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"nutsmackr... once again you have proved that you are an idiot....do you know that the person whose bio you have posted is actually a French lady.....just because she was a Indo-phile doesn't make her an Indian..... "

Yes I know she is french.

At the same time though, she married an Indian who was into national socialism. Face the facts, Indians were more concerned about expelling the British then they were with confronting a massive evil.

8/22/2006 9:46:00 PM

well yea, they were looking out for their own interests at a time when the world's interests were probably better served

....familiar...

8/22/2006 9:47:46 PM

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"Not surprising considering the many Indians were actively participating in helping the germans and Japanese during WWII."

Good lord, that might be one of the most ignorant comments that I have ever read.

Very few indians actively participated in helping the germans and the japanese. The few that sided with them did so merely for the material aid that they could use in fighting the british colonials.

You completely overlook the 2.5 millions indians who fought for the allies.

Thats comparable to saying that a Hitler themed restaurant should be in the US because of the few americans who supported the nazi cause during wwii.

8/22/2006 9:49:42 PM

Indians also fought under the British flag against the axis:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurkhas

8/22/2006 9:55:47 PM

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"Eine halbe Tasse Staubzucker Ein Viertel Teeloffel Salz Eine Messerspitze turkisches Haschisch Ein halbes Pfund Butter Ein Teeloffel Vanillenzucker Ein halbes Pfund Mehl Einhundertfunfzig Gramm gemahlene Nusse Ein wenig extra Staubzucker ... und keine Eier In eine Schussel geben Butter einruhren Gemahlene Nusse zugeben und Den Teig verkneten Augenballgro?e Stucke vom Teig formen Im Staubzucker walzen und Sagt die Zauberworter Simsalbimbamba Saladu Saladim Auf ein gefettetes Backblech legen und Bei zweihundert Grad fur funfzehn Minuten backen und KEINE EIER Bei zweihundert Grad fur funfzehn Minuten backen und Keine Eier .. ... "

8/22/2006 10:09:09 PM

lack of supply sometimes translates to demand

i guess there just weren't enough hitler themed establishments

also

of course it would be legal

8/22/2006 10:28:57 PM

^ but not in Germany

8/22/2006 10:51:12 PM

ha ha ha ha ha

Indians were notorious for supporting national socialism.

8/22/2006 11:44:28 PM

certainly not the Gurkhas, nor the Arya Samaj

8/22/2006 11:53:16 PM

and how much of the population did they represent?

8/23/2006 12:51:13 AM

so you can quantify the amount of the population that did support it?

8/23/2006 1:11:26 AM

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"i want to broil food just like hitler... forget it"

8/23/2006 3:04:22 AM

so do they serve german food?

8/23/2006 3:07:14 AM

how about hitler crossants lolzzzz

8/23/2006 5:01:38 AM

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"it would be legal in the u.s., but there's no fucking way that it would last more than a week here."

they'd get sued too

8/23/2006 8:18:44 AM

the're also opening a japanese restaurant named mushroom cloud

8/23/2006 2:46:45 PM

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"its bad enough that a bunch of kraut eating neanderthals "

Who, exactly are you talking about here?

8/23/2006 2:52:44 PM

and we're spent

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=2351624

8/24/2006 2:54:13 PM

I want to open a resturant in Moscow and call it the Stalin Purge

or

one in Bejing and call it Tojo's Rising Sun

8/25/2006 9:42:44 AM

As much as I'm not a fan of Hitler, I thought it was kind of refreshing and bold for someone to start a restaurant about it (as long as it isn't in my neighborhood), I think it is kind of unfortunate to change the name.

I wonder how long it will be before Hitler is just another historical war leader. For example, Julius Ceaser and Genghis Khan killed millions of civilians in their conquests, but I don't think anyone would object to a theme restaurant about them.

8/25/2006 10:31:29 AM

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"Julius Ceaser and Genghis Khan killed millions of civilians in their conquests,"

khan, mabye, ceaser, unlikely

populations were much much lower then, plus killing civilians (or noncombantents) is not a good idea

8/25/2006 11:31:18 AM

Caesar's Palace

Little Caesar's Pizza

8/25/2006 11:35:34 AM

Genghis Khan killed a shitload of civilians. This is why arabic has so many words from the eatern steppes. Most of the middle east was conquered by Khan.

8/25/2006 2:17:06 PM