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To: Andrew McGuinness <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: freeciv@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Freeciv] Re: [Freeciv-Dev] Fascism patch
From: Tomasz Wegrzanowski <maniek@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 14:08:35 +0200

On Sat, Jul 29, 2000 at 12:17:16PM +0000, Andrew McGuinness wrote:
> The thing against representing Blitzkrieg as a Wonder is that it was
> very quickly learned from and imitated by the other armies.  In that sense
> it was more like a tech development.

The same with Cure For Cancer and Women Sufrage, isn't it ?

> Back on the main issue, the modern German restrictions on use of Nazi
> symbols etc. is quite understandable if possibly excessive, and I think
> we should respect them at least as far as the main distribution goes.

There would be some reasons to respect ban on 'glorification of Nazi ideology',
but don't let ban Nazi symbols in freeciv just because some peolpe say
it is illegal in Germany.

First, let them show *SINGLE* WWII (orr other) STRATEGY GAME that was banned
because it used swastickas on German flags.



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