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Alabama-based Life-Savers Ministries (LSM) has admitted that it was probably a poor decision to select a quote from Adolf Hitler for use on a billboard supporting children's education, reports Raw Story.

The large sign depicted a diverse group of smiling kids and incongruously declared, "He alone, who owns the youth, gains the future," attributing the quote to Hitler. Hitler said the phrase in 1935 during a speech at the Reichsparteitag in order to encourage young people to join the Hitler Youth.

Below the Hitler quote was a Bible verse which said, "Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.”

James Anderegg, founder of LSM, told the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer that he was taking down the sign and "certainly never intended to cause confusion." He added, "Herbert Hoover would have been a far better one to quote when he said, 'Children are our most valuable resource.' We are a children's organization and had honorable intentions and nothing less."

Curiously the board did not include the name of Life-Savers Ministries, leading some Alabama residents to wonder about its origin. Lamar Advertising, the owners of the billboard, told the Ledger-Enquirer that it had been rented out by Life-Savers.

Life-Savers Ministries was founded in 1996 in Opelika, Alabama and provides Biblically-based activities for children coming from at-risk areas, according to their website.
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Alabama-based Life-Savers Ministries (LSM) has admitted that it was probably a poor decision to select a quote from Adolf Hitler for use on a billboard supporting children's education, reports Raw Story.
That might be the understatement of the year :?
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Alabama-based Life-Savers Ministries (LSM) has admitted that it was probably a poor decision to select a quote from Adolf Hitler for use on a billboard supporting children's education, reports Raw Story.
That might be the understatement of the year :?
Now we know where the person who came up with the "Winning The Future" meme for the White House ended up.
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This has to be from The Onion.
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:lol: Wow...just wow. :lol:
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89Hen wrote:This has to be from The Onion.
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CID1990 wrote:
89Hen wrote:This has to be from The Onion.
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So its false is what you're saying..?


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JellyBelly, I have to ask you: do you have any pride in being a son of the South? Or are you ashamed of your heritage?
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Ivytalk wrote:JellyBelly, I have to ask you: do you have any pride in being a son of the South? Or are you ashamed of your heritage?
Good questions. I take pride in being from the South. Every state in the Union has it's blemishes and imperfections.
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Yes it was probably a poor decision but it's pretty obvious that what they were doing was using a quote from a totalitarian to warn about an evolution towards government control of children.
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JohnStOnge wrote:Yes it was probably a poor decision but it's pretty obvious that what they were doing was using a quote from a totalitarian to warn about an evolution towards government control of children.
Doesn't matter. All people will see is the name Adolf Hitler.
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JohnStOnge wrote:Yes it was probably a poor decision but it's pretty obvious that what they were doing was using a quote from a totalitarian to warn about an evolution towards government control of children.
Probably? It was. Invoking Nazis for a good cause rarely is a good decision.
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Ivytalk wrote:JellyBelly, I have to ask you: do you have any pride in being a son of the South? Or are you ashamed of your heritage?
Love the South and take pride in it. :nod:

But, also acknowledge the flaws and errors of the region.

Great website that has a similar view of the South as I do. Good essay on their "about us" section:
http://bittersoutherner.com/we-are-bitter/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

And, in Patterson Hood's words: "Duality of the southern thing" :rockon:

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Dick Millstone Nixon used to quote Hitler on a fairly regular basis in his speeches. :coffee:
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LeadBolt wrote:Dick Millstone Nixon used to quote Hitler on a fairly regular basis in his speeches. :coffee:
Any relation to Richard Milhouse Nixon?
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I don't see what the big deal is.
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Chizzang wrote:
CID1990 wrote:
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So its false is what you're saying..?


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NO, if I was implying that, I would have said

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Ibanez wrote:
LeadBolt wrote:Dick Millstone Nixon used to quote Hitler on a fairly regular basis in his speeches. :coffee:
Any relation to Richard Milhouse Nixon?
Millstone was Milhouse's alter ego who drug the country down engineering his second election.
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I'm a proud Southener, however, some of my people are still fighting the Civil War :ohno:
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mrklean wrote:I'm a proud Southener, however, some of my people are still fighting the Civil War :ohno:
Who are your people?
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