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  1. 08-11-2003, 07:03 AM #1
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    Momentary Lapses of Common Sense

    http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/as....ap/index.html
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  2. 08-11-2003, 07:20 AM #2
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    Momentary? They managed to design and stock an entire line of clothes in their "momentary lapse"!
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  3. 08-11-2003, 07:26 AM #3
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    Don't worry! They'll take the clothing line off the shelves once they come up with a new line - but not before!!
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  4. 08-11-2003, 07:34 AM #4
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    "Cheng added that the designer wanted the clothes to have a military theme and did not realize that the Nazi symbols would be considered offensive. "

    God damn, how can some people be so completely clueless...
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  5. 08-11-2003, 07:46 AM #5
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    "and did not realize that the Nazi symbols would be considered offensive"

    talk about living under a rock..

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  6. 08-11-2003, 08:08 AM #6
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    I wonder if they would consider a Mao-themed bondage line offensive?
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  7. 08-11-2003, 08:28 AM #7
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    Ok, before I read the article I was thinking that 'ok, mebbe they are just using a swastika, which is actually an ancient indian symbol, etc'.

    Nope, these guys went the full 9 yards there.

    Stunningly moronic.

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  8. 08-11-2003, 08:31 AM #8
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    You guys are just jealous of my Pol Pot line of cookware.
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  9. 08-11-2003, 08:31 AM #9
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    Actually, I believe it's the mirror image of the swastika that was a previous, non malevolent symbol, the Nazi's flipped it from crossed "Z"s to crossed "S"s.

    But yeah, there's no mistaking they were using Nazi imagery here.
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  10. 08-11-2003, 08:33 AM #10
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    Yea the dumb fucks upstairs probably thought "HEY, any publicity is GOOD publicity" last said by some other jackass before going outa business.
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  11. 08-11-2003, 09:25 AM #11
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    Yeah, the Nazi version is going in the other direction and is rotated to a diamond shape instead of a square. Native American version means "bravery"
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  12. 08-11-2003, 10:45 AM #12
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    My understanding is that the nazis didn't really change the symbol as much as they perverted it. The nazi's version of the swastika (left handed) has been around forever. It's only a byproduct of the Nazis that made the symbol so taboo.
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  13. 08-11-2003, 11:52 AM #13
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    http://www.luckymojo.com/esoteric/in...4swastikas.txt
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  14. 08-11-2003, 12:14 PM #14
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    I agree with Liyon. Nobody is so fantastically stupid that they think nobody will be offended by designing clothing like that. It's very likely just a shock publicity stunt... to get them enough attention - good or bad - to bolster the sales of their real stuff.

    Or they're just fantastically stupid.
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  15. 08-11-2003, 12:15 PM #15
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    Every single post I make.. my stars get nerfed more and more.
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  16. 08-11-2003, 01:12 PM #16
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    They are backwards Tilea, someone said Vader was supposed to be fixing? Or Rika, when he finally gets over his hangover...or Andy when he gets back from his trip.
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  17. 08-11-2003, 01:45 PM #17
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    think everyone should start with 2k posts and it should go down not up every post after that!
    Quote taken from gemmi, Looks like they screwed up a little on implementing this /grin.
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  18. 08-11-2003, 11:30 PM #18
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    http://www.luckymojo.com/esoteric/i...04swastikas.txt
    It doesn't really matter where the swastika derived from. No matter how it's shaped, like a cube, like a diamond, like an apple, people WILL think of Nazi's when they see it, and they WILL consider it offensive. It's simple as that.

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  19. 08-12-2003, 12:42 AM #19
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    does that mean i have uber stars?
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  20. 08-12-2003, 12:47 AM #20
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    interesting read depen... and yeah that store is full of shitheads
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