[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Fascism patch for freeciv (fwd)

["SamBC" <sambc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This is a late comment, and apologies if what I'm about to say has already
been said, but I am working through holiday mail.

Why would a fascism patch require a swastika flag? Wouldn't it be a
government type, not a nation?? And a Nazi nation is a bit odd - is there a
Republican nation, or Democrat nation, or for people familiar with politics
here in the UK, a Labour nation or conservative nation. A political movement
is not a nation and should never be considered one.

So why would there ever be a Swastika flag???


SamBC

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mathias@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mathias@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of
> Mathias Hasselmann
> Sent: 28 July 2000 12:53
> To: Reed Meyer
> Cc: killesreiter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; freeciv-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx;
> jjm@xxxxxxxxxxxx; Juan Cortes
> Subject: [Freeciv-Dev] Re: Fascism patch for freeciv (fwd)
>
>
> Reed Meyer wrote:
> >
> > Hello Gerhard,
> >
> > > I do not know, if you read freeciv-dev, therefore another answer. Your
> > > use of the swastika-flag in your patch would make it illegal to
> > > distribute freeciv in Germany if it were included.
> >
> > I have heard about the swastika flag being illegal in Germany, but in a
> > GAME????  I can understand if some neo-Nazi is trying to wave
> the flag in
> > the streets to stir up trouble, but this is just a *game*,
>
> Unfortunatly Freeciv deals with *real* historical topics and names them.
> This makes this a little bit more complicated. Well this topics are
> uses at an abstract level but we always have to think over the usage
> of thoses topics. Sometimes - I believe - the usage of some topics
> has to be commented.
>
> >      Are documentaries or television shows which show a swastika flag in
> > the background similarly banned?
>
> They are criticaly reviewed first.
> Because you come in trouble if it look as you would sympathize
> with fashism.
>
> > > Therefore I sincerely hope that this patch will not be included in any
> > > version of freeciv. Why don't you make it a modpack? If somebody would
> > > like to play fascism he could download it seperately.
>
> I see no reason why someone would like to play it.
>
> >      If we were to make the Fascism part (part (3) above) into
> a modpack,
> > would the swastika flag still be a legal problem?
>
> You put it on you private page you are the only one who
> *could* come in trouble.
>
> Ciao,
> Mathias
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