Author Topic: I'd Like to Buy the World a Coke.... (Read 792 times)

Animal · « **Reply #15 on:** September 05, 2003, 03:40:14 PM »

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Originally posted by MJHerman
1. Which fools?
2. Which idiots?

Confused (as usual)

Anyone who craps pants and try to censor something that they dont really understand.

midnight Target · « **Reply #16 on:** September 05, 2003, 03:45:12 PM »

Interesting - The Philadelphia Musem of Art -

SlapShot · « **Reply #17 on:** September 05, 2003, 03:48:36 PM »

"When in 1920 Adolf Hitler was appointed chief of propaganda for the National Socialist Party, he realized that the party needed a powerful symbol to identify it and distinguish it from rival groups. In Nazi theory, the Aryans were the German's ancestors, and Hitler concluded that the swastika, which had been ''eternally anti-Semitic,'' would be the perfect symbol for ''the victory of the Aryan man.''

"The Nazi flag was red, with a black sinistroverse swastika, most of the times appearing lying on an angle, to produce an even more dynamic illusion of circular movement."

The key is how it is displayed, so MT, that picture is not really that interesting.

midnight Target · « **Reply #18 on:** September 05, 2003, 03:51:06 PM »

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Originally posted by SlapShot
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The key is how it is displayed, so MT, that picture is not really that interesting.

Wow! cool! Thanks! Gee!

Next time I find something interesting I'll be sure to check with you first.

SlapShot · « **Reply #19 on:** September 05, 2003, 03:52:41 PM »

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Originally posted by midnight Target
Wow! cool! Thanks! Gee!

Next time I find something interesting I'll be sure to check with you first.

... Can hardly wait.

MJHerman · « **Reply #20 on:** September 05, 2003, 03:53:42 PM »

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Originally posted by Animal
Anyone who craps their pants everytime they try to censor something that they dont really understand.

I respectively disagree. Regardless of the original meaning of the symbol, its use 60 years ago has resulted in the very symbol itself causing harm and discomfort to people since it evokes only one image in modern times - Nazi Germany. And I imagine that the harm that it causes extends far beyond the Jewish population to include African Americans, WWII veterans and others.

If anyone is to blame for "censorship" of a swastika, its Nazi Germany and not its victims. Its not a misunderstanding, rather it is a very clear understanding on the part of most people alive today as to what that symbol meant 60 years ago.

Again, as a personal matter, it doesn't offend me depending on the context it is presented in. For example, as a historical matter I believe that it should appear on German military vehicles (whether in AH or otherwise), on a coke bottle it doesn't bother me, and in Asian countries it also doesn't bother me. But referring to those who it does bother as fools or ignorant demonstrates a certain lack of understanding on your part as to the feelings of horror which, in any context, it can evoke.

Nilsen · « **Reply #21 on:** September 05, 2003, 04:04:44 PM »

I dont drink Coke....... Unless there is rum in it. That stuff kills your teeth.

MJHerman · « **Reply #22 on:** September 05, 2003, 04:05:38 PM »

Yeah, but doesn't the Rum rot your brains?

Nilsen · « **Reply #23 on:** September 05, 2003, 04:13:01 PM »

brain went south for the winter a few years back....havent seen it since.

btw..what?

Tuomio · « **Reply #24 on:** September 05, 2003, 04:16:05 PM »

Coke is best in its powdered form, that black stuff is for kids.

rpm · « **Reply #25 on:** September 05, 2003, 06:52:30 PM »

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Originally posted by MJHerman
Yeah, but doesn't the Rum rot your brains?

Drink enough Rum, and u really don't give a damn.

Trikky · « **Reply #26 on:** September 06, 2003, 06:22:33 AM »

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Originally posted by Tuomio
Coke is best in its powdered form, that black stuff is for kids.

As they say, Coke is Gods way of telling you you have too much money.