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Re: nazi reference in doom????

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From: dou... Russ Doucet
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 1994 04:56
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In article <2gobte$b...@sylvester.cc.utexas.edu> zi...@sylvester.cc.utexas.edu (Stephan K. Zitz) writes:
>In article <albertwC...@netcom.com>,
>The Feddie Punk of Solomon <alb...@netcom.com> wrote:
>|In article <NEVES.94J...@ballard.cs.colorado.edu>
>ne...@ballard.cs.colorado.edu (NEVES RICHARD K) writes: >>
>|>I was VERY disturbed to see this huge swastika in one of the rooms.
>|>It bothers me 'cause it makes me think the creators of the game have
>|>some sort of agenda.   That's really nasty and dangerous symbolism,
>|>don't you guys think.
`
>However...  Just because the swastika shape is used, doesn't automatically
>insinuate the shape is symbolizing the nazi icon...

Yeah, it certainly doesn't mean it's the nazi icon.  Because it ISN'T!
the one in the game goes
----+   |                                       |   +----
    |   |    like this      and the nazi one    |   |
+---+---+                   goes like this      +---+---+
|   |	                                            |   |
|   +----                                       ----+   | 

So you can just end your little debate right there hmmmm?

BTW the other swastika, the one in the game is representative of some indian
tribe somewhere which is wherer the nazis actually got the idea from to 
make their own from but my details on this aspect are sketchy.

Point is, it's not a nazi swastika.

So quit arguing about it.

The programmers are probably laughing at all of you right now becuase they
certainly knew this and thought they'd have a little fun with the politically
correct of you out there.  

Cheers!
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From: dou...@gaul.csd.uwo.ca (Russ Doucet)
Subject: Re: nazi reference in doom????
Organization: Computer Science Dept., Univ. of Western Ontario, London, Canada
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 1994 04:56:35 GMT
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