Re: nazi reference in doom????

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From: bl... Richard Smol
Date: Sun, 09 Jan 1994 13:05

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>In article <NEVES.94J...@ballard.cs.colorado.edu> ne...@ballard.cs.colorado.edu (NEVES RICHARD K) writes:
>>
>>I just grabbed the shareware version of doom and played it for the
>>first time today.   
>>
>>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.
>
>Wolfenstein 3D had swastika's up the wazoo, but no one said a word.  
>What's with the big bruhaha now?

Well, if anyone would pay any real attention, you'd have noticed that the
hooks of the swastika are turned in the opposite direction than the one uses
by the nazis ... therefore the one in DOOM is no nazi-sign. 

The swastika has been around for quite some while already, many centuries
(and even milleniums) before the nazis used it. So stop make a fuss about
it all the time. You could really hurt the feelings of hunduists and
buddhists, in whose religions the swastika has quite prominent place. 

Furthermore I'd like to say: have FUN! And don't take it TOO seriously :)

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Subject: Re: nazi reference in doom????
Date: 9 Jan 1994 13:05:50 GMT
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