11-11-2006, 08:50 PM
quote="Virilis"]
Heiko, I honestly am surprized by this political correctness! I think that this might even work in a very opposite way, making it somehow a "forbidden fruit" and even more fascinating to some people...[/quote]
Ave Jyrki and Aitor,
right, but most members of that New Nazi groups won't think so far. Most are like Hooligans. Muscles, no brain, no education, no job but a lot of beer - and someone who say they are chosen supermen by their 'race'. They parade and bash people - like their 'original' predecessors...
Also right! But the 'new' meaning of that symbol in Germany overshades all. I've read that in WW I, there even was a Jewish pilot whose plane showed a swastika...
Another point: The 'world' is still watching Germany with a special understanding of correctness. Nazis as villains are very common in Hollywood movies... Instead of regarding the fact, that Germany changed, much international TV channels, newspapers and organizations are featuring any incident, just to prove the ugly German is still alive.
So if the Me 262 would be rolled out in full markings in the US or other contries, only aviation freaks would notice that. If the same show happens in Germany it might be number one in the news worldwide...
But also, the danger of those New Nazis isn't 'harmless'. Ten years ago, I lived in the city of Lübeck. There such criminals set fire to house and many members of the Turkish families living there died...
Germany still is far away from 'normality' regarding swastikas, no matter of the ancient, medieval or international use of the symbol (like Finland's Airforce in WW II ?)
Quote:Plastic modelers usually cover the swastikas with paper or a dot-shaped sticker at an public exhibition
Heiko, I honestly am surprized by this political correctness! I think that this might even work in a very opposite way, making it somehow a "forbidden fruit" and even more fascinating to some people...[/quote]
Ave Jyrki and Aitor,
right, but most members of that New Nazi groups won't think so far. Most are like Hooligans. Muscles, no brain, no education, no job but a lot of beer - and someone who say they are chosen supermen by their 'race'. They parade and bash people - like their 'original' predecessors...
Quote:Yes, we know, Heiko but swastikas existed well before Adolf the Last and his mariachi.... :evil:
Should we refrain of reconstructing correctly the Late tunics at the Dura fresco or the Piazza Armerina mosaic because a hord of dangerous clowns are still at large :?
Also right! But the 'new' meaning of that symbol in Germany overshades all. I've read that in WW I, there even was a Jewish pilot whose plane showed a swastika...
Another point: The 'world' is still watching Germany with a special understanding of correctness. Nazis as villains are very common in Hollywood movies... Instead of regarding the fact, that Germany changed, much international TV channels, newspapers and organizations are featuring any incident, just to prove the ugly German is still alive.
So if the Me 262 would be rolled out in full markings in the US or other contries, only aviation freaks would notice that. If the same show happens in Germany it might be number one in the news worldwide...
But also, the danger of those New Nazis isn't 'harmless'. Ten years ago, I lived in the city of Lübeck. There such criminals set fire to house and many members of the Turkish families living there died...
Germany still is far away from 'normality' regarding swastikas, no matter of the ancient, medieval or international use of the symbol (like Finland's Airforce in WW II ?)
Greetings from germania incognita
Heiko (Cornelius Quintus)
Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?
Heiko (Cornelius Quintus)
Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?
