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Amazon pulls Auschwitz-themed Christmas ornaments
BBC ^
| December 2 2019
| BBC
Posted on 12/02/2019 6:18:30 AM PST by Kriggerel
Amazon has withdrawn a range of "Christmas ornaments" displaying images of a former concentration camp that sellers had posted on its website.
The move followed a tweet from Poland's Auschwitz Memorial calling on the retailer to remove the "disturbing and disrespectful" merchandise.
It included Christmas tree decorations, a bottle opener and a mouse-pad.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: amazon; antisemitism; auschwitz; christmas; hanukkah; holocaust
Sometimes words just fail me. Especially after reading a comment on this article on another website, which shall not be mentioned, where someone thought they were being edgy by saying: "Just in time for Hannukah!"
Oy vey!
Sorry, Beeb, but "tasteless" doesn't quite cover this. X.x
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posted on
12/02/2019 6:18:30 AM PST
by
Kriggerel
To: Kriggerel
To be fair, this was an online retailer selling through Amazon.
To: Kriggerel
If the seller wants to sell it on their own site that’s their insane business, but amazon doesn’t need that kind of heat.
People are insane.
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posted on
12/02/2019 6:27:49 AM PST
by
dp0622
(Radicals, racists Don't point fingers at me I'm a small town white boy Just tryin' to make ends meet)
To: Kriggerel
I'm thumping my forehead and bugging my eyes. WTH gets into these people? What did they think they were doing?
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posted on
12/02/2019 6:30:30 AM PST
by
Mrs. Don-o
(Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by diabolical disorientation. Mrs Dono)
To: Kriggerel
In all likelihood it was someone sitting at a computer somewhere in China tasked with finding images of the “1000 most popular US tourist destinations”.
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posted on
12/02/2019 6:37:41 AM PST
by
Sooth2222
("Every nation gets the government it deserves." -Joseph de Maistre)
To: Sooth2222
Yeah, I’m guessing some computer grab of images not copyrighted.
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posted on
12/02/2019 6:57:12 AM PST
by
GOPJ
(UN-elected bureaucrats steal power and taxpayer dollars - they belong in prison.)
To: Kriggerel
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posted on
12/02/2019 7:04:22 AM PST
by
null and void
(Convicted spies are shot, traitors are hanged, saboteurs are subject to summary execution...)
To: Kriggerel
Who would even think of such as this?
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posted on
12/02/2019 7:11:49 AM PST
by
Savage Beast
( The curse of intelligence: having to watch the morons try everything that obviously won't work.)
To: Sooth2222
This is probably a good guess.
But the next question is "Who was buying them?" I mean, who would want an extermination camp bottle opener?
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posted on
12/02/2019 7:12:47 AM PST
by
TontoKowalski
(You can call me "Dick.")
To: Kriggerel
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posted on
12/02/2019 7:35:19 AM PST
by
silverleaf
(Age Takes a Toll: Please Have Exact Change)
To: Kriggerel
Another item withdrawn from sale is the Manson Family Nativity Scene.
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posted on
12/02/2019 8:04:44 AM PST
by
jimfree
(My19 y/o granddaughter continues to have more quality exec experience than an 8 year Obama.)
To: null and void
There are some real sick people out there.
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posted on
12/02/2019 8:08:14 AM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Mrs. Don-o
Hey at least it wasn’t a dust broom.
L
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posted on
12/02/2019 8:10:33 AM PST
by
Lurker
(Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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