Avatar pushing the limits....

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There is a clear and obvious resemblance to a swastika, whether or not it technically meets the definition.

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no doubt and I understand that nobody wants to do anything to it now. But I don't think we should even be sending members PMs over something like this. I just think it makes out job much harder when it comes time to take action and lends credance to whole thought police, nazi [censored] that i'm sure we all have read again and again

There are going to be times when certain members become offended it's going to happen on any message board of this size. It's no big deal in my opinion that this happens

[Evan]

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I disagree, I've seen that avatar many times and never thought that. Half of the appendages are going in the right direction to be a swastika and it's got an extra one because of the head. So basically 40% of the avatar looks like half of a swastika.

[durron597]

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I disagree, I've seen that avatar many times and never thought that. Half of the appendages are going in the right direction to be a swastika and it's got an extra one because of the head. So basically 40% of the avatar looks like half of a swastika.

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I would never have thought swastika until I read this thread.

[Lloyd]

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There is a clear and obvious resemblance to a swastika to many people, whether or not it technically meets the definition.

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FMP

[DcifrThs]

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There is a clear and obvious resemblance to a swastika, whether or not it technically meets the definition.

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that is all i was saying.

the other picture of the "cactuar" (in this thread....ive never seen this creature before) is way different, has a background, and has a leg moving and doesn't remind one of a swastika the second you look at it.

i guess being who i am i took the visual hint to strongly and it clearly reflects upon me that i took the time to post it here. all i was doing was asking whether or not that avatar was pushing the limits. no harm, no foul.

reading this thread: am i to understand that if somebody had an avatar that was ACTUALLY a swastika (black) on a while background on a red flag that we would be wrong to send that person a PM kindly asking them to change it???

-Barron

[Mike Haven]

fwiw, i don't like seeing the guy being killed by an aeroplane in your gif

[Evan]

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fwiw, i don't like seeing the guy being killed by an aeroplane in your gif

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1) I agree.
2) Is that how Brits spell airplane?

[GuyOnTilt]

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reading this thread: am i to understand that if somebody had an avatar that was ACTUALLY a swastika (black) on a while background on a red flag that we would be wrong to send that person a PM kindly asking them to change it???

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Dude, it's a political party. Since when do/should we decide which of these parties are "good" and which are "bad"? If I decided to make my avatar the symbol of the Democratic party, would/should it be asked to be removed? I completely understand the bias being show given where we were raised (most of us) and the existing bias of our education system and various media, but I would've hoped we're all intelligent enough to be able to think objectively. Our job here isn't to enforce posters' personal political views nor should it be. If you really think what happened under the Nazi party makes doing such a small thing as allowing a picture of their symbol to exist an atrocious and gasp worthy, consider the Trail of Tears or any other of American-committed atrocities throughout our history (legalized slavery, internment camps, etc). Is one worse than the other in principle? Do they necessarily make the political parties in power when they occurred "evil"?

Edit: I should add, I do understand if 2+2 would decide not to allow avatars of the Nazi symbol since this forum's main purpose is a marketing tool. I am simply stating my opinion that believing the symbol is in some way "evil" or "bad" is imo dumb, and more specifically the seeming obviousness of the above that so many seem to believe.

GoT

[timprov]

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reading this thread: am i to understand that if somebody had an avatar that was ACTUALLY a swastika (black) on a while background on a red flag that we would be wrong to send that person a PM kindly asking them to change it???

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Dude, it's a political party. Since when do/should we decide which of these parties are "good" and which are "bad"?

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We probably don't want the forum blocked in Germany, though. So there's an external reason to give Nazi paraphenalia the boot.

[Lloyd]

Apparently I am dumb.