Posted on 01/04/2009 6:37:18 PM PST by nickcarraway
The scenes, which are accompanied by militaristic music, have drawn millions of hits.
YouTube, which hosts film clips from the public, has 2,880 items on the Waffen SS, the most fanatical of Hitler's soldiers who were indicted for war crimes throughout the Second World War.
The entries have a string of 'Sieg Heil' comments and praise for the fighting prowess of the Waffen SS, recruited for their dedication to Nazism.
The videos, some from Nazi propaganda news reels, have provoked the anger of Jewish organisations which called for YouTube to remove the "hugely offensive" postings, including one that features the headline 'Hitler Was Right'.
Senior Liberal Democrat MP Susan Kramer was shocked by the content and the amount of SS sites on YouTube.
"Glorifying the Waffen SS or Hitler in any way is sickening," she said. "YouTube must understand its responsibilities. They should be hunting this type of material down if they want to maintain any credibility."
She added that YouTube has grown from fringe influence to mainstream source of content and that many young people view it alone where extremist views cannot be challenged by parents and teachers.
The Board of Deputies of British Jews said it continued to be "very concerned about the level of racist and anti-Semitic content on the internet".
"We continue to work with the government to explore the most effective ways of dealing with this problem and we welcome the commitments made by Google/You Tube, which has undertaken to investigate and take down the worst sites following the conference of the International Network Against Cyber Hate in Washington last month," said a Board of Deputies spokesman.
The YouTube clips include excerpts from history programmes but it is clear that many are directed at extremist right-wing elements around the world.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
google owns youtube. google doesn’t like Jews.
are we supposed to be surprised?
So, if they don't track it down, they lose credibility, yet, if they do track it down, they lose credibility.
Maybe the solution is FREE SPEECH and a strong stomach ~ much prefer that to censorship myself ~
Take the comments offline. It’s history.
I’m pretty good at not looking at things I don’t want to see.
Perhaps you are unaware that that is exactly what they are doing in China at the command of the Communist government there.
Is this the big one that lady was complaining about?
The Nazis and their Waffen SS were a clownshow. A dangerous one to be sure, but clowns nonetheless.
Somebody wants to censor that for what? It speaks for itself.
They are doing the exact same sort of things that every major company based in China has to do to maintain access to that market.
Exactly. It’s history. The world needs to be able to see the hate and tactics of the evil ones.
The International Network Against Cyber Hate is a real organization?
How soon do you think they'll be gunning for FreeRepublic.com? We still have to battle the upcoming storm of the Fairness Doctrine. Aren't people allowed to think and speak freely anymore? Is this where PC and the "Hate Crimes" mentality has led us?
This whole thing just makes me sick.
Rammstein Song
Sonne
Eins zwei drei vier funf sechs sieben acht noin auf
Alle warten auf das Licht
Frchtet euch frchtet euch nicht
Die Sonne scheint mir aus den Augen
Sie wird heut Nacht nicht untergehen
Und die Welt zhlt laut bis zehn
Eins
Hier kommt die Sonne
Zwei
Hier kommt die Sonne
Drei
Sie ist der hellste Stern von allen
Vier
Hier kommt die Sonne
Die Sonne scheint mir aus den Hnden
Kann verbrennen kann euch blenden
Wenn sie aus den Fusten bricht
Legt sich heiss auf das Gesicht
Sie wird heut Nacht nicht untergehen
Und die Welt zhlt laut bis zehn
Eins
Hier kommt die Sonne
Zwei
Hier kommt die Sonne
Drei
Sie ist der hellste Stern von allen
Vier
Hier kommt die Sonne
Funf
Hier kommt die Sonne
Sechs
Hier kommt die Sonne
Sieben
Sie ist der hellste Stern von allen
Acht, noin
Hier kommt die Sonne
Die Sonne scheint mir aus den Hnden
Kann verbrennen kann dich blenden
Wenn sie aus den Fusten bricht
Legt sich heiss auf dein Gesicht
Legt sich schmerzend auf die Brust
Das Gleichgewicht wird zum Verlust
Lsst dich hart zu Boden gehen
Und die Welt zhlt laut bis zehn
Eins
Hier kommt die Sonne
Zwei
Hier kommt die Sonne
Drei
Sie ist der hellste Stern von allen
Vier
Und wird nie vom Himmel fallen
Funf
Hier kommt die Sonne
Sechs
Hier kommt die Sonne
Sieben
Sie ist der hellste Stern von allen
Acht, noin
Hier kommt die Sonne
The problem isn't so much Youtube ~ that crowd are all moral and ethical cowards when it comes to any issue ~ the problem is China ~ another bunch of moral and ethical cowards.
I expect more from Marxists but they're just never able to deliver.
Eventually whatever bit of compliance with the forces of freedom we can get out of the Youtube crowd and their comrades the Chicoms, the better off we are.
they already censor stuff.
(The English translation to Sonne)
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, out
Everyone is waiting for the light
be afraid, don’t be afraid
the sun is shining out of my eyes
it will not set tonight
and the world counts loudly to ten
One
Here comes the sun
Two
Here comes the sun
Three
It is the lightest star of all
Four
Here comes the sun
The sun is shining out of my hands
it can burn, it can blind you all
when it breaks out of the fists
it lays down hotly on the face
it will not set tonight
and the world counts loudly to ten
One
Here comes the sun
Two
Here comes the sun
Three
It is the lightest star of all
Four
Here comes the sun
Five
Here comes the sun
Six
Here comes the sun
Seven
It is the lightest star of all
Eight, nine
Here comes the sun
The sun is shining out of my hands
it can burn, it can blind you
when it breaks out of the fists
it lays down hotly on your face
it lays down painfully on your chest
balance is lost
it lets you go hard to the floor
and the world counts loudly to ten
One
Here comes the sun
Two
Here comes the sun
Three
It is the lightest star of all
Four
And it will never fall from the sky
Five
Here comes the sun
Six
Here comes the sun
Seven
It is the lightest star of all
Eight, nine
Here comes the sun
Just try explaining why we allow the KKK to exist in this country. The just can’t grasp the fact that their existence out in the open keeps them weak.
Meanwhile in Europe, the neonazis still exist illegally and are exceptionally dangerous.
I watched the video, but without a translation it’s difficult to form an opinion. I don’t see anything offensive about the photos — that’s just historic fact.
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