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You see , blahblahblah asked to change the avatar and I did. Because everything this little four people movement did was bashing, only one of them actually asked me to change my avatar (I was asleep).
 
blahblahblah said:
Can you please change you avatar, CrazyHarij?


I agree, it serves no purpose. For the sake of continued peace in these forums can you please change your avatar
 
Sprafa said:
[Orson Welles]I'm amazed with the reaction of some forum members to a simple image.

But, what the hell, I made it exactly to see the reaction of the people on this forum. :laugh:
I'm very sorry for all the reasonable people that might have been hurt by this.

Pretty cool to see the reaction tho. I hope nodoby's hurt.

[/Orson Welles]

Showing images like that just to gauge people's reaction is idiotic and obviously offending. There was this forum that I used to post on that would allow racist avatars. Racism in any form I am most definitly AGAINST. So I protested the rule by creating an image of a lynching with the text OWNED at the bottom. They over turned their rulling and racist avatars and racism in general is not allowed at the forum anymore. Mission ****in' accomplished. This was an okay time to have an offending avatar, it had reason and a motive. You just randomly put something offending just to see how offending people would get.

:| :angry:
 
blahblahblah said:
Can you please change you avatar, CrazyHarij?

No, I want to keep it. Why, you might ask?

Because as most of you know I'm into the buddhist way of life and the swastika is closely related to buddhism and Asia, also used in Hinduism.

Seems like I have to explain what it really means since no one here knows it..

In english it's 4 L's : Love, Life, Luck and Light.

In buddhism it represents the Brahma, and Swastika means Good Luck in sanskrit.

The nazi swastika you guys are talking about is in fact a Sauwastika and has the same symbol but tilted or turned the other way in some cases. Don't associate nazism with a symbol of good just because some madman took it and used it for his faction.
 
How 'bout everyone stop being annoying and start entertaining me again...

GO!
 
CrazyHarij said:
No, I want to keep it. Why, you might ask?

Because as most of you know I'm into the buddhist way of life and the swastika is closely related to buddhism and Asia, also used in Hinduism.

Seems like I have to explain what it really means since no one here knows it..

In english it's 4 L's : Love, Life, Luck and Light.

In buddhism it represents the Brahma, and Swastika means Good Luck in sanskrit.

The nazi swastika you guys are talking about is in fact a Sauwastika and has the same symbol but tilted or turned the other way in some cases. Don't associate nazism with a symbol of good just because some madman took it and used it for his faction.

I know what the original meaning was. Just because it isn't offensive to you does not mean it isn't offensive to me.

Can you please change you avatar?
 
CrazyHarij said:
No, I want to keep it. Why, you might ask?

Because as most of you know I'm into the buddhist way of life and the swastika is closely related to buddhism and Asia, also used in Hinduism.

Seems like I have to explain what it really means since no one here knows it..

In english it's 4 L's : Love, Life, Luck and Light.

In buddhism it represents the Brahma, and Swastika means Good Luck in sanskrit.

The nazi swastika you guys are talking about is in fact a Sauwastika and has the same symbol but tilted or turned the other way in some cases. Don't associate with a symbol of good just because some madman took it and used it as a symbol for his faction.


yes but no one would mistake your swastika with the hindu one. The initial assumption is that it's the same one used as a tool of hate

here's the distinction
 
CrazyHarij said:
No, I want to keep it. Why, you might ask?

Because as most of you know I'm into the buddhist way of life and the swastika is closely related to buddhism and Asia, also used in Hinduism.

Hmm it's just kinda odd that would pick now as the time to choose that for an avatar... :rolleyes:
 
Just let him have his avatar... Why do you even care?

You're wasting ye time.
 
Thats strange, ancient south wester indian tribes also used the swastika (allthough they didn't call it that) as a source of peace/prosperity and power. Coincidence? Or am I just ignorant of some historical event that links buddhism to ancient indian tribes of the US


btw I hope you guys don't ask me to remove my avatar because you consider it to be child abuse.
 
NeLi said:
Just let him have his avatar... Why do you even care?

You're wasting ye time.


heh I was going to say something about how your avatar objectifies women but I thought that might prove unpopular :E
 
CptStern said:
heh I was going to say something about how your avatar objectifies women but I thought that might prove unpopular :E

She's just riding a mechanical bull :naughty:
 
CrazyHarij said:
I'm using the western version of it. The left-facing one was also used as a nazi symbol while this one wasn't. I'd change to the left-facing one if people wouldn't come with nazi symbols looking exactly like it.


from wikipedia:

"A possibly spurious modern tradition has it that only a right-facing or clockwise swastika (as depicted above) is a good luck symbol, whereas a left-facing or counterclockwise swastika is a bad omen, labelled a sauwastika. There is little evidence of this distinction in Hindu history from which it is derived and, although the "standard" form is the right-facing swastika, Hindus all over India and Nepal still use the symbol in both orientations for the sake of balance. Buddhists almost always use the left-facing swastika."
 
NeLi said:
She's just riding a mechanical bull :naughty:

really? were can I get this "mechanical bull" ...she seems to be enjoying it a bit too much ;)
 
fair enough. But do you really want to go to such lengths as to justify your avatar? I mean you had to change your signature just to justify your avatar. Get something simple that no one will question or care about or even slightly offend or be confusing.
 
I'm going to change it.. I want to thank Dedalus for reminding me.

I'm sorry to everyone, especially those who found it offensive and I want to apologise for struggling against you.
 
CrazyHarij said:
I'm going to change it.. I want to thank Dedalus for reminding me.

I'm sorry to everyone, especially those who found it offensive and I want to apologise for struggling against you.

Thank-you. :cheers:
 
boring, you guys make a fuss over nothing. Crazy fools :P. You should all have avatars like mine, when did noo noo ever hurt you?
 
Fat Tony! said:
boring, you guys make a fuss over nothing. Crazy fools :P. You should all have avatars like mine, when did noo noo ever hurt you?
According to some, Noo-noo and the Teletubbies made me gay. Damned Tinky-winky.

It was a joke.

---

I knew what Sprafa was doing the whole time. *proud*
 
MaxiKana said:
I really think it's stupid that people get offended when burning a piece of cloth with a specific pattern on it. I just cant comprehend whats so special about it. I mean jeez, it's a flag, a piece of cloth.
It isn't just a peice of cloth, it represent somthing and burning it is meant to send a message. That message is mostly, **** YOU!
 
Someone's Mommy doesn't love them enough and they crave your acceptance and attention!
 
Sprafa said:
You see , blahblahblah asked to change the avatar and I did. Because everything this little four people movement did was bashing, only one of them actually asked me to change my avatar (I was asleep).
that was me :D

the point is, to me (and obviously others) showing a burning american flag is a direct insult on my country, and a very unnecessary one. do you have problems with our government? fine, i do too. but the flag doesnt just stand for "the man" it stands for us as a people and the things we fought and died to protect, and its pretty disrespectful to show a symbol of that burning. thanks for changing it anyway, youll notice i was more than happy to do the same.

though its petty that you seek this "reaction", i guess youve got it. but just remember, if it wasent for that flag youd still be under nazi tyranny :) (most likely). you might think were sad, or call us a "movement" but we are only doing what you did, which was stupid to begin with, especially given the reaction you knew it would have.
 
Mummm, you guys woulden't have the link to the original thread ?
It seems kind of amuzing.
 
gh0st said:
though its petty that you seek this "reaction", i guess youve got it. but just remember, if it wasent for that flag youd still be under nazi tyranny :) (most likely). you might think were sad, or call us a "movement" but we are only doing what you did, which was stupid to begin with, especially given the reaction you knew it would have.

portugal was neutral during ww2 ...hitler would never have made it to portugal, his ally Franco (dictator of spain) stood in his way. BTW the US wasnt the only country fighting in ww2 (revisionist armchair historians notwithstanding)
 
CptStern said:
portugal was neutral during ww2 ...hitler would never have made it to portugal, his ally Franco (dictator of spain) stood in his way. BTW the US wasnt the only country fighting in ww2 (revisionist armchair historians notwithstanding)
oh good this debate. at some point, like all of hitlers other allies, he would have turned on them in much the same way as russia. im aware portugal was neuteral, i dont need your history lesson, thanks, and even you must admit the united states played a..THE.. pivotal role in world war 2, its ignorant to say otherwise.
 
gh0st said:
oh good this debate. at some point, like all of hitlers other allies, he would have turned on them in much the same way as russia.

ummmmmmm someone wasnt paying attention in history class ...when exactly was russia allied to germany?

gh0st said:
im aware portugal was neuteral, i dont need your history lesson, thanks,

well if you did then you wouldnt have said what you did


gh0st said:
and even you must admit the united states played a..THE.. pivotal role in world war 2, its ignorant to say otherwise.

oh and the tables turned as soon as the US came roaring to the rescue ...so ****ing arrogant
 
For some reason, I think that you guys can't see my posts, can some one quote me just to make sure.
 
CptStern said:
ummmmmmm someone wasnt paying attention in history class ...when exactly was russia allied to germany?
i appologize, soviet union.

well if you did then you wouldnt have said what you did
if youd read my statement above you never would have said this

oh and the tables turned as soon as the US came roaring to the rescue ...so ****ing arrogant
did it not?
 
CptStern said:
ummmmmmm someone wasnt paying attention in history class ...when exactly was russia allied to germany?



well if you did then you wouldnt have said what you did




oh and the tables turned as soon as the US came roaring to the rescue ...so ****ing arrogant
Germany was allied with Russian, I will find a link.
 
gh0st said:
i appologize, soviet union


if youd read my statement above you never would have said this


did it not?


no it didnt ...it took another 3 years for the german war machine to start backpeddling ...Britain, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa and France were there since 1939
 
CptStern said:
no it didnt ...it took another 3 years for the german war machine to start backpeddling ...Britain, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa and France were there since 1939
no year was specified, i dont know why youre bringing any of this up. lets drop the world war 2 debate anyway, its so pointless. blame my conservative school textbooks if you want, this isnt the discussion.
 
CptStern said:
no it didnt ...it took another 3 years for the german war machine to start backpeddling ...Britain, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa and France were there since 1939
Umm...I don't remember exactly but wasn't South Africa on the Axis side?
 
Foxtrot said:
Umm...I don't remember exactly but wasn't South Africa on the Axis side?
no, it may have been some allied countries territory at the time, im not sure.
 
Foxtrot said:
Umm...I don't remember exactly but wasn't South Africa on the Axis side?


ummmmm no


south africa was a colony of britian until 1961 when it gained independence
 
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