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Originally Posted by happyland

We've all been drunk and said things we've regretted or been slightly embarrassed about, but have you actually read what he said to those women?? That **** isn't drunken banter or a slight slip of the tongue; it's pure, venomous anti-semitism in it's worst form!

I agree most people are fascinated/horrified by Hitler and his Nazi regime, but to condone his treatment of jews just isn't acceptable!

well Im sure most famous people hold some view or other that we would find shocking or distasteful. The key is to just keep your gob shut about it. This is where the alcohol plays a part.

and some of the great artists and talents in history were not pleasant people. Some were even well known paedos. But it doesn't stop them being revered or their work being celebrated. His talent is clothes designing and Im not sure his views on jews or Hitler should see that talent tossed to the kerb. It's irrelevent to what he does. Unless he starts incorporating swatsikas into his designs.

and there's no escaping from the fact that people who live in a free country should have free speech. Otherwise it ceases to be a free country. He wasn't inciting hatred just having a drunken rant in an intimate setting that was just between a few people to hear. The fact that it was secretly filmed and now broadcast is not his responsibility. In fact the ones putting the video out there are more guilty of inciting hate because they are the ones spreading his personal views to the masses and giving it greater gravitas.