According to BBC, a Bombay restaurant by the name of Hitler’s Cross has been forced to change it’s name due to significant protest from the small Jewish community that lives in the city (ok, so at first I thought this might have been a misunderstanding…and then I saw the pic of the place and there is no mistake).
According to the article, the owner of the place, a Mr. Satish Sabhlok, said “[they] have decided to change the name of our restaurant and remove all signs and articles associated with Hitler and Nazism in and around it…[their] intention was not to glorify Hitler – or his atrocities or ideology in any way – and we regret the anguish caused by the use of this name.”
Now let me pose the obvious question: WTF WERE YOU THINKING?! Seriously, the intention was not to glorify Hitler or his ideology? Then what, I beg, was the intention of the restaurant? I am sitting here trying to come up with something clever to say and even I am blanking…I cannot think of any possible non-Nazi, non-WWII, non-Hitler is awesome rational behind this restaurant…apparently it was attention seeker, as the name will not be forgotten. “We are not promoting Hitler. But we want to tell people we are different in the way he was different” said the owners. Seriously?
To the owners of this restaurant: WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE! Here I am trying to show how smart, culturally aware, and responsible Indians are, and you go and do some dumb sh*t like this…man…cramping our style completely.
For all my people up in Bombay, please do go to this place and see what kind of food they serve…I am intrigued by what could POSSIBLY be on the menu…
This ladies and gentleman, is the reason I write this blog…you never know what you are going to find, and sometimes you just have to share it.
Cheers,
Taps
