WINNIPEG, CANADA — the young mother carefully folds the red Nazi flag emblazoned with a black swastika that once hung on her living room wall and lays it on her kitchen table. In its place she has hung a banner that reads “White pride worldwide,” explaining that guests from the media might find it less shocking. It was a swastika drawn on her daughters arm, she says, that led Manitoba’s child protection agency to seize her children more than three months ago. Ever since, she has lived with the torment of seeing her children only two hours a week, and is turning to beer and cigarettes for comfort. She say she is a victim of a state run amok, persecuted for holding political views that are outside the mainstream. MORE>>>>
I was always fascinated by the second world war. One day in third grade, I drew on my arm the flags of all the nations that participated in the war.
Oops, apparently that was a mistake.
The teacher freaked out because of a “certain flag” and gave me a lecture about how it was “evil”. That was in the early 90’s. I can only imagine what would happen if someone did what I had done today, in the age of “tolerance”. The parents would be phoned, lectures would ensue, my house might be investigated…sheer madness.