What would you do if your neighbours starting flying a Nazi flag? Darren McKay, of Mannering Park NSW bought the flag at local markets for the bargain price of $10 - and was unaware that people might take offence at the flag because he had not learned about Adolf Hitler in school history lessons. Well, it's not a bad excuse, but I'm not sure that it's actually true. Wasn't one of the Royal princes in trouble recently for wearing a Hitler Youth uniform to a fancy dress party. Yes, that only made front page news and was pretty high up in the line-up for the nightly news - but Mr McKay may have been busy that day. And have these people never seen a WWII movie?
If it's true and he didn't know about the Nazis, the whole affair is more worrying. Those who forget (or don't know about the past) are doomed to repeat it. (Note to the Daily Telegraph: it appears your photo had the back side of the flag on display - the hooks were going the wrong way.)
And, as suggested by my mate Deb, is there any signficance to this happening so close to Anzac Day?
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