Inspiration from the Past

Another brief too on the fascinating penetration of First World notables and luminaries here in the Tropics: three candidates contesting the upcoming Indonesian parliamentary election.
         Yasser Arafat (West Javan seat)
         Hitler Nabahan (Aceh-born, contesting in Karawang)
         Martin Luter (North Sumatra)
         The original Palestinain had inspired the West Javanese's grand-father; the father of the second named similarly. (One of two Hitlers contesting incidentally.) Unspecified the particular case of the church reformer.
         In the same context one recalls the former candidate from the Riau Province in this immediate region of Singapore, an English teacher of many years in Tanjung Pinang, who visits Geylang Serai regularly, Mr. John Lenon (sic.). Using the songs and lyrics of the old Rock-and-rollers, Mr. Lenon went whole hog, officially changing his name by Deed Poll. (As noted in a Post on this Blog featuring this gentleman in the latter half of last year.)
         The bar named Auschwitz has been reported previously. For other reasons, Singapore maintains streets and roads here named after Marshal Petain, Clemenceau, Allenby, Mountbatten, King George IV, Queen Victoria of course, to mention only the most notable. But this is another story for another occasion.