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Rhetorically, mentioning the Germans in World War Two is done one way in our culture: as video game villains that may be gunned down without guilt or compunction. Outside of the bounds of the classic board game Axis and Allies, any form of self-identification with the Third Reich is a third rail: touch it and die. Yes, this rule includes that most guilt-free of killable villains, the rare Nazi Zombie.
Derek Dooley's willing to take that chance in the name of making a point about his football team, however.
"Right now we're like the Germans in World War II. Here comes the boats, they're coming. You have the binoculars, and it's like, 'Oh, my God, the invasion is coming.' That's what they did, they were in the bunkers. It's coming, they call Rommel -- they can't find Rommel. (Pretending to speak into a radio.) 'What do we do? I'm not doing anything until I get orders.' (Pretends to look through binoculars.) 'Have you gotten Rommel yet?'
It's an awkward point if you don't recognize Dooley is indirectly quoting and acting out a scene from The Longest Day, the 1962 movie about D-Day depicting the lack of communication in the German ranks during the invasion. Unless watching this movie makes you a Nazi, I'm pretty sure Derek Dooley's in the clear.
(So you're saying you watched the movie, then? Got the reference? Ha! GOT YOU, SECRET NAZI! Dooley's plan worked to perfection!)
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History. People need to quit being so sensitive....
I know and you know that he was making a point. Not that he wants to be Nazi Germany or that Nazis would ever wear orange. He should have compared this season to the video game “Castle Wolfstein” and talk about how hard it is to find secret passageways behind paintings, and how hard it is to shoot German Shepards on a dead run, and why the BFG is sooo important
The beatings will continue til morale improves.....
by mrpelicanpants on Oct 28, 2010 5:06 PM EDT reply actions
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