[Freeciv-Dev] Re: fascism patch

[Tomasz Wegrzanowski <maniek@xxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Jul 28, 2000 at 01:44:02AM +0200, Mathias Hasselmann wrote:
> Tomasz Wegrzanowski wrote:
> > On Thu, Jul 27, 2000 at 04:45:25PM +0200, Gerhard Killesreiter wrote:
> > > I was afraid that this would happen one day. The inclusion of
> > > swastika-flags would it make illegal to distribute this patch in
> > > Germany. The same would apply to freeciv if this patch were
> > > included.
> > 
> > Don't panic.
> > Ever heard that WWII strategy computer game was ever
> > outlawed ANYWHERE because of using swastikas ?
> > Me neither.
> 
> In Germany this can happen. Usage of this symbols can bring
> you heavily in trouble.
> 
> And well did you ever heard of Castle Wolfenstein? This
> game is forbidden (not restricted as Quake and Co.).
> The reason given: This flag.

Castle Wolfenstein was focused on Nazi symbolics.
For me, gov.de is really STUPID prohibiting or restricting
any flow of information, but they aren't so stupid yet to
prohibit or restrict WWII war games or history books
using foostickas for identification of Nazis.

Are maps of WWII using foostickas to mark Nazi teritories illegal in .de ?

BTW : German anti-Nazi paranoia is unique in world-scale.
      Russians still have Lenin Mausoleum it prominent place of their capital.
      The same with Chinese and Mao. Italians and Spanish aren't so
      paranoid to prohibit games using old dictatory symbols either.

> Hey, rest of the world, hope you listen to it now:
> If you really want to embarrass many Germans, speak tumb and
> *unreflected* about the Naziregime.

what does ``tumb'' mean ?