What about the rules on Sickles?
The Eastern Europeans
17-02-2005, 15:31
The rules say swastikas cannot be used as symbols in flags.But what about a communist sickle?Is that allowed? I'm not sure but some flags of the world that you can choose might have some sickles. So I suppose it is allowed :confused:
Tiborita
17-02-2005, 19:43
Sickles are allowed.
Jungle Fowl
17-02-2005, 23:35
What is the rationale behind banning one offensive symbol and not another one?
Tiborita
18-02-2005, 02:07
It is fairly arbitrary to say one symbol that can be associated with death, destruction, and hate is okay and another is not, however, it is the decision of the head honchos of the site. They get to make whatever decision they like as to how the site is run. Refer here (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=275081) for more.
Soviet Haaregrad
18-02-2005, 03:29
What is the rationale behind banning one offensive symbol and not another one?
Swasticas are generally associated with racial intolerance, the hammer and sickle, while offensive to some, is less offensive to the majority as it doesn't carry the same implications of racism.
Frisbeeteria
18-02-2005, 04:39
What is the rationale behind banning one offensive symbol and not another one?
Monstrously long topic with every pro and con Swastika argument ever, including the official ruling (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=275081)
Forgettable Flatulence
18-02-2005, 23:35
Swasticas are generally associated with racial intolerance, the hammer and sickle, while offensive to some, is less offensive to the majority as it doesn't carry the same implications of racism.
[Yawn]
Once again history is written by the victors. The victims of Stalin and Mao are just as dead as Hitler's victims. The perception of the majority is irrelevant.
Neo-Anarchists
19-02-2005, 16:46
[Yawn]
Once again history is written by the victors. The victims of Stalin and Mao are just as dead as Hitler's victims. The perception of the majority is irrelevant.
Right, but the perceptions of the owner of this site are relevant. He chooses what's legal and what's not.