ivandh wrote:
"He murdered his own people by the millions."
So it would have been ok if he murdered someone else's people by the millions?
That would depend on if he was the leading the attacking country or the defending one.
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FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION! Let him make his picture whatever he wants, if you want the top rated member's picture to change, maybe you should keep practicing 
May 24, 2010
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#124
yes keep it as long the owner of the avatar is not bragging about it that is when is possible that person has step over the line
ok, is this solved? its a really LONG forum post, LOL
please dont stop because of this if you need to continue
kco wrote:
You are worry about Clint Eastwood ??!!
umm... i didnt get that
May 24, 2010
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#129
Reb's avatar is the Clint Eastwood in "Fistfull of Dollars", "Hang them High" etc.
May 24, 2010
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#130
that picture was in the 70's yeah 40 year younger he is still looking good today
There's something humorously fitting about removing Stalin's image because you don't like him in a sense - because that's exactly what he'd've done. In the days before photoshop, Stalin had many of his enemies' images removed from pictures that he was in.
You can read about it here: http://englishrussia.com/index.php/2007/02/22/soviet-russian-photos-correction/
So is removing his photo poetic justice or Stalinesque behaviour itself?
woodshover wrote:
ivandh wrote:
"He murdered his own people by the millions."
So it would have been ok if he murdered someone else's people by the millions?
That would depend on if he was the leading the attacking country or the defending one.
That's right, it's ok if someone else started it.
Rae1: Good to see you back... and to add to your comment, one person who fell out of favor had his encyclopedia entry replaced with an article on the Bering Sea.
It wasn't just future editions that had this change- owners were sent the new article and ordered to tear out and throw away the old one.
So, would it be OK for me to use a picture Ghengis Khan or Vlaad Dracul for my avatar? How about Pol Pot, he only killed about 1M people, would he be OK? How about a picture of Treponema Palladium, it's killed millions.
The only think more absurd than this thread is that it has been commented on 159 times. In America, we don't censor by default when we are offended - deal with it.
kco wrote:
Reb's avatar is the Clint Eastwood in "Fistfull of Dollars", "Hang them High" etc.
Nope. That picture is of the character the Outlaw Josey Wales, played, as you mentioned, by Clint Eastwood.
I think the two guns signify that he is an outlaw.
Archaic71 wrote:
So, would it be OK for me to use a picture Ghengis Khan or Vlaad Dracul for my avatar? How about Pol Pot, he only killed about 1M people, would he be OK? How about a picture of Treponema Palladium, it's killed millions.
The only think more absurd than this thread is that it has been commented on 159 times. In America, we don't censor by default when we are offended - deal with it.
Things are "censored" on this site all the time. See post #134.
ivandh wrote:
My point is that, what Schachgeek was trying to say is that nationalities obscure the fact that murder is murder. When Akira Kurosawa made a movie about the atomic bomb, western critics screamed about Japan's atrocities, because those were oh-so-much-worse than firebombing and nuking millions of civilians.
So, when you say "murdered his own people," I felt that it was important to point this out: murder is murder, doesn't matter who is their leader or who they pray to or whatever.
While I agree that " murder is murder " not all murders are equal. If a man slaughters his own family most will see this crime as much more tragic than if he slaughters some strangers in the street. In much the same way I think that when some despot/ruler slaughters his own its worse. Mao and Stalin come to mind here....
It is still wrong to kill a person, stranger or family. That is the point.
May 25, 2010
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#138
FYI - we're weighing the thoughts here and are trying to formulate the correct policy... certainly not an easy decision.
May 25, 2010
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#139
erik wrote:
FYI - we're weighing the thoughts here and are trying to formulate the correct policy... certainly not an easy decision.
I've had quite a few conversations about it here, where I am, with the main question being: Should people have absolute freedom to put any picture they choose, for public view? Conclusion? No.
trysts wrote:
erik wrote:
FYI - we're weighing the thoughts here and are trying to formulate the correct policy... certainly not an easy decision.
I've had quite a few conversations about it here, where I am, with the main question being: Should people have absolute freedom to put any picture they choose, for public view? Conclusion? No.
Obviously it would be unacceptable to have a picture of Stalin in the act of personally killing someone, while nude. It's not whether there is a black area but how far it extends into the gray area.
are you talking about Kapablankemonte or something?