On Sat, 07 Feb 2009 09:31:44 -0500, Warp wrote:

> Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>> And similarly, Germany, for example, does have restrictions on some of
>> those games being distributed in Germany, particularly if they depcit
>> Nazi symbols.
> 
>   I find it rather ironic that by banning nazi symbols from a piece of
> art based on historical events, they are actually censoring history,
> which is something nazis themselves did a lot.
> 
>   I can't help but to get the feeling that by banning everything related
> to nazis, they are pretending that WW2 never happened. Then, at the same
> time, they outlaw holocaust denial.
> 
>   Talk about contradictory behavior.

I suppose you could look at it that way.  The friends I have in Germany 
have described it more as suppressing hate speech.

Jim

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