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Black 45 degree angled symbol, on a white circle, on a red background. Sign of Nazi's, also known as the swastika.
Asian variant, flush to the horizontal, varying colours, varying backgrounds.
The Nazi swastika is an appropriated version of the Asian variant. It is not the Asian variant itself as the two are clearly distinguishable. To say the two carry the same meaning is just plain idiotic.
To use an analogy it's like saying pizza is the exact same as a custard tart. They both use bread-like products right? Same origin right?
There are literally millions of combinations to chose from for an avatar, anyone who feels the NEED the pure DESIRE that they cant have ANYTHING else out of these millions of combinations as their avatar BUT the swastika is clearly just as close minded as a Nazi. And you know what? I agree that all religious symbols should be banned too. Christian cross included.
You offend people by wearing a hat, you have many other hats. Take the f**king thing off and change it for something less offensive.
It isn't even like you're being put out by it, but you're offending people regardless because of your selfish desire to wave a specific combination of shapes and colours that offends. Want a symbol that's been used for peace? How about the traditional hippy peace symbol. Holds a lot more prominence in today's culture and millions of people's ancestors weren't killed under it.
And if your reply is "grow up". Maturity can be shown by knowing when to show the humility to lay down your fight and compromise on your side in order to avoid needless conflict and please the other party.
Or maybe you just lack the imagination to make a "cool" looking avatar that doesn't involve either penises or symbols carrying an over extended meaning and history that you can't seem to comprehend but are "deep" to you regardless.[/quote]
Now I need to figure out how to make the Deathead symbol or Iron Cross.
Disregard that I never use any inappropriate imagery, I just think it'd be more for a UMAD M$?
Why did Hitler have to run such a beautiful symbol?
[QUOTE=Detective P;26237896]You can use hammers and sickles freely, but not swastikas? Now don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining about H&S's, but seriously, if you allow the symbol of one ideology, you shouldn't have a right to block another- some would link the H&S to Stalin and Mao who combined lead tot he deaths of over 100 million people- yet the symbol of an entire ideology is banned?
Iunno, I find this hypocritical.[/QUOTE]
Totally not hypocritical. The swastika is directly linked to an ideology that supports genocide. Communism does not endorse genocide at all. Just because some people who believed in something did something bad doesn't necessarily mean the belief itself is bad.
[QUOTE=Sigma-Lambda;26237874]no one uses it "for it's original symbolism". They're just trying to stir up a dumb controversy where people get mad at them over it and they can respond "It's an ancient hindu symbol of peace, don't you know anything about history? :smug:"
also the people complaining about how call of duty games have had swastikas on flags and banners need to understand that there is such a thing as context[/QUOTE]
Swastika Still has the Original meaning in Finland and the Baltics yo
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[QUOTE=EXoDUSFLT;26238174]I don't give a shit about the swastikas, it's the fucking penises and [highlight]420 emblems[/highlight] that are annoying.[/QUOTE]
Don't Thread On Me!
[img]http://www.njweedman.com/marijuana_flag.jpg[/img]
why should anyone care
smoke weed
So any emblems with a white circle enclosed in a red box is offensive? That's retarded.
[QUOTE=SgtCr4zyAlt;26236715]stop being a shit poster.
not everyone who decides to use a swastika is advocating genocide.[/QUOTE]
No, but they aren't Hindu either.
[QUOTE=B1N4RY!;26239921]So any embalm with a white circle enclosed in a red box is offensive? That's retarded.[/QUOTE]
What?
[QUOTE=Lilly;26239563]Why did Hitler have to run such a beautiful symbol?[/QUOTE]
Hitler didn't ruin anything, it's people that get offended by a symbol did.
[QUOTE=johan_sm;26240157]Hitler didn't ruin anything, it's people that get offended by a symbol did.[/QUOTE]
Well he did kinda ruin that symbol, and many millions of lives.
[QUOTE=Brage Nyman;26236612]Is there anything more offensive then the Swastikas[/QUOTE]
[img]http://www.coldbee.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/justin-bieber11.jpg[/img]
Bieber is pretty sweet.
And sorry guys, but Hitler stole the swastika from Hinduism. Like everything else, white people can't ever think of anything cool by themselves.
[QUOTE=Biotoxsin;26236616]What if I'm using for the original symbolism?[/QUOTE]
Like the Buddhist sign? Just, not altered?
[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;26239345]What if I want to be pre-WW2 45th Infantry Division of the US Army?
[img_thumb]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8yBmwXW4XEM/S4MzqH1zMNI/AAAAAAAADtk/BGZGkn4TiQY/s400/a+thunderbird2.jpg[/img_thumb][/QUOTE]
The swastika is such a sweet symbol, why did the nazis have to go and ruin it for everyone
There is a video game section.
Are goatse emblems still allowed? :saddowns:
[QUOTE=Broseph_;26237654]Yes
Unless you are limiting it to solely geometric shapes, probably not
Why the fuck did Hitler have to ruin all the stylish uniforms, and these nice patches for everyone else just because he hated jews?
[img_thumb]http://www.micetrap.net/flags/Waffensscrestflag.gif[/img_thumb][/QUOTE]
i think that tiger thing on the 3rd row down is in the game as a preset icon
[QUOTE=beanhead;26241615]i think that tiger thing on the 3rd row down is in the game as a preset icon[/QUOTE]
You're thinking of the English lion
[QUOTE=Sector 7;26241637]You're thinking of the English lion[/QUOTE]
mighty similar if you ask me
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[img]http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20101003110004/callofduty/images/thumb/d/d9/Page_9.PNG/830px-Page_9.PNG[/img]
not really actually
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bottom row, 3rd to the right.
dat ass
[QUOTE=beanhead;26241639]bottom row, 3rd to the right.
dat ass[/QUOTE]
the... the moose?
[QUOTE=Sector 7;26241637]You're thinking of the English lion[/QUOTE]
More similar to the Dutch/Belgian lion.
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[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_the_Netherlands[/url]
Almost all coat of arms use that kind of lion.
This is why PSN/PC is better. Symbols are not banned because a select number of people decide to take 'offense' to a symbol.
[quote]You offend people by wearing a hat, you have many other hats. Take the f**king thing off and change it for something less offensive.[/quote]
Fuck no.
That cant be legal.
"LIIIVE! That kid has a meanie symbol! Ban him now!..."
If you want the original meaning, don't tilt the logo, add some dots, remove the background and I'm sure you won't get banned.
[QUOTE=SgtCr4zyAlt;26236715]stop being a shit poster.
not everyone who decides to use a swastika is advocating genocide.[/QUOTE]
What's this? Someone with common sense?
My god!
[QUOTE=beanhead;26241615]i think that tiger thing on the 3rd row down is in the game as a preset icon[/QUOTE]
It's taken from the common Scandinavian coat of arms lion design
Actually, we have a very warped concept of the Nazi swastika. The swastika in the emblem in OP is the Hindu symbol for peace. Hitler angled it about 45 degrees clockwise. If the user were to angle it, then it would be the Nazi swastika and stand for death, destruction, and stupidity. People need to get their facts straight. cwutididthar!
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