yeah, it's not like electing a nazi to the highest office would constitute a threat to Austria's world image. SBC on the other hand is the true PR disaster.
Like Hitch famously said (paraphrased): Austria spends a lot of energy trying to convince the world that Beethoven was Austrian and Hitler German.
That Teutonic wit:
ReplyDeleteShe writes, ‘it’s hard to decide which is worse: the insult to Austria, or that Hitler should merely be portrayed as a “black sheep”’.
Uh, I think Cohen is saying that Austrians don't consider Hitler a blacksheep...
yeah, it's not like electing a nazi to the highest office would constitute a threat to Austria's world image. SBC on the other hand is the true PR disaster.
ReplyDeleteLike Hitch famously said (paraphrased): Austria spends a lot of energy trying to convince the world that Beethoven was Austrian and Hitler German.
I thought about that quote (of which you informed me) when I saw this.
ReplyDeleteWait, It's Germany that elected Hitler to high office, not Austria, right?
ReplyDeleteThe anschluss came later.
yeah. anyway, I get your drift.
ReplyDeletePepe, did you see the trailer?
ReplyDeleteWait, It's Germany that elected Hitler to high office, not Austria, right?
ReplyDeleteThe anschluss came later.
Well, duhhh. 1933<1938. Even Pepe would know that.
How did that work out, Tecs? If Hitler was an Austrian citizen and they were separate countries...?
ReplyDeleteWhy, that's just like our electing a Kenyan president or something, right?