Jed Rothwell wrote: > For a scientist to discuss it would be like a U.S. > politician going out on weekends on WWII reenactments dressed as > a member of the Waffen-SS, like this nitwit did: > > http://news.nationalpost.com/2010/10/15/definition-of-a-bad-political-photo-op-rich-iotts-nazi-reenactment/ > > - Jed
I don't want to hijack the thread, but if Rich Lott is a [political] nitwit, that says more about the pathetically cringing state of our society than it does about him. Quote from the article: Iott…said his interest in Nazi Germany was historical and he does not subscribe to the tenets of Nazism. “No, absolutely not,” he said. “In fact, there’s a disclaimer on the [Wiking] website. And you’ll find that on almost any reenactment website. It’s purely historical interest in World War II.” Iott, who originally joined Wiking in an effort to bond with his son, gave up his membership in the group in 2007. Wiking lists itself as a “living history and World War Two reenactment society,” and defended itself in a recent story posted on its site: “Any person or political group who believes there is some bizarre hidden Nazi agenda by reenactors is not only ignorant of the facts but using false representation to foster their own political ambition and beneath contempt. Would these same accusers point a finger at Civil War Confederate reenactors and say they are all racially prejudiced?”
