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	<title>Ecstatic Gaucho &#187; Downfall</title>
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		<title>Downfallising history as it happens</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 18:42:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Senor Gaucho</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Web funnies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BNP membership leaks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Downfall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Times]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Tuesday, November 18 someone leaked the BNP&#8217;s membership list to the press, by Friday it had been Downfallised. The drama of the leaks was now played out in the subtitles under Hitler&#8217;s deranged ranting in the film Downfall.
Apparently the scene has been used on 150 odd YouTube clips, from Ronaldo leaving Man Utd to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Last Tuesday, November 18 someone <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7736405.stm">leaked the BNP&#8217;s membership list</a> to the press, by Friday it had been Downfallised. The drama of the leaks was now played out in the subtitles under Hitler&#8217;s deranged ranting in the film Downfall.</p>
<p>Apparently the scene has been used on 150 odd YouTube clips, from Ronaldo leaving Man Utd to numerous stories from the US election. This version is very savvy &#8211; it covers the <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/20/wikileaks_bnp_hits/" target="new">uploading of the list onto wikileaks</a> and the <a href="http://uk.techcrunch.com/2008/11/19/bnp-member-list-mashed-with-google-maps-creates-a-sea-of-red-dots/" target="new">mash up on Google Maps</a> &#8211; as well as being pretty darn funny. I love the &#8216;I&#8217;m no racist&#8230;Something has to be done&#8217;. They even manage a dig at UKIP too.</p>
<p>The whole Downfallising phenomenon already has a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downfall_(film)#Downfall_as_internet_meme" target="new">section on Wikipedia</a> and today <a href="http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article5197025.ece" target="new">The Times ran an article</a> on it. It has grown so big it&#8217;s almost worthy of a media studies module. I can only apologize that I only heard about it yesterday and didn&#8217;t manage to put it up til today &#8211; so it&#8217;s almost Internet history by now.</p>
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