Re: nazi reference in doom????

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From: sk... David Sarcastic
Date: Sun, 09 Jan 1994 09:23

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Bruce Sterling Woodcock (ster...@netcom.com) wrote:

> Who are you to say what has reason to be in Doom and what doesn't?  Are
> you a developer?  Most likely, as someone else pointed out, it was an
> inside joke about Wolf3D.  And, as someone else pointed out, the people
> you are fighting are supposed to be *bad* guys.

OK, Sorry, *I see* no reason for it in doom. But what do aliens know of
naziism? 

> There's no reason for lots of things in Doom, like power-ups and chainsaws
> and pressure plates.  None of these belong in a scientific installation,
> either.

None of those represent organized genocide to a lot of people.

> Oh, gee, I think that one oval-shaped crossing across the acid pit looks
> blantantly sexual... we'd better remove that too.

You're making a large leap that is kind of silly.

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