Some People’s Children

Maybe it is the waning moon, or the absolute freezing temperatures (only 2 degrees C today…unusually phreakin’ cold for Vancouver) or maybe it’s the fact that I feel I haven’t had a moment to myself in weeks…but I am feeling really sensitive and bitchy lately.

I was reading THIS article and became shocked and a bit mistified at people's need to latch on to the negative.

It was a Fancy Dress party! Costumes! I bet someone went as Osama Bin Laden or Napoleon or Stalin or Lenin or Charles Manson…but the focus was on Bonny Prince Harry and his Nazi costume. I can’t phreakin’ believe it!

If I were to dress up as a Plumber it doesn’t mean I know any thing about the intimate workings of pipes. If Harry dressed as a plumber do you think the Plumbers Guild of England would be upset that he didn’t know how to install a toilet?

If Harry chose to dress as Lenin – who is reported to be responsible for killing over 3 millions Russians? Would that have offended? What is the difference? What about going as Jack the Ripper? Would the Feminist Groups be up in arms? What would the acceptable costume have been? It can't be Speedy Gonzalez - that might offend Mexicans. He probably should have gone as Harry Potter - he's got the name for it.

So there I was…thinking all of these things and I couldn’t keep my mouth shut. I had to share with the rest of my office. So we have this discussion and it turns out that I am the only one thinking that it would be OK to dress up like a Nazi for a Fancy Dress Party.

I bet that if *I* chose to dress up like a Nazi for a Costume Party it would not be front page news. But because he’s a “royal” Harry is lambasted and called an insensitive lout!

Everyone was jumping down my throat…particularly MC. When I asked “what if I wore that to a costume party” her reply was “that is your prerogative”…as if to imply that I am a fucking Nazi! SO then I asked if she thought that by wearing the costume that it meant believing in the propaganda of the party. She replied Yes.


Well…my GOD! If that is the truth…then off the top of my head, here are the following people that are Nazi’s:
Ralph Finnes –he played one in Schindler’s List remember? Wasn’t he nominated for Best Actor for that movie???
Edward Norton – American History X
Harrison Ford – random movie that escapes me at the moment.
Sir Ian McKellen - Apt Pupil AND Richard III (it was set Hitler-style England) so he must be an UBER Nazi!!!


If I really were a Nazi I’d have the SS over to her squatting boat in a blink of an eye and Blitzkrieg the shit out of it!

Let’s think about this shall we? From all that you have gathered in reading about my life…do I seem like the kind of person to be goose-stepping on other people’s lives? Weren’t the Nazi’s supposed to be intolerant of homosexuals? I live in the WEST END people!!! Right amongst the highest concentrated population of homosexuals in Vancouver. My very building is made up of 85% gay men – most of whom are long term couples!! I love my neighbours…fashion and sex advice from the guys who know better than I do. PLUS…I have recently been swapping some yummy food recipes with a few of them.

So this is all about Some People’s Children. What I am getting at is that depending on whose kid you are…you must avoid certain costumes at all costs. If you are a Prince, you should probably stick to harmless cartoon characters. If you are just a regular Joe or Jane you can dress up as historical figures without a worry that you will be confused for holding those particular beliefs.

I once dressed up as a Geisha – I am quite certain that NO ONE would mistake me for a Japanese Escort.

How can MC tout herself out to be so Morally Superior and yet be so Intellectually Inferior?
Some people’s children…sheesh.