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A swastika is banned from flags. Reasonable. But why has the Hammer Sickle stayed?

Deaths by Communism - Over 100 million
Deaths by Nazism - Nearly 50 million(including Imperial Japan and Fascist Italy)

So why has the symbol of a corrupt and extremist government been allowed to stay? There isn't much difference between communism and nazism(if economics was put aside) but their social policies were very simuliar.

I believe that if the Swastika(once a symbol of peace) is banned, than the Hammer Sickle should also be banned from all flags in Nation States.

A. This doesn't belong in Technical. Not sure where it's been determined where these threads belong (besides deleted), but it's definately not here.

B. http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=9445233&postcount=8

It's been discussed. I couldn't find the billion-page thread on it, but there's the site admin directly posting on the acceptable flag policy.

C. Deaths by bubonic plague: 34 million, at least.

Therefore, the Yersinia pestis should be banned from all flags:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/15/Yersinia_pestis_fluorescent.jpeg

Your logic does not work as well as you think.

American I presume? I admire your confidence, though it sickens me that you dare affiliate my rich, strong, proud communism, with the weak, dead facists! You have no idea what communism is, and obviously no idea what it stands for, what the Bolshevik party stands for, what Father Lenin stood for. You can nvr strip me of these communist banners! This is like saying there should be no American flag on here cause of all the people killed by its Capitalist greed and corps. DEATH TO CAPITALISM!:mp5:

Your poll is biased. That aside, I oppose banning the hammer and sickle. First of all, I am a communist, of a sort. Second of all, I don't even agree with the banning of the swastika. While I'm certainly not about to enter into an argument about it, as many have chosen to do, I will not support further bans. Besides, I am fairly confident that this issue has already been throughly considered by administration.

Actually I'm a Canadian born in Germany

Capitalism is the best thing to happen to this world.
Lets see what Right wing governments have done for this world

USA - I'm not denying it besides the fact I'm Canadian. The USA is the world's most powerful nation
Luxembourg - World's richest nation
UK - Once ruled the world, still a major power
Germany - Largest economy in Europe
Italy - another once ruled the world, still a major industrial power
Canada - one of the highest living standards ever(though the living standards went down under a liberal government)
Australia - another high living standard nation
Japan - second largest economy in the world, high living standards
S. Korea - fast growing nation
Taiwan - fast growing nation
Hong Kong - the only reasonable area in China
Israel - for only 6 million people, Israel is probably the most capable nation in the middle-east

And hard left wing governments
Venezeula, Cuba, China, Vietnam, North Korea ??? Please. Communism DOES not work.

And I read the PLEASE READ FIRST part. Apparently I am allowed to write a topic about questions or suggestions to game rules(FLAGS included in rules) and ways to improve the game

And I read the PLEASE READ FIRST part. Apparently I am allowed to write a topic about questions or suggestions to game rules(FLAGS included in rules) and ways to improve the game

Not in Technical you aren't. This is where you discuss system issues and the like.

Flag issues should go in Moderation. Not Technical. Seeing as your problem is with how the rules on flags are, which is a moderation issue.

This should be in Moderation more than likely, but I'm not sure.

Your poll is biased, so it cannot be used as ANY indicator BTW. In statistics, we would ignore such a survey.

AND we've had more threads on this... 'stuff' than I care to think about. The Mods/Admins have REPEATEDLY stated that they will not ban the hammer and sickle. [Violet] even spoke on the subject I believe. (EDIT: http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=9445233)

-snip the mess here that has no bearing-

And I read the PLEASE READ FIRST part. Apparently I am allowed to write a topic about questions or suggestions to game rules(FLAGS included in rules) and ways to improve the game

Yes, but you need to read other things too. Especially the OSRS:

http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=9445233

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