Author Topic: How shall we commemorate Kristallnacht tomorrow? I know - let's go to KFC!  (Read 605 times)

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Re: How shall we commemorate Kristallnacht tomorrow? I know - let's go to KFC!
« Reply #1 on: November 08, 2023, 01:03:59 PM »
I wonder if this idea was invented by somebody in the USA part of the company who didn't fully understand the significance of Krystallnacht.

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Re: How shall we commemorate Kristallnacht tomorrow? I know - let's go to KFC!
« Reply #2 on: November 08, 2023, 01:10:05 PM »
Apparently, it was automatically generated by a computer, which sent these messages out on anniversaries etc. At least it didn't recommend the baconburgers!
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Re: How shall we commemorate Kristallnacht tomorrow? I know - let's go to KFC!
« Reply #3 on: November 08, 2023, 01:15:46 PM »
Apparently, it was automatically generated by a computer,

Well somebody must have given it a list of commemorations that included Krystallnacht. Surely it occurred to them that not all anniversaries are appropriate to being commemorated with cheesy chicken...
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Re: How shall we commemorate Kristallnacht tomorrow? I know - let's go to KFC!
« Reply #4 on: November 08, 2023, 01:19:27 PM »
Well somebody must have given it a list of commemorations that included Krystallnacht. Surely it occurred to them that not all anniversaries are appropriate to being commemorated with cheesy chicken...
Maybe. I suppose f you've never heard of it, you might think "Crystal Night" was some kind of celebration.
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Re: How shall we commemorate Kristallnacht tomorrow? I know - let's go to KFC!
« Reply #5 on: November 08, 2023, 01:44:51 PM »
Maybe. I suppose f you've never heard of it, you might think "Crystal Night" was some kind of celebration.
Perhaps the calendar was just a digital one of significant cultural anniversaries that was imported and used as a look up with no or minimal validation?

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Re: How shall we commemorate Kristallnacht tomorrow? I know - let's go to KFC!
« Reply #6 on: November 08, 2023, 03:32:09 PM »
Perhaps the calendar was just a digital one of significant cultural anniversaries that was imported and used as a look up with no or minimal validation?
Yes, it probably was.
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