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I've seen a lot of stupid emblems in Black Ops. One guy had an emblem saying 911 ftw with the 2 towers and plane
i don't think the swastika is too bad compared to the sexist, homophobic, crude, racist and thoroughly offensive language used across the headsets.
The asses at MS should've consulted with Treyarch with this sort of thing if they're gonna ban it now, its just ridiculous.
Completely agree. I'm not offended, just sick of all these kids defending the right to have swastikas as their emblem. They don't even realize Hitler doesn't give two shits about any of them. Then defending them when they make a hindu peace sign. Not one of those kids give a fuck about hindu peace. Shows how far ppl are willing to go to justify stupid shit
They do not use a swastika in the emblem, they use a NAZI symbol. It is the full red, black, and white color scheme. That is a fundamental difference in a holy symbol and being a dickhead. I have reported soooo many of you dickheads. Also, a clan tag of NEGR will get you reported as will animals fucking and, my favorite to date, a black guy hanging from a tree over a fire with a white guy pointing a gun at him.
Stop being childish fuckheads.
Stop being childish fuckheads.
i got baned from LIVE for telling people to take a flying fuck at a rolling donut. Why don't you take a flying fuck at the mooooooooooooon!
Whoa, what? How is the swastika even remotely comparable to religious symbols like the start of David and the Christian cross?
Man, that is not cool.
Man, that is not cool.
What are we, in Germany?
No I'm not referring to the acts of atrocity that this symbol represents (despite the fact that it pre-dates Nazis): I'm talking about the modern day censorship of Germany.
No I'm not referring to the acts of atrocity that this symbol represents (despite the fact that it pre-dates Nazis): I'm talking about the modern day censorship of Germany.
Like all things in this world, I will blame those solely on white people.
Once again, they be trippin'.
Once again, they be trippin'.
@ Jessicaaah - because it was originally a religious symbol for peace used by jainists (and still is) - hitler took the symbol cuz he thought it looked cool and decided "hey lets murder millions of people and wear this while we do it" I honestly feel bad for modern Jainists who can't wear their own religious symbols out in public anymore
In pretty sure the swastika is a Buddhist symbol. Psychedelic rock band kula shaker were lambasted for having the original Buddhist version as a backdrop to a whole tour during the 90's (well, until the uneducated kick up a shit storm and they took it down)
If the swastika is so disrespectful then why don't Microsoft (or any other company) ban games with it in?
If the swastika is so disrespectful then why don't Microsoft (or any other company) ban games with it in?
Also by playing over Xbox live you have to accept MS terms and conditions, in other words you have no rights. If you dont like it dont play over Live simple as that.
In pretty sure the swastika is a Buddhist symbol. Psychedelic rock band kula shaker were lambasted for having the original Buddhist version as a backdrop to a whole tour during the 90's (well, until the uneducated kick up a shit storm and they took it down)
If the swastika is so disrespectful then why don't Microsoft (or any other company) ban games with it in?
If the swastika is so disrespectful then why don't Microsoft (or any other company) ban games with it in?
I LOLed out loud at my desk and had to mask it as a cough reading these comments.
You guys are too fucking funny.
I'm 100% against sensorship, the symbol shouldn't matter, the organization is dead, what's stopping the Nazi's coming back and using a different symbol with the same ideals?
Fucking stupid.
Bet you can use whatever symbol you want on PSN.
You guys are too fucking funny.
I'm 100% against sensorship, the symbol shouldn't matter, the organization is dead, what's stopping the Nazi's coming back and using a different symbol with the same ideals?
Fucking stupid.
Bet you can use whatever symbol you want on PSN.
I wonder if they ban anyone using a hammer and a sickle as a logo, it's just as loaded a symbol as the swastika. While seeing either online is unlikely to offend me, if I was offended I'd be more offended by the hammer and sickle.
@ bakewell this is exactly the type of shit I'm talkin about. Jackasses like you callin out the "uneducated" and tryin to sound smart by mentioning the fact that the swastika means peace. It doesnt and never will. The sign for peace had dots on the end of the tips was turned differently. Why do ppl try so hard to defend what is wrong. If somebody had a swastika tatooed on their arm, would you say " that guys a peaceful person". Fuck no, most ppl will think he a nazi or an asshole
@Sexualchocolate
I'm pretty sure it applies to all platforms, but considering that given MS's adoration for the series it'll probably only reasonably be enforced on 360.
PC, it's a non-issue since servers can ban individual users.
I'm pretty sure it applies to all platforms, but considering that given MS's adoration for the series it'll probably only reasonably be enforced on 360.
PC, it's a non-issue since servers can ban individual users.
People make their own emblems in the game @GoodlyMike. Pretty cool feature, but people abuse it. Mine isn't the best (a skull getting shot in the head with blood seeping out) but I wouldn't post anything others would find offensive.
Idiots who back other idiots who want to use swastikas to make a statement:
Games are meant to be fun. Nobody cares about your Freedom of Speech rights. It's freedom of speech, not freedom of CODlolemblemsumadbros playercard failures.
Idiots who back other idiots who want to use swastikas to make a statement:
Games are meant to be fun. Nobody cares about your Freedom of Speech rights. It's freedom of speech, not freedom of CODlolemblemsumadbros playercard failures.
@fps baby Jesus
Chill out. You clearly don't know me and your knee jerk reaction will not be justified by calling me a jackass.
Chill out. You clearly don't know me and your knee jerk reaction will not be justified by calling me a jackass.
If they were trying to make a real statement or something, that'd be one thing. But they're not. They're trying to say, "HA HA, Nazis are funny, isn't this shocking? Pay attention to me!"
They're too separated from what happened to take it seriously. Well most of my family was wiped out. I don't think the Nazi jokes are directly harmful but I do think they are a way of saying, "this is OK. This wasn't so bad." That opens the door for it to happen again.
They're too separated from what happened to take it seriously. Well most of my family was wiped out. I don't think the Nazi jokes are directly harmful but I do think they are a way of saying, "this is OK. This wasn't so bad." That opens the door for it to happen again.
I suppose Hitler would be pleased that his party's brief perversion of an ancient symbol has forever sullied its use in the proceeding years. The swastika was used as an easily woven symbol in basketweaving, a sunwheel in the bronze age, has been of importance in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism, and later was adopted in Roman and Celtic traditions. But sure, some jackholes take an altered version of it for a few years and no one can ever use it again. He ruined Adolf forever too, bastard.
@fps baby jesus
Also, the "swastika" is a Buddhist manji that represents whirlwind. Learn your shit before you start flinging it.
http://symboldictionary.net/?p=1669
Good day sir
Also, the "swastika" is a Buddhist manji that represents whirlwind. Learn your shit before you start flinging it.
http://symboldictionary.net/?p=1669
Good day sir
The Hindu swastika has some minor but crucial differences from the Nazi swastika; it usually has dots in its crevices or above it, it's often slightly curved at the tips, and it can be depicted in a variety of color schemes.
If Microsoft is banning the red-white-and-black Nazi swastika, that's fine. If they're extending the banhammer's reach into the Hindu variations, it's not.
If Microsoft is banning the red-white-and-black Nazi swastika, that's fine. If they're extending the banhammer's reach into the Hindu variations, it's not.
Im not against the banning of the swastikas, as most would automatically assume it as being negative. But they do have a point with the banning of for example, Davids Star. Why should they only ban the swastikas? To me that seems like discrimination against anyone whose religion would use the swastika.
@ bakewell maybe I did react harshly, but I can't see why anyone would defend Hitler. Its one thing to say I defend censorship. It a completely other thing to do it just to make offensive logos. Half thses kid online do it becuz evryone else does. The emblem editor was a mistake anyway lol
well they may want to banned black ops too, since the swastika sign comes put in one of the mission,
I don't like Nazis as much as the next guy but this is pretty ridiculous! not to mention you're playing a game that has swastika's all through out the campaign!
If anything ban the vulgarity, my brother came across a picture of a guy having sex with a goat.
If anything ban the vulgarity, my brother came across a picture of a guy having sex with a goat.
Wait, you mean there are totally worthless sacks of existence known as racist and bigoted rednecks on Xbox Live?!? And playing any Call of Duty game?
Oh come now, Jim. I think you're pulling all of our legs.
Oh come now, Jim. I think you're pulling all of our legs.
@fps baby.
If you read the end of my very first post in this article you will see I posed question.
If the swastika is so offensive why is it in the games at all?
I refuse to believe anyone would use the "artistic integrity" excuse when the game features a mode where you play as dead presidents and a communist leader and kill undead nazis.
Another question. If people are sonoffwnded by the swastika why would they buy this game in the first place?
In not a Nazi sympathiser, I'm just calling out the hypocrisy in this situation.
If you read the end of my very first post in this article you will see I posed question.
If the swastika is so offensive why is it in the games at all?
I refuse to believe anyone would use the "artistic integrity" excuse when the game features a mode where you play as dead presidents and a communist leader and kill undead nazis.
Another question. If people are sonoffwnded by the swastika why would they buy this game in the first place?
In not a Nazi sympathiser, I'm just calling out the hypocrisy in this situation.
@ bakewell I clearly stated the difference between the swastika of the third reich and the hindu peace emblem. I knew someone like you was gonna come in the comment and post that defense. Read the post before your first post, I state that someone was gonna come in here and post exactly what you said. What the fuck difference does it make that it means peace when nobody who makes one gives two shit about peace. A person who actually takes hinduism or buddhism seriously probaly wouldn't be playing an FPS of any kind
@Bakewell...uh apparently you can design your own emblem. That doesn't mean it's already in the game. I mean, then you could make the argument that dicks and/or boobies also already belong in Mario Paint - because hello, you can obviously create them.
there are swasikas in the campaign, and everything you posted makes sense. I'm not even offended. But I could see why ppl would report this when its used in a meaningless manner. He also said it would get banned across xbox live period, not just this game. Its a lot easier to put up with swastikas in a campaign when they use it for the integrity of the setting and story than some kid on live who just wants to be a asshole
http://whywasibanned.com/2010/05/17/you-might-wanna-rethink-your-lucky-symbol-since-it-isnt-working/
Honestly, to the dickheads trying to justify the swastika's existence in the MULTIPLAYER portion of Black Ops? Seriously? Fuck you. Fuck all of you. It might seem odd, but I actually learned about the Manji symbol before I learned about the swastika. And guess what? I'm not trying to pointlessly argue about the symbol's original intentions, because as much as it pains me to say, the Manji is a dead symbol. Hitler and his cronies effectively doomed its relevant existence in human culture for the next few decades if not centuries, whether we like it or not.
But whatever, keep trying to defend the obvious red, black, and white Nazi imagery. I'll keep reporting each and every single one of you bigots I find. That goes to the racists too. No sir, your squinty eyed chinaman emblem is not that funny.
But whatever, keep trying to defend the obvious red, black, and white Nazi imagery. I'll keep reporting each and every single one of you bigots I find. That goes to the racists too. No sir, your squinty eyed chinaman emblem is not that funny.
I understand the sentiment but Bakewell is right. They are banning swastikas yet they offer the Hammer and Sickle as a deafult icon? They produce a game glorifying one of the worst wars in recent history to make a quick buck yet they are playing the "fundamental respect" card. It's lame that they are gonna ban people for making offensive gamertags, they should just get rid of them completely.
@Bakewell:
Context goes a long way. When swastikas are used in single player campaigns, they are used with accurate historical context (one can hope). Using it as your tag in multiplayer could only be used to antagonize other players. The symbol itself is not the issue, it's how people are using it.
Context goes a long way. When swastikas are used in single player campaigns, they are used with accurate historical context (one can hope). Using it as your tag in multiplayer could only be used to antagonize other players. The symbol itself is not the issue, it's how people are using it.
@fps baby Jesus
How does putting the swastika in a call of duty game on zomie Nazis in any way become full of integrity?
How does putting the swastika in a call of duty game on zomie Nazis in any way become full of integrity?
@Space Moose
this is at Microsoft's discretion. not Treyarch/Activision's. I understand why they are doing it, and while censorship sucks, it is best to douse the campfire before it becomes a wildfire.
this is at Microsoft's discretion. not Treyarch/Activision's. I understand why they are doing it, and while censorship sucks, it is best to douse the campfire before it becomes a wildfire.
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