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Subject:	Re: What's actually the task of the moderators on BrickShelf?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.space
Date:	Thu, 19 Aug 2004 08:09:11 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Johannes Koehler wrote: > But such Nazi-romanticism is not safe for adults at all. Believe me. There are > more than enough idiots in Germany and maybe elsewhere as well who wish back a > "New (German) Reich". But the old German Reich is nothing a reasonable person > would ever romanticise about. Only war-glorifying lunatics and moronic racists > would deny the appaling facts of the gone fascistic German Reich and make fun > about it or portray it in toys. Unless they make an aestheticised statement > _against_ war and fascism that is. There is a bunch of this kind of thing in .space too. http://news.lugnet.com/?q=iron+reich Here are some more questions to ponder: - are the Brickshelf pics glorifying Nazism, parodying Nazism, or drawing on the Nazi aesthetic for ideas - or something else? - is the .space Iron Reich faction glorifying Nazism, parodying Nazism, or drawing on the Nazi aesthetic for ideas - or something else? - is it OK to build Nazi inspired models if they are clearly portrayed as the "bad guys"? - what about "realistic" models of Focke Wulfs and Panzers festooned with Iron Crosses and Nazi Swastikas?

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		Re: What's actually the task of the moderators on BrickShelf?
(...) I can't speak to the builder's inspiration, but having actually read some of the smack in his MOCpages account, we can assume the following about the Iron Reich: - It glorifies big, old grey walls - It glorifies big-ass numbers embedded in (...) (22 years ago, 19-Aug-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.space)

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		What's actually the task of the moderators on BrickShelf?
Hello! A few minutes ago I stumbled accross this folder: (URL) "aircraft of the new german reich" Following the Up button in the folder thread I also found this: (URL) of Vereinigte Faschistische Staaten des Neues Reichs" And I wonder: What on earth (...) (22 years ago, 18-Aug-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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