Prussian Blue

While randomly browsing blogs today, I came across a post about two delightful 13-year-old twin musicians, Lynx and Lamb Gaede, who perform together as Prussian Blue. In an interview they gave when they were 12, they explained where the name of their outfit came from:

"Part of our heritage is Prussian German. Also our eyes are blue, and Prussian Blue is just a really pretty color."

Charming. But there's more:

"There is also the discussion of the lack of 'Prussian Blue' coloring in the so-called gas chambers in the concentration camps. We think it might make people question some of the inaccuracies of the 'Holocaust' myth."

Young, cute, talented, and neo-fascist. These lovely girls, who have been playing together since they were nine, are Holocaust-denying white supremacists. They perform folk-influenced renditions of racist hymns by bands like Skrewdriver and Brutal Attack, idolize such great men as Rudolph Hess, and lament the decline of the white race:

"It seems like smart white girls who have good eugenics are more interested in making money in a career or partying than getting married and having a family."

It comes as no surprise to learn that their mother manages the duo and also writes many of their lyrics. Here's an example of Mrs. Gaede's scintillating verse taken from Prussian Blue's own website:

When a mother's only children belong to her no more.
And black masked men with guns come bashing down the doors
...
Aryan man awake!
How much more will you take?
Turn that fear to hate!

At 13, these girls are on the verge of those wondrous years of adolescent rebellion. So I guess there is still some hope that they'll come to reject the sickening ideology they've had thrust upon them as children.

Moral Nonequivalence

Islamic Jihad say that the suicide attack that killed five Israelis in Hadera yesterday was launched in retaliation for the assassination of their West Bank leader by Israeli forces earlier this week. They have a twisted sense of moral justice. The Israelis kill the leader of a militant group. The militant group murder five civilians in revenge. This AP story that reports the attack shows a picture of a grieving relative: a distraught young girl holding up a photograph of her dead brother. The ripple of sympathy I began to feel for her immediately died when I realized her brother was the suicide bomber. Don't worry, honey, he's in Paradise now.

UPDATE 28/10, 1:45 AM

Charles Johnson at little green footballs regularly points out what he sees as the liberal (read anti-war, anti-Israel) biases of major press agencies such as Associated Press and Reuters. I'm beginning to see what he means. The AP article and accompanying photograph linked above keep changing as events in the Middle East unfold following the Hadera suicide attack. But I still haven't seen any pictures there of the Israeli victims or their grief-stricken relatives. When I checked in several hours ago, there was a picture of more of the bomber's relatives. The current photo, accompanying an article reporting the killing of seven Palestinians by the Israelis, shows a group of Palestinians swarming around the wreckage of a car destroyed by an Israeli missile.

On the other hand, though barely a day has elapsed since the attack in Hadera, this Israeli site provides names, ages, and photos of the real victims, along with photos of some of the funerals that took place yesterday, including photos of grieving relatives. Somehow I find it much easier to sympathize with these young mourners.

Note that the Israeli response to the murder of five civilians is a targeted strike against Islamic Jihad militants, not Palestinian civilians. The Israelis display here a slightly better notion of justice.