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04-22-2008, 01:35 PM | #21 |
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No, in fact many german soldiers during WWII were not Nazis. Nazis are germans in Hitler's (political) worker's party.
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04-22-2008, 02:20 PM | #22 |
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Saying all Germans were Nazis is analagous to saying all Americans are Republicans. Nazi is a short word for National Socialist Worker's Party; it was a political party that controlled Germany from the early 30's until '45.
Granted, in the movies they're generally referred to as Nazis, not Wehrmacht. But as was mentioned, some major chains won't carry things that say Nazi; and for overseas sales, it's illegal to sell things in many countries (France and Germany at least) with Nazi or SS symbols on them.
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04-22-2008, 03:30 PM | #23 |
yeah......
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as said by others not all Germans were Nazis. in fact actual party membership never really rose above something like 34% (could be wrong on number). historically though the Germans Jones would have been fighting were Nazis. hitler only placed loyal Nazis in the units and organizations sent to "recover" and research religious artifacts. as for being illegal, there are laws that prevent denial of the use of the Swastika but its not illegal if used in a historical context. for example going around flying a Nazi flag is illegal but having a Swastika on the side of a Tiger tank for unit markings isn't. the laws have more to do with context then anything else. now most stores won't sell said items out of taste. hopefully that made sense.
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04-22-2008, 03:42 PM | #24 |
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Interesting. Thanks for all of the feed back.
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04-22-2008, 04:11 PM | #25 |
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and i humbly admit to being schooled.
thanks for the lesson. but you gotta admit the "bad guy 2 pack" was funny.
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04-22-2008, 05:56 PM | #26 |
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I will be buying this line. Good to see IJ figures at mass retail again. I have three of the Lego sets so far.
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04-22-2008, 06:28 PM | #27 |
yeah......
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yeah I gotta admit Third Reich Legos made me giggle the first time I saw them. If only cause I remember a time when Lego refused to make guns.
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04-22-2008, 06:41 PM | #28 |
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I'm hoping to avoid seeing the Hasbro line in stores. It makes not buying them so much easier.
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04-22-2008, 06:59 PM | #29 |
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Man... I thought I started a thread like this earlier. Damn memory blanks.
Anywho, I still cant wait to finally get me a decent represenation of Indiana Jones. All I got is one from Disney and he's a little worse for wear. So I'm keeping my eyes peeled for the elusive Doktor Chones.
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04-22-2008, 07:00 PM | #30 |
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Wait Sharke Afrika Korps ddin't exist then.
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