St. Santa, about your new signature.

[Karnak]

St Santa,
I'm not even Christian (I'm agnostic) and I find your new signature to be insulting.

Whenever things like that are displayed, it is an attack, a method of discrimination, against those who are members of the group the symbol attacks.

That signature is a discriminatory, hate symbol against Christians.

Kindly lose the signature.

Thanks,
-Karnak

[Ripsnort]

Please, thank you.

[Udie]

Thanks Karnak!

udie

[mietla]

he did it on purpose to provoke just that.

[Maverick]

Please add me to the list of offended.  

StSanta that is really a poor choice for a sig.

[Apache]

 

he did it on purpose to provoke just that.

Then he succeeded.

Add me to the list as well.  

[Dowding]

It's a bit harsh StSanta; I guess that's why you did it.

But so is posting pictures of luftwaffe pilots looking peased with themselves, sat on a seat with the US Airforce emblem on it. I've seen that here and I didn't see many people complain. That's pretty tasteless, I think.

Having said that though, take a look at some of the squads formed up for WW2 Online. I saw one squad (Gorings own squad or something) with an authentic recruiting poster from the war; it showed Goring in all his bloated glory encouraging young Germans to join the LW. This was proclaimed to be 'cool'.



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[Fishu]

I think signature tags should have some guideline, which would prevent such stupid singatures and oversized signatures (like that one 100kb gif animation) which has nothing to do with signature really.

My opinion of signature pictures...

I don't really like that 'seat' picture because it's big scaled picture. (IMHO, text should be more important than some image which is being ten times bigger)
I wonder why people puts up some gallery as their signature.. why not to just put up a webpage?

Heres some more posters for you  
Wallpaper...

"man, what a nazi I am now because I didn't tell graphic artist to add half screen US and UK flags on it instead."

[Dowding]

 

Originally posted by Fishu:

"man, what a nazi I am now because I didn't tell graphic artist to add half screen US and UK flags on it instead."

I'm sorry - I don't understand this. Could you explain, please?

[Staga]

imho That message (read:troll) was crowned by that sig.
I was sure somebody will start a "Holy War" against it.
You guys are funny when you take things too serious   .

I'm not a religious person but my grandmother was a keeper of "Tsasouna", a "House of Prayer" and I never would insult her's memory. Maybe I'm looking both message and sig from little farther and can see them both at same time
(or I'm just stupid fool whos only fun is sacrifice poor lambs and chickens and play "Dungeon Keeper" in rl(tm)).

Flame on....

edit: I Just read a fun (really!) joke about hunter and few bears having some sex together.

Should someone whos hobby is hunting or who likes to keep up animals rights start a campaign against such jokes? Or maybe someone who would like to get some name as a "Killer of bestiality in AH's ubb" ?

relax guys...

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[Fishu]

 

Originally posted by Dowding:
I'm sorry - I don't understand this. Could you explain, please?

Just kidding with that Goering stuff  
about those posters...

[SOB]

 

Originally posted by Karnak:
Whenever things like that are displayed, it is an attack, a method of discrimination, against those who are members of the group the symbol attacks.

That signature is a discriminatory, hate symbol against Christians.

Kindly lose the signature.

Thanks,
-Karnak

Eh?  I took it to mean "keep your religion outta my face".  Of course, I could be wrong, since he IS satan.  Lighten up guys, sheesh, I doubt he's calling for war against the evils of christianity.


SOB
...raised Catholic, therefor don't believe in God.

[StSanta]

Eeeeeeeeeek

Well, I wanted some kind of a response, but not this.

Sorry guys, dinnae think you'd find it that offensive. I just had this cute quote, and I thought "what would be funny to add as a pic...?" and I was listening to Bad Religion at the time, so whoop, there it was.

BR picked that logo up way back 20 years ago when they started up as a band and chose it because "it would irritate adults". There's nothing more sinister about it than that.

It's not meant to be antagonistic in *that* way. It ain't meant to persecute Christians either. Meant to produce a self reflecting ironic chuckle, little more. The statement is much like SOB and Staga described it.

But, from what I gather, it is difficult for people without a faith to truly understand how important religious beliefs are to believers. To us, blasphemy is a victimless crime. We're in a minority and could quite possibly be wrong (and that would be kinda nice, really) and my actions reflect only me and not other non theists out there. Most are much more sensitive than me. Very little is holy to me, since very little really matters in the long run anyway. I'm just in it for the ride, baby.

I guess it's a perfect illustration of why some people just seem to hate me for (seemingly to me) no particular reason   .

Sometimes, playing life in general on the edge and pushing things and buttons is more appealing than walking down the main street. Occasionally, one wanders a bit too far off, and that seems to be what I've done here, failing to take into account cultural differences.

So, my apologies to those I have offended. It wasn't my intention and I sincerely regret any harm of grief I might have caused.

I am sure you'll like this one a lot better  

--
StSanta
JG54 "Grünherz"
   
"What is better; to be loved by one or hated by all?"

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[RAM]

 

Originally posted by Dowding:

But so is posting pictures of luftwaffe pilots looking peased with themselves, sat on a seat with the US Airforce emblem on it. I've seen that here and I didn't see many people complain. That's pretty tasteless, I think.

I'm spanish. I love german aircraft, I admire luftwaffe pilots for their actions. I hate nazis.

But I dont find that sig tasteless, nor offending nor nothing. If someone is so brainless to find it that way then I suggest not posting ANY pilot photo here because German, Italian, japanese, French, Russian, British, american, WHATEVER will be OFFENDED.

So chill and learn, Dowding,because your Allied "good boys" did a lot of bad things too, and if you find offensive to see  german pilots' photos posted I suggest you to say the same about allied pilots.

In the StSanta sig, see...I'm christian. Near catolicism but for sure not a catolic. I see a lot of bassic failures in catolic religion, never answered or explained by the doctrine, I see a lot of errors in catholic church, and so I cant believe in what they tell me. I think there is someone up there hearing us, I believe he is near what original christian church said, not what HUMAN porked church says.

Anyway, I dont feel offended by a signature. If someone wants to post a swastika,I wont feel offended. If a guy is so stupid to post it then I feel sorry about him, not offended.

I know santa enough to know what he wanted with that sig. But If i had not known him it would've been just the same. He has the right to post the photos or sigs he wants, and I would've thought "wow, this guy has a problem  "

If someone wants to post a "heil Hitler" then I will think "what an prettythang", but I will never be offended by a brainless stupid.
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[Nath-BDP]

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