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02 Jun 09 11:17

Raven69

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03 Jun 09 01:23

Originally posted by no1marauder
Why shouldn't someone be able to use a swastika as an avatar?

...are you being serious?

Red Night

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03 Jun 09 01:24

Originally posted by no1marauder

Why shouldn't someone be able to use a swastika as an avatar?

There are so many answers to that question.

Like most of the people on this forum, I usually ignore you and your insane notions. I'll make one exception.

Come on,....

Do you really not see any reason why the owners of this site might not want people using Swastikas as avatars?

Do you really not see how that might offend people?

Do you really not see why that might be inappropriate?

Now anticipating your free speech argument, I have one and only one question for you:

Is this a public forum where free speech is protected?

tomtom232

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03 Jun 09 01:25

Originally posted by no1marauder
How is that image "anti-semitic"?

It is showing nude malnourished Jews in a Nazi camp.

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03 Jun 09 01:26

Originally posted by no1marauder

That would be allowed if you ran RHP, wouldn't it?

Discussing the holocaust?

or

celebrating the atrocities by proudly displaying pictures of the victims?

no1marauder

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03 Jun 09 01:26

Originally posted by Red Night
There are so many answers to that question.

Like most of the people on this forum, I usually ignore you and your insane notions. I'll make one exception.

Come on,....

Do you really not see any reason why the owners of this site might not want people using Swastikas as avatars?

Do you really not see how that might offend people?

Do you rea ...[text shortened]... ve one and only one question for you:

Is this a public forum where free speech is protected?

It's a public forum where free speech is encouraged; a heavily censored public forum is pointless.

Any image of a swastika is "offensive"? How about this one: http://legalinformationmanagement.com/dbtw-wpd/images/SWCDAP/2002-050-009-01.jpg

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03 Jun 09 01:27

Only on RHP and only with defrauder involved will you get this sort of exchange:

Originally posted by no1marauder
How is that image "anti-semitic"?

It is showing nude malnourished Jews in a Nazi camp.

Red Night

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03 Jun 09 01:27

Originally posted by no1marauder
It's a public forum where free speech is encouraged; a heavily censored public forum is pointless.

Any image of a swastika is "offensive"? How about this one: http://legalinformationmanagement.com/dbtw-wpd/images/SWCDAP/2002-050-009-01.jpg

You know what I meant: public forum as defined by the courts.

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03 Jun 09 01:28

Originally posted by Red Night
Discussing the holocaust?

or

celebrating the atrocities by proudly displaying pictures of the victims?

How exactly are you able to read the minds of other users here? It's most impressive that you can know the reasons why someone would use a particular avatar.

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03 Jun 09 01:30

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Originally posted by Red Night
Only on RHP and only with defrauder involved will you get this sort of exchange:

Originally posted by no1marauder
How is that image "anti-semitic"?

It is showing nude malnourished Jews in a Nazi camp.

I repeat: how exactly is that image "anti-Semitic"? Do you think the first impression of American soldiers who reached these camps was "WOW! Look at these malnourished Jews; boy, I hate them?"

You'll find many such images in the archives of the Simon Weisenthal Center. Is SW an anti-Semite?

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03 Jun 09 01:32

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Originally posted by Red Night
You know what I meant: public forum as defined by the courts.

No one ever said it was. But excessive censorship strikes at the core purpose of public forums even on private sites.

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03 Jun 09 01:39

Originally posted by Raven69
...are you being serious?

Very.

tomtom232

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03 Jun 09 01:41

Originally posted by no1marauder
No one ever said it was. But excessive censorship strikes at the core purpose of public forums even on private sites.

My point was to show the obvious differences between that picture and a swastika.

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03 Jun 09 02:35

Originally posted by no1marauder
No one ever said it was. But excessive censorship strikes at the core purpose of public forums even on private sites.

"public forum" is a term of art.

You know that.

This is not a public forum

Palynka

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03 Jun 09 08:13

Originally posted by cashthetrash
It might all be true. Do you object to Huck having an opinion today? Maybe he objects to something he sees. Maybe he sees it in a different light than you do and recognizes the badgering. So what.

I don't have time for muppets.

Sushill

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03 Jun 09 11:03

Originally posted by Elamef37
It would have been ignorant of me, if I knew it was a fictional character, if I knew it was Kunte Kinte, and I still 'ran' to the Admin, to request its removal. That's ignorance.

Now you know it is Kunta Kinte. Will you request the site admin I may have a picture of Kunta Kinte back as my avatar and profile picture?

You could of course have handled this way better by once sending me a PM with the simple question asking what my avatar was refering too without running to the site admin with unfounded bias towards me as a person. I do take offence you consider me a racist.