[Freeciv-Dev] Re: fascism patch

[Mathias Hasselmann <Mathias.Hasselmann@xxxxxx>]

Steve Hodge wrote:
> 
> Mathias Hasselmann wrote:
> > Tomasz Wegrzanowski wrote:
> > >
> > > On Thu, Jul 27, 2000 at 08:09:24PM -0500, Jake Kesinger wrote:
> > > > Is there some other symbol of the Nazis that's (a) uniquely recognizable
> > > > and (b) acceptable in .de?
> > >
> > > a) no, if there were, it would fall under the same laws foostickas do
> > > b) foosticka is not problematic in .de, unless we put it onto intro
> > >    screen or some other very prominent place.
> >
> > As shild symbol of freeciv units it would be on a very
> > prominent place.
> 
> Debatable at best. In Wolfenstein you have walls covered in Nazi
> banners, soldiers in Nazi style uniforms wondering around, etc. That's
> prominent. That's also a far cry from the small images used in FreeCiv.
> That said, I'd vote for the teutonic cross instead, just on the grounds
> that it's generally less inflammatory.

The best suggestion came from the author of that patch:
He suggested to split the patch and to make the Nazi nation a
mod pack. If he put this mod pack on his own page and freeciv.org
just links to the page this would IMHO the best solution.

Ciao
Mathias
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