Hehe
Oh I just love this one
http://www.nationstates.net/images/flags/uploads/grosspreussen.jpg
The Resi Corporation
28-10-2003, 05:22
*stifles chuckle*
I wonder if [violet] will let that one fly as satire. I would if I were admin, seeing as it isn't really so much Nazi-supporting as it is joking criticism of the OOC politics of NS.
Then again, the holocaust is no joking matter. I guess I can't decide, but then again my opinion never counted in the first place.
1 Infinite Loop
28-10-2003, 05:23
That, is funny, I wish I had thought of it.
Kudos from Loop
Furry Folk
28-10-2003, 05:26
It needs another banner across the other two arms :)
-Drakma-
28-10-2003, 06:02
Clever...
I have to laugh at that....
-Drakma-
*stifles chuckle*
I wonder if [violet] will let that one fly as satire. I would if I were admin, seeing as it isn't really so much Nazi-supporting as it is joking criticism of the OOC politics of NS.
Then again, the holocaust is no joking matter. I guess I can't decide, but then again my opinion never counted in the first place.
Holocaust? What Holocaust? :?
Holocaust? What Holocaust? :?
Here we go....
This thread is going to degenerate very quickly. I can see it coming....
Tactical Grace
28-10-2003, 15:30
Thank you for bringing this to our attention. I will pass this up the line so that a decision can be made.
Tactical Grace
Forum Moderator
Bah, noone replied to this since 12 hours. Let it go.
Catholic Europe
28-10-2003, 15:59
:roll:
ban it.
Sure it won;t be allowed. As far as Nazi stuff goes, funny.
<chuckle> I know this is a little off-topic, but it reminds me of something I did back in high school (about a million years ago). I was something of a punk, and had a denim vest that I had drawn a picture of Jesus Christ fingering the world with a logo that said 'Save Yourself'.
Several months went by while I wore this vest to school. Suddenly one day one of the vice principals actually focused on the picture and freaked out. (Very funny, since he ignored it every other time he'd seen it.) Suddenly I was about to be suspended if I wouldn't ditch the jacket.
My solution was the same - I pinned a circle with a bar through it over the offending finger, and the flabbergasted principals backed down. I don't think [violet] will react the same way though.
And as another interesting aside, when I graduated I won several scholarships which were presented during the ceremony. The person presenting them to me and shaking my hand with a grim-faced smile was that same Vice-Principal. As he shook my hand, he said under his breath: "I suppose you've got a finger on the back of your gown, too?"
:lol: Well, I thought it was funny! :lol:
Goobergunchia
29-10-2003, 01:34
*chuckles*
Incidentally, you'll know the flag has been DEATed when the picture at the top of the thread gets replaced with a http://insert_some_image_here.jpg....
Oh I just love this one
http://www.nationstates.net/images/flags/uploads/grosspreussen.jpg
hmmmmmm???? :?
Nothingg
29-10-2003, 06:04
Oh I just love this one
http://www.nationstates.net/images/flags/uploads/grosspreussen.jpg
hmmmmmm???? :?
I guess that means it isn't legal.
The Most Glorious Hack
29-10-2003, 06:33
It's gone.
The Resi Corporation
29-10-2003, 06:38
It's gone.Awww...! C'mon man, it was satire! Are you so stubborn that you can't accept a little criticism in the form of satire once in a while? I know Nazi stuff is illegal, and I personally hate all nazis on the boards, but c'mon, that was funny!
Thalbourne
29-10-2003, 11:27
Less a matter of satire, more a matter of remaining consistent I suspect. No swastikas means exactly that, if there are any loopholes, then the ruling is pretty much null.
Tactical Grace
29-10-2003, 11:48
Precisely. If I had a Euro every time we were accused of inconsistency, I would be a happy man. This is a ruling very consistently enforced. No swastikas means no swastikas, regardless of any claims to satire.
Tactical Grace
Forum Moderator
Euros suck, hooray for the British Pound! :P
1 Infinite Loop
29-10-2003, 11:53
wht gets me is everyone complains about the Naxzi flag being banned, and say we want a nazi esque flag, to RP as a Nazi naiton, well I made liek 6 flags reminicent of the nazi flag, and violet approved them all, yet only one nazi naiton ever used one of them.
Screegor
29-10-2003, 12:34
Although I did not see the picture. I was wondering why the swastika was banned.
'In fact, the swastika, including the so-called left-handed version, is an ancient sun-wheel symbol used by peoples across the world, ranging from the American Indians to the Tibetans. They would hardly be likely to use the left-handed swastika if it was associated with evil. Similarly, the left-handed swastika appeared on the pre-war national symbols of Latvia and Finland, before there was any association with Nazism. The Isle of Man flag is also a variation on this theme. I suspect that the story about the left-handed swastika, like the allegation of Hitler's illegitimacy, was simply Allied wartime propaganda'
Tactical Grace
29-10-2003, 12:40
We are not completely ignorant of culture. We know that the four-armed swastika, reversed or not, was a non-racist symbol in several cultures. However, due to its associations, the game owner has decided that it should be banned. There is some collateral damage, yes, but too bad. I, and other Mods, have pointed this out more times than we can remember. It is banned.
Tactical Grace
Forum Moderator
Screegor
29-10-2003, 12:46
I have just been doing some interesting reading about the history of this banned symbol. Its amazing. Almost every culture has used this symbol from the Ancient Egyptians to the Druids, to the Scouts (still in use) (I bet I can't put that picture up). Its all todo with the suns movement and the four seasons!!
The more I read the more I realise that the symbol, in its life of 1000s of years was only used as an 'evil' symbol in only 8 years during Hitlerism.
Before (and now with the scouts) it is being used as a symbol of the earth through the rotation of the sun in the sky. ie. good.
:?: :(
Screegor
29-10-2003, 12:47
Sorry just read your latest mail. But it was good education for me even. (An X historian)
Grosspreussen
01-11-2003, 13:14
Okay, okay, I've changed my flag. Apparently what I have now is within the rules. That surprises me, because quite frankly, I think that a glorifying picture of Hitler himself is many times more offensive than a simple swastika. But hey, rules is rules, and I suppose I should exploit them to their fullest extent while I RP my crazy little fascist nation.
Anyway, for those of you who missed it, here (WARNING: objectionable photo! This link will lead you to a picture of a satirical swastika! It is not for the faint of heart, and if you are afraid of becoming offended, do not click it!) (http://www.angelfire.com/ak5/grosspreussen/grosspreussen.gif) is a copy of my old flag.
The Resi Corporation
01-11-2003, 21:21
ROFL! Your new flag is great! I love the smiley face, it's a nice touch. :lol:
A disgrace to Herr Fuhrer! :x
Kholdstare
01-11-2003, 22:09
A disgrace to Herr Fuhrer! :x
I love your nation's name. :D
Fyreheart
02-11-2003, 07:19
A disgrace to Herr Fuhrer! :x
Good.
Love the new flag :lol:
Oh. A picture of Hitler. Nobody cares
Precisely. If I had a Euro every time we were accused of inconsistency, I would be a happy man. This is a ruling very consistently enforced. No swastikas means no swastikas, regardless of any claims to satire.
Tactical Grace
Forum Moderator
If I had an Euro, I'd be pissed off since the damn thing's about to lose all its value.