 Poster: A snowHead
|
I have been made rather upset my an article I have read.
"Flaine is run by the Compagnie des Alpes. The CdA was created by the Caisse des dépôts et consignations, a public finance body, in 1989. During the Vichy regime functionaries from the Caisse des dépôts ran the commercial operations of the Drancy concentration camp north of Paris. Flaine intends to remodel the Lucifer piste next summer. It is nothing personal, just business. "
Written by PisteHors; http://pistehors.com/news/ski/comments/0658-final-solution-for-flaine/
I have just been skiing in an area run by a company whos past history appears to have been surrounding concentration camps.
Hmmmm.... would any of you visit a beach run by the SS? it is the same principle.
The article has aptly been named the final solution. A sour taste has been left in my mouth. Not that I call for a mass exodus or a boycott of these resorts. If I was a local council member, I would be frankly disgusted to sell their ski area to people with such.
What do people ask for who have suffered these great trumours. To never forget, I think things have been forgotten too quickly all so they can chase the yanky dollar.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
|
|
Christopher, Without knowing really what you are talking about (please excuse my ignorance - and I genuinely mean that). Does your stance mean you will never visit Germany, Japan etc., does it mean that the people running Flaine now were running concentration camps? I think not.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
|
| Christopher wrote: |
I have just been skiing in an area run by a company whos past history appears to have been surrounding concentration camps.
Hmmmm.... would any of you visit a beach run by the SS? it is the same principle. |
Actually I would, equipped with 2 suitcases full of union jack towels.
|
|
|
|
|
|
You need to Login to know who's really who.
You need to Login to know who's really who.
|
|
This post is barking mad.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
|
Key words. It's now a different company run by different people and one has to presume that mass murder is not a part of their core business strategy.
|
|
|
|
|
|
You'll need to Register first of course.
You'll need to Register first of course.
|
It's 2008 - not 1945. We'll never forget what happened in WW2 but Europe has moved on and we're all friends now.
I'm more upset by their demolition of the crevasses to flatten stuff off for new pistes. All the beautiful rock formations are being smashed into gravel and ancient caves are being closed off when the cracks are filled in. Isn't that a bit of a shame? Not the first time I've wondered how environmentally sound a ski resort is...
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Many companies that are household names today have a dubious past. Did you know that Hugo Boss, the well known fashion company, made SS uniforms uniforms during the war?
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
I take it the OP wouldn't buy a VW, Porsche, Mercedes (Daimler) Benz or Siemens product then.......many of which were built using PoW forced labour. And I guess being a fan of NASA's space programme is out owing to the connection with Wernher (later Robert Braun) von Braun (Nazi rocket scientist who became on of the heads of NASA)........ 
|
|
|
|
|
|
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Christopher, do you read the Daily Mail by any chance?
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
FAQ
Hugely environmentally unsound, obviously. Even the ones which don't do so much violence to the terrain. The very business of creating communities at 2000m..... to say nothing of the lifts. People (like me) who say they are concerned about the environment, but go skiing, are hypocrites. 
