I spent July here in this site discussing values as standards of judgement and which values to follow
http://connect.nmmu.ac.za/Blogs/Developing,-Problematizing-and-Testing-An-Applied/July-2014/summary-of-the-values-question
http://connect.nmmu.ac.za/Blogs/Developing,-Problematizing-and-Testing-An-Applied/July-2014/Applied-dialectical-Method-as-value-laden
http://connect.nmmu.ac.za/Blogs/Developing,-Problematizing-and-Testing-An-Applied/July-2014/More-reflections-on-values
http://connect.nmmu.ac.za/Blogs/Developing,-Problematizing-and-Testing-An-Applied/July-2014?page=3
This week,
The Thailand Junta regime used Hitler as the desired values of obedience to authority, hard work, loyalty to one's country, king and religion, and what it means to be a good and moral person in a propaganda film.
http://www.ibtimes.com/thailand-school-propaganda-film-israeli-embassy-bangkok-condemns-hitler-video-1747118
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/188487
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news/video-1143055/Thai-propaganda-film-Hitlers-image-removed-internet.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news/video-1143055/Thai-propaganda-film-Hitlers-image-removed-internet.html
Of course, Hitler is usually considered to be an example of destruction, evil and worst possible features of what human beings can be and do - the most UNDESIRED feature of a regime, leadership and humanity.
The idea that the Hitlerism can be used as desired values shocks many beyond words. Hitler is considered an absolute universal example of sheer evil and how not to be. Yet the Thai regime is using it as the exactly opposite, how one ought to be, in an educational film for children on how to good human beings and Thai citizens.
How is it possible?
What does this mean? That nothing is absolute or universal? Everything is relative and subject to geography? How would the Asian governments, in general, and the Thai, in particular, react if the Israeli government portrays the atrocities committed by the Japanese regime and military in Asia in the 20th century in its educational films?
How is that possible?
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