You can say a number of things about modern America- a lot of them not very pleasant. However it's an outrageous stretch of the definition of "Fascism" to apply it to the current government of the United States.
I´m saying if we ban historical symbols in wargames because of feel good politics we´ll end up with two white flags facing each other. Roll out an American flag to your average person in the middle east and ask them what this symbol stands for and if they like it. I think you can guess what they´ll say. [;)]
I can tell you what the reply will be in Latin America where I am will be...something along the lines of ¨Yankee imperialist go home¨ or ¨fascist, fuera Bush¨ Something like that. Personally I don´t like when Bush comes here because every time he does there is a riot. [:D][:D]
So it´s all very much perspective as to where you are and what symbols are politically correct.
But in a wargaming context, as we are talking about here, accurate symbology, past & present, hold no political value and are only used for historical purposes.
I think that´s pretty much all wargamers. Besides, if a black man has a US civil war game and is offended by the Confederate flag in it, he can be free to black it out. If an Arab man is playing a wargame with an American flag in it and is offended, he can be free to black it out. If an American is offended by the swastica in his game, he can be free to black it out. So on and so on. No one is pushing a symbol on anyone someone else feels offended by. Everyone should be free to choose on a personal level what symbols they will use in their wargames.
But passing across the board legislation that
criminalizes 3 guys pushing a swastica chit around on an economic income chart of ¨War in Russia¨ at a kitchen table seems
a bit absurd.[8|]
Not exactly on par with marching through Brandenburg Gate with Nazi flags flying now is it? [:D]
Well anyways, my ¨SS¨ question was answered and yes, I´ll use it in TOAW scenarios calling for it, as well as every other symbol from every other time period I play. Everyone else if free to do as they wish.
Basically harmless, though. How did the communist party poll in the last few French elections
I wish that were true. Basically harmless to you and where you are, not where I am. Ever heard of Castro, Chavez, Che Guevara? But I still use the Sickle and Hammer when playing Barbarossa and I´m still surviving...somehow. [;)][:D]
¨If you tremble with indignation at every injustice, then you are a comrade of mine.¨ Che Guevara
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