Is this flag allowed?
Catholic Europe
11-10-2003, 15:07
I know that the swastika is banned but is this flag, which looks remarkably like the swastika, banned as well?
Here is the link to the thread with it in - http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=80005
HC Eredivisie
11-10-2003, 15:08
it looks like three sevens attatched to each other.
It is a Driesewens flag ( 3 sevens flag), not a Zwastika.
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That's a variant of the swastika used by South African White Supremicists.
Catholic Europe
11-10-2003, 15:11
It is a Driesenwens flag, not a Zwastika.
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I know it's not a swastika!!! :x
Ebolania
11-10-2003, 15:11
I agree with Catholic Europe on the racist comment thing. Whose up for kicking the guy's butt?
alas, it is allowed. Anything the SS didn't wvae while they murdered is allwoed, afaik.
Ebolania
11-10-2003, 15:13
Even if it isn't a swastika, the guy's a Bigotrist South African who believes Mandela should go to hell. I think I'll Telegram him and give him a piece of my mind.
Tactical Grace
11-10-2003, 15:16
Even if it isn't a swastika, the guy's a Bigotrist South African who believes Mandela should go to hell. I think I'll Telegram him and give him a piece of my mind.
Please don't.
Even if it isn't a swastika, the guy's a Bigotrist South African who believes Mandela should go to hell. I think I'll Telegram him and give him a piece of my mind.
How do you know that, since he only created the nation today?
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Tactical Grace
11-10-2003, 15:29
The flag is allowed, the comments that went with it are sailing close to the wind. Please report any flame-baiting by that player in this thread.
Even if it isn't a swastika, the guy's a Bigotrist South African who believes Mandela should go to hell. I think I'll Telegram him and give him a piece of my mind.
Please don't.
He did.
Catholic Europe
12-10-2003, 10:23
The flag is allowed, the comments that went with it are sailing close to the wind. Please report any flame-baiting by that player in this thread.
In said thread he said that he wished all commies to die and made a point of saying that he wished the 'black commie' Mandela to die. The link to this thread is in the first post.
I will not change my mind. And mandela is just a black communist terrorist.
SalusaSecondus
12-10-2003, 18:08
We will keep all political debate out of this forum. The Triskelion is not banned from the site. Though the Driesewens is primarily a racist symbol, there are many other variants (as you will see on the flag of the Isle of Man) which are actively used traditional, non-racist symbols. We do not group this with the swastika under the ban, however the mods reserve the right to judge all flags and nations on an individual basis.
The swastika ruling will not be debated.
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It does bear a very striking resemblence to a swastika. Red field, white circle, black symbol. Also the fact that it does represent broadly the same things, and its not just the swastika but all varients of the swastika that are banned, 3d swastikas, reversed or inverted swastikas, hindu/buddhist swastkas.
Peng-Pau
12-10-2003, 18:35
It's a triskele, it's allowed.
SalusaSecondus
12-10-2003, 18:39
Post removed by self upon further reflection. I've had a rough week and started to snap when not deserved. Needless to say, Spoffin, our rulings stand.
Post removed by self upon further reflection. I've had a rough week and started to snap when not deserved. Needless to say, Spoffin, our rulings stand.
God I almost had a heart attack when I saw this. I didn't read it properly and it looked like you were saying my post had been removed.
As stated, this thing isn't a swastika.
Look, I hope I not stepping over the line when I say this, but Nazism is foul, as weak as it is repulsive, and intellectually retarded ( I mean not grown or developed, not an offensive reference to those with mental difficulties).
But, it is a political system, and it should be allowed. Alright, they banned swastikas and explained it. This one symbol is too vile, can‘t have them.
But to wipe out nazism as an option is wrong. I mean, knock out Nazism, I have no use for it. But it should maintain an option as long as this a game of politics. So, let them use their altered flag. Whatever, they aren’t fooling anyone. Annex them, or use whatever means you have in the game to help them feel the burden of their expressions.
UncleDaddy
13-10-2003, 07:53
"its not just the swastika but all varients of the swastika that are banned, 3d swastikas, reversed or inverted swastikas, hindu/buddhist swastkas."
Actually, the hindu/buddhist "swastika" is supposed to be a symbol for peace. I think Hitler purposely reversed it to form his flag. I remember once I saw Monkey King in Chinese, and the Bhudda started meditating and all these "swastika's" started shooting into the air. I was like :shock: OMGZZ! That's when my parents told me that.