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Victor_c3

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2. I'm probably going to be called a "piece of crap" for this comment

Mon Apr 15, 2013, 11:04 AM

Apr 2013

but I say give the kid a break. He is what, 19 years old? How many of you had any concept of what the Holocaust really entailed or could really identify with it when they were that age? I know I didn't/couldn't. And no, I'm not a Bieber fan by any means.

I visited the Anne Frank house in Amsterdam in 2006 so it has been a while, but I remember most of the book and the exhibits in the house were focused on making you connect with Anne (and her family) as people. After coming to recognize Anne Frank as a person and a young girl I don't believe his comment is that callous. He probably would have said that after getting to know any girl that age. Had that comment been written in a guestbook at Auschwitz where she was murdered, I'd have a different opinion.

As misplaced as his comment may have been, I believe that his heart was in the right place.

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Justin Bieber criticized for hoping Anne Frank would've been a 'belieber' [View all] joeybee12 Apr 2013 OP

Does he not realize if she was still alive, she would no longer be a little girl? eom tarheelsunc Apr 2013 #1

I'm probably going to be called a "piece of crap" for this comment Victor_c3 Apr 2013 #2

Yes, agreed. Not only that, Quantess Apr 2013 #3

Sorry, but he leaves the Anne Frank house and all he can think joeybee12 Apr 2013 #4

I wonder what I would be like if from the time I was 14 I was a pop superstar el_bryanto Apr 2013 #6

Hopefully you would have also had a handler who kept you joeybee12 Apr 2013 #7

So are we mad at Bieber or mad at his handlers? nt el_bryanto Apr 2013 #8

Maybe he doesn't have a handler... joeybee12 Apr 2013 #10

Nods - i guess that's the bottom line - el_bryanto Apr 2013 #14

How could he be much wiser? Demoiselle Apr 2013 #28

Have you veer been to the Anne Frank House? joeybee12 Apr 2013 #29

I have zipplewrath Apr 2013 #31

No. I've been to Auschwitz and the Holocaust Museum. And it was horrifying and very moving. Demoiselle Apr 2013 #32

I wouldn't call you a piece of crap. Aristus Apr 2013 #11

+1000!! FirstLight Apr 2013 #23

I remember knowing about the Holocaust when I was 14, cause I questioned my Religion teacher about blueamy66 Apr 2013 #13

I did! atreides1 Apr 2013 #18

It's one thing to know about it, but a completely different thing to truly understand it. Victor_c3 Apr 2013 #34

this little shit needs to get over himself warrior1 Apr 2013 #5

"We're more popular than Jesus" - St. John Lennon nt Dreamer Tatum Apr 2013 #9

His managers must really suck to let something that blockheaded slip through. Gidney N Cloyd Apr 2013 #12

Bizarrely flippant. Even a teenager like him should know that is a tasteless thing to say. reformist2 Apr 2013 #15

She was really into the "pop culture" of her day and dreamed of being a movie star... cbdo2007 Apr 2013 #16

That's what I thought too. nt. polly7 Apr 2013 #20

I don't see the big deal RZM Apr 2013 #17

+1 nt Dreamer Tatum Apr 2013 #19

"Teenage kid says something dumb - internet erupts in disdain" bhikkhu Apr 2013 #21

I agree. And it goes in cycles too. Right now he's experiencing a period of bad press RZM Apr 2013 #25

Obviously he didn't pay a lick of HappyMe Apr 2013 #22

Thank you...I'm amazed people are saying it's because he's young... joeybee12 Apr 2013 #24

Is it possible to be any more self absorbed? justhanginon Apr 2013 #26

To quote Ricky Gervais on Twitter Drale Apr 2013 #27

Hee-larious! joeybee12 Apr 2013 #30

Did he ever go to high school? libodem Apr 2013 #33