(07-06-2017 08:40 AM)EverRespect Wrote:  

(07-06-2017 08:22 AM)DaSaintFan Wrote:  It's just something you don't do bubbapt in a Holocaust location. I know different people have different opinions on that , but when the signs say remain silent.. you really should.

It's sort of like the girl who put up a video where she was pretending to shower at an Auschwitz prison camp location and laughing about it. She took a beating for that one on social media and rightfully so.

I agree, but in this case it seems like it was an honest mistake with no intention of disrespect. Kind of like going on vacation to Japan and shaking someone's hand.

I went jogging in Paris once, and turned into the Invalides. I was immediately confronted and waved out, given that it is both Mapileon's tomb and an active hospital.

So, again, why is this a story?

Stupid move on his part. But as noted, he apologized and should move on.

If this is what it takes to make someone unfit for public office, there wouldn't be any qualified Democrats.

(07-06-2017 09:06 AM)miko33 Wrote:  I don't turn into a blubbering mess if I visit a Civil War battle site, and I believe the Civil War was a very evil time for our country.

I dunno Miko.. I do get choked up a bit when I do go to such a location, or a museum that is showing items associated with these sort of things in history.

But I do get your point.