Posted by Taylor on 01/10/08 00:11

On Jan 7, 3:31 pm, Walter Traprock <wetrapr...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I see in the 1997 season DVDs, is a concealed swastika,
> "swastika" being more respectably known as the "hooked cross",
> is on much of that season's material (don't know about other
> seasons).  It is on the main stage slightly to the right of
> Mr. Green during some of his speeches.  It is rustic looking,
> perhaps in an attempt to appeal to backwoods nazism.  So what
> is the meaning of this?  What faction (Hitler, Goering,
> Goebbels, Strasser, Roehm, Darre, etc.) or function does the
> producers and CBC/PBS, etc., represent, or are the producers
> of the show merely exploiting nazi dollars, (sometimes worth
> more than american).

Now that I think about it, I recall several times during the mid-'80s
Canadian sitcom 'Me & Max' (CHCH-TV11 Hamilton), Steve's real-life
sons Max (the brunette) and Davey (the blond) often made swastika
shapes with their Cheerios in their milk bowl. Makes you think (...
makes you think indeed!).

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