Have you noticed...

[Hangtime]

Originally posted by Saurdaukar
Are we to assume youre a racist, yankee hating, disgruntled Southerner who happened to be relocated to New York and is currently taking out Rebel frustrations on the general population of the AH BBS because its unbearable to be living under the iron curtain of the northern imperialist states?  

ROFL!!!!!!

the only thing you missed was his KKK membership application.

[vorticon]

if you dont like avatars just set it so you cant see them

of course 5000 more bytes or whatever is not to much (even if you count in all 1000 or so people with them) in anycase a 50*50 1174 byte (or whatever) takes up less badwidth than a 1024*768 high colour screenshot

as for the flag thing i think its a bit over done...if you need a picture of your flag to ensure in your mind that your american and your proud i think something is wrong...even more so if it has a ripple effect


(yes i realise i have a canadian flag as mine but thats juist temporary until i can scan a penny...)

[miko2d]

Kanth: I have no idea what those wierd squiggly things are at the top of that flag.
funkedup: Miko the only legible part is the confederate flag.  Are you a Ukrainian Rebel or something?  

 The top part of my avatar is a cuneiform inscription "Amagi"- the earliest-known written appearance of the word "freedom", or "liberty." It is taken from a clay document written about 2300 B.C. in the Sumerian city-state of Lagash.
  It is used by some libertarians as a logo.

Hopefully this larger image links successfully - I can't upload one. It is more legible but I doubt anyone will be able to read it anyway.




 The bottom part is a banner under which some americans attempted to stand up for their own freedom and self-determination for the last time.

 


 Wouldn't you say this avatar rather accurately describes my political leanings, brilliance, erudition and low moral character?

 miko

[Wlfgng]

Vort you're losing it bro

as for the flag thing i think its a bit over done...if you need a picture of your flag to ensure in your mind that your american and your proud i think something is wrong...even more so if it has a ripple effect

that's not why we fly flags... it's simply a symbol of allegiance to a country

[miko2d]

vorticon: if you dont like avatars just set it so you cant see them

 But I do! I just want to point out that any good idea could be perverted to absurdity...

 miko

[GRUNHERZ]

"The bottom part is a banner under which some americans attempted to stand up for their own freedom and self-determination for the last time."

*negroes excepted


Seriously how can you talk about freedom and liberty when you also display a confederate flag - but then again I know you managed to convince yourself that the south had no slaves or was about to free them all and that the war had nothing to do with slavery.

[Hangtime]

But I do! I just want to point out that any good idea could be perverted to absurdity...

Hhehehhehhe... how ironic, considering....

[Swoop]

Originally posted by Dowding
Don't look at me, I nicked it from Swoop.

I think every Brit on this board stole it.


Bastards.


 D'ya like the new one?

[miko2d]

GRUNHERZ: Seriously how can you talk about freedom and liberty when you also display a confederate flag...

 I did not say "angels" or "saints" but "some americans". The 600,000 of volunteers of the Confederate Army could not have possibly been slave-owners - there were less than 200,000 of those in the whole Confederacy and not every single slave-owner served in the army.
 Slavery was not in the economic interests of those non-slave owning whites.

convince yourself that the south had no slaves or was about to free them all and that the war had nothing to do with slavery.

 Not "about" but "eventually" - just like Northern states and other countries did. And some people who stood under that flag might have been fighting for slavery, for all I know - but most were not.

 There were plenty of abolitionists and even a few blacks among confederate soldiers. Besides, when the South secceded, it only had 7 slave states while North still had 8.
 And some of the "free" states did have slavery not that long before and got rid of it without war - as the South would have done.

 The legend that "Stars and Bars" stood for slavery is a recent (1970?) invention. It did not - at least for most people. No more than "Stars and Stripes" stood for slavery in slave-owning USA of Washington.

 It does not represent slavery but rather self-determination and federalism to me. I know my ancestors for the last few hundred years and they did not own slaves - which some of you cannot claim.

 As to what motivation you want to attribute to me despite all evidence in order to "attack a strawmen" - it's entirely your business.

 miko

[Furball]

i have a ripply avatar, am i bad?

[miko2d]

5,315 - you are 1/3 of a girly Dowding is

 miko

[Mini D]

OK miko.. so its getting a little clearer.  5k is alright, but 15k isn't.  Could you just be more specific and give an exact avatar size people should try to stay under in order to avoid your scorn?

MiniD

[udet]

just in response to miko2d, I made my avatar animated. pretty cool, eh? real guncam footage from WW2
(shooting down an Ar234)

[miko2d]

Mini D: OK miko.. so its getting a little clearer.  5k is alright, but 15k isn't.  Could you just be more specific and give an exact avatar size people should try to stay under in order to avoid your scorn?

 Why do you care about my scorn? I do not intend to make people "conserve" and it's not my board anyway to police.
 I just pointed out an opportunity to conserve and to be considerate for those willing to do so. Many people had no idea about the sizes of their avatars or their effect on bandwidth.

Udet: I made my avatar animated. pretty cool, eh? real guncam footage from WW2
Udet - whatever I think about artistic virtues of your avatar (OK, it's cool, I admit it), it's increased size is due to it's content, not style.

 miko

[Kanth]

Yes, but not because of your avatar.

Originally posted by Furball
i have a ripply avatar, am i bad?