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Friday, June 4, 2004 by Essencay | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
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Reply #2 Friday, June 4, 2004 3:29 AM
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Reply #5 Friday, June 4, 2004 6:06 AM
you cant "satisfy" all and everyone.
Still, judgeing an image for what may have looked like if altered in one way or another, is imo kinda narrowminded.
Reply #6 Friday, June 4, 2004 6:40 AM
http://www.tridentmilitary.com/Flags.htm
It might have been an attempt at one time to copy a nazi flag, then again, it just might be a decorative background.
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Reply #8 Friday, June 4, 2004 9:39 AM
That isn't a 'debate' on Devart...I only stomached the first dozen or so entries....it's the uninformed leading the ignorant.
This screenshot [which is only a screenshot, not the wall itself] depicts a red, black and white pattern which is quite reminiscent of the Flag adopted by the Third Reich....however it omits the Swastika which embodied the 'symbolism' despised by subsequent populations.
Pink Floyd's 'The Wall' [as depicted in the film] used similar symbolism....though this time it was crossed hammers.....it made its point, however.
First I saw this screenshot I thought 'um...looks familiar'....but had no qualms approving it as it was suitably obstructed to protect the artist's copyright, had no obscenity, and was not discriminatory, racially or otherwise.
Analyse it and it's at worst a subtle 'dig' at Fascism, certainly not extolling its 'virtues'.....unlike a certain episode of ignominity in Devart's past that is better forgotten.
I'd call it a 'cross made from black and white, on a red background, with the symbol of racial hatred conspicuous in its absence'.
Red and Black....colours of the Essendon Football Club [Aussie Rules]....and the screenshot shows a screen.....shot....of wall and skins in action, nothing more...
Reply #9 Friday, June 4, 2004 9:57 AM
Thanks NT and TheJourneyman
though I wasn't aware of the thread over at DevArt....As for some comments, please enlighten me where I took issue with the colors of the wall or the content. I only said here that I was "surprised" and that I thought if you replaced a single element, chick with the riding crop, with a swastika you'd have a Nazi flag. I too am not offended by the desktop or any vexillology related to the Third Reich. I never mentioned I was offended to it, though I suppose I did judge it because I said "I wasn't sure about it" in the comments on the screenshot. Guess that makes me narrowminded
http://www.fotw.us/flags/de1938~w.html For those who need a reference to what I was refering to. I grant everyone I made a stretch to turn that wall into a Nazi War Ensign, but it appears that some inspiration did come from it.
Reply #10 Friday, June 4, 2004 10:02 AM
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Reply #13 Friday, June 4, 2004 10:26 AM
I think it was a { instead of a [ which did it...never mind
Reply #15 Friday, June 4, 2004 10:35 AM
The origin of the idea for the wall in the screenshot entitled - gottinhimmel was :
(Authors own description)
"If I designed the flag.... This is purely for fun. I do not promote Nazism and abhor its principles, but they had some really cool flags"
The link I supplied to the DA thread was just in the hope that after seeing it folks wouldn''t want to get dragged down into that mire.
Censorship of art or the art of censorship (clever eh
) must be one of the hardest parts of being a moderator - hateful position to be in particularly when open to public scrutiny. [Message Edited]
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Reply #19 Friday, June 4, 2004 11:04 AM
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Reply #1 Friday, June 4, 2004 3:22 AM
http://forum.deviantart.com/galleries/wallpaper/124366/1990699
On a side note it occurs that if we had replaced the Nazi''s with dominatrixes we''d have had a really well behaved Europe plus a flag we could all have got behind
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