Canadian Parliament gives Nazi standing ovation - Al Jazeera

@bfchessguy said in #9:
> My guess, is that it might simply be them thinking it will bring them more votes.
>
> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Polish_parliamentary_election

Yeah the PIS do a lot of populist posturing, but at the same time seems likely they genuinely want to prosecute wwII criminals.

@kyanite111 said in #10:
> I can't say I blame him for thinking, especially as a young adult at the time, that the Germans were the good guys.

Yep, and we both know that in pre WWII war many Canadians were thinking the Germans were the good guys.

For example those ones:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Unity_Party_of_Canada

@Raspberry_yoghurt said in #11:
> Yeah the PIS do a lot of populist posturing, but at the same time seems likely they genuinely want to prosecute wwII criminals.

Just pointing out the thinking time was probably pretty short.

@kyanite111 said in #10:
> I'm honestly mystified at the people that fin this genuinely upsetting. Its just a mistake. People need to chill out.

Agree 100%

> But anyway, if you actually read the history of the guy, its true his unit was never actually convicted of engaging in any war crimes. So basically as far as anyone is concerned they were just another division of the German military, whose job was primarily engaging with the soviets on the Eastern flank.

Eh not really. His unit took part in for instance this massacre

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huta_Pieniacka_massacre

@Alex_1987 said in #4:
> court after WW2 came to conclusion that SS Galychina did not take part in crimes against humanity

That's a lie.
The Nuremberg Tribunal declared the SS a criminal organization. The verdict of the tribunal applies to the bandits of the SS Galichyna division in full.

@Alex_Muezersky said in #15:
> That's a lie.
> The Nuremberg Tribunal declared the SS a criminal organization. The verdict of the tribunal applies to the bandits of the SS Galichyna division in full.

As I read, and as kyanite111 also confirmed in #10, they were not actually convicted by tribunal. You probably messed SS as a whole and SS Galychina.

But anyway I hope that another Nuremberg (or other) tribunal in future will also convict modern russian nazis and nazi russia as a state for their crimes in Ukraine.

@Alex_1987 said in #4:
> Which crimes?
> As I read the court after WW2 came to conclusion that SS Galychina did not take part in crimes against humanity.
Check out this article:
nationalpost.com/opinion/first-reading-canada-has-long-been-slammed-as-a-haven-for-ex-nazis-like-yaroslav-hunka

"While many ex-Nazis had become Canadians by assuming false identities or lying about their war records, veterans of the Galicia Division were let into the country en-masse in 1950 via a special cabinet-level dispensation".

It was not the court, but the Canadian authorities who decided that the veterans of the Galicia division did not commit crimes.

@Alex_1987 said in #16:
> You probably messed SS as a whole and SS Galychina

That is, the SS division Galichyna was not part of the SS? Oh my god...

@Raspberry_yoghurt said in #7:
> Yeah it is hypocricy. I mean, it's Rota's fault and he got fired already.
>
> It's also just a mistake. They didn't know he was a Nazi.
Haven't you watched the video?
This old man was presented as a World War II veteran who fought against Russia for the independence of Ukraine.
One English newspaper put it this way:
You don’t have to be a doctor of historical sciences to understand that a veteran who fought against the Russians in the 40s was associated with the Nazis.

Okay, I can admit that members of the Canadian Parliament are not good at history, but Zelensky! This one knew exactly who he was applauding.

@PTX187 said in #19:
> Haven't you watched the video?
> This old man was presented as a World War II veteran who fought against Russia for the independence of Ukraine.
> One English newspaper put it this way:
> You don’t have to be a doctor of historical sciences to understand that a veteran who fought against the Russians in the 40s was associated with the Nazis.
>
> Okay, I can admit that members of the Canadian Parliament are not good at history, but Zelensky! This one knew exactly who he was applauding.

What do you know exactly about Canada's Politics?

Do you know Poilievre took a selfie with a neo nazi? Rotfl

www.nationalobserver.com/sites/nationalobserver.com/files/styles/article_header_xl/public/img/2023/02/24/cp165889297.jpg?itok=ZH44gS18

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre poses for a selfie with a lone supporter before a news conference in Calgary, Alta., Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. Photo by: The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh

The cons of Canada are tearing their shirts on this after being caught not vetting who they're hanging out with.