the new German president and his wife
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July 16, 2010 at 4:40 am
no wai!
July 16, 2010 at 5:05 am
nice how that salute has been around for hundreds of years since the ancient roman empire and yet people can only EVER remember it from those mere 12 years of hitler using it
July 16, 2010 at 6:10 am
agreed, as a German I am certainly tired of traveling, and as soon as people know where I am from, they say Hitler and do this stupid salute…all nations have had bad leaders make bad decisions, just because Germany had one that was more public doesn’t mean it deserves more ridicule. Hell, in the short US history they have been responsible for the deaths and displacement of tens of millions of people around the globe. But I suppose the general US population isn’t intelligent enough to know their own history, and the far reaching effects of their leaders decisions.
July 16, 2010 at 6:24 am
Although I agree that it’s primitive, that’s just people being people. I have an American friend who came to Europe, after a couple days he started lying to everyone and said he’s from Canada because everyone’s first reaction would be, “oh you’re from America so you must be a patriotic warmonger, right?” Besonders Deutsche haben das immer wieder benützt um Witze zu machen. Es ist halt viel schwieriger jedem Menschen eine faire Chance zu geben.
July 16, 2010 at 7:23 am
Yet more reson why europe should be boomed.
July 16, 2010 at 2:22 pm
lol… that’s American pride in action: calling yourself Canadian abroad. The Other North American. And once you get back home, you spend your time laughing at and belittling Canada… what a beautiful relationship we have…
I just hope that little trick doesn’t get abused too much. wait… WTF AM I TALKING ABOUT O.O
There’d already be a shortage of that if one could drill the stuff…
The silly thing is that many people aren’t like their political leaders… whether you’re looking at your favorite national flag or someone else’s
July 16, 2010 at 6:31 am
People know about it… it’s just that some are far too nationalist to admit the USA has made horrible decisions in more than one place… here and abroad.
July 16, 2010 at 6:32 am
The Nazis also ruined a perfectly good wardrobe too…
July 16, 2010 at 8:45 am
i hate them for ruining theglorious roman iconography. the eagle, the salute, the beautiful cross… the sheep are so short sighted they don’t realize they say “hail mary” in their prayers
July 16, 2010 at 7:20 am
Shit, all of fascist Europe had that roman salute. People only remember the Germans using it, tho.
July 16, 2010 at 10:58 am
The Nazis had the best PR team -
July 16, 2010 at 12:49 pm
The US used it, too.
These two are just waving. Whats the big deal?
July 16, 2010 at 9:36 am
I am pretty sure these people are just waving.
July 16, 2010 at 11:00 am
Of course they are – a German leader making blatant references to the Nazis in this day and age would be political suicide – if not actual suicide.
July 16, 2010 at 2:09 pm
…you can’t even get Wolfenstein games in Germany from my understanding… I don’t think any German leader would make that kind of statement without it being world news and, no offence to the tiki gods here, not an awkward picture on MCS
July 16, 2010 at 4:58 pm
on the flip side, Germany is slightly anti-usa, hence why it banned that game “Command and Conquer: Generals” because that game was too much like the USA’s war in the middle east
July 17, 2010 at 3:19 am
Are you kidding me? Germany is easily the most Americanized country in Europe, we for the most LOVE Americans, other than the dumb soldiers that get drunk at our bars and start fights.
July 18, 2010 at 1:53 am
I had a grand time at this little hole-in-the-wall cafe in Leipzig watching the World Cup games.
July 20, 2010 at 3:44 pm
C&C Generals was remade for Germany due “Due to the upcoming Iraq war” at the time and was released as “Command & Conquer: Generäle” with different GLA units.
The full ban was only in China from what I understand, despite the generally positive depiction of China in the series.
China however may have provided this astonishing object of discussion:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laden_vs_USA
I would understand that any American would be outraged at this. I can also understand Russia and countries in the Middle East being pissed at Modern Warfare 2.
Eitherway, US isn’t above banning something either. And there’s plenty of good reason… but then
My side question becomes about free speech and all that jazz. I don’t pretend to understand it fully but I remember a little incident with a cartoon trying to get away with drawing a religious figure head, even behind it’s own censorship, getting in “trouble” and some of the fan base response was mostly “FU” and revolving around free speech. This sucka shows up from overseas however and it’s bad enough to get banned where no video game is banned due to free speech (which doesn’t guaranty that distributors are going to agree to sell it however. Count the number of AO rated games there are and how easy it is to get them)
Is Free Speech, somewhat like beauty, not just simply in the continental eye of the beholder?
But back to the Germans:
“German law forbids the production of pro-Nazi materials”,
“In Germany immediately after World War II, Allied forces and the new German government attempted to prevent the creation of new Nazi movements through a process known as denazification.”
There’s lots more…
So being a Nazi is risky if not illegal; everyone bans stuff; history is awesome; and the world needs a new common enemy… if none are available, one will be designated…
Where’s those “easy to blast” extraterrestrials when you need ‘em?
July 16, 2010 at 10:47 am
Holy shit
thats a huge door
July 16, 2010 at 12:29 pm
I’m from Australia, and he’s more attractive than my Prime Minister.
July 16, 2010 at 2:51 pm
She’s just looking for one of her good friends. Have any of you seen Kyle?
July 16, 2010 at 2:58 pm
His about this tall?
July 16, 2010 at 2:58 pm
He’s*
goddamnit