LE Hitler Moustache

[Govava]

Enough politics more modding. I assume that one could create a 'snorbroms' mustache simply by retexturing a existing mustache's alpha channel.

Indeed. I edited a dds file and the result is this. Although many of the moustaches get ruined or look the same like this because the file I edited was the texture of several moustaches.

 

http://2.imgland.net/4TF4l.png

Edited July 17, 2012 by Govava

[J3X]

Enough politics more modding. I assume that one could create a 'snorbroms' mustache simply by retexturing a existing mustache's alpha channel.

Indeed. I edited a dds file and the result is this. Although many of the moustaches get ruined or look the same like this because the file I edited was the texture of several moustaches.

 

http://2.imgland.net/4TF4l.png

Awesome! ;D

[ClonePatrol]

There are less offensive terms for that kind of moustache you know: Toothbrush Moustache, Postage Stamp, Soul Stache (as opposed to Soul Patch).

 

Michael Jordan tried bringing the style back not too long ago in some underwear commercial (not sure if he's Hanes or FoTL), he took a lot of s*** for it in the media.

[JanusForbeare]

I tried bringing that up, but the OP got very emotional and defensive about Hitler. :down: Considering his avatar is a picture of Hitler giving a speech, I'm pretty sure he's not asking for this ironically. I'm very surprised that he hasn't been banned, or at least forced to change his avatar.

[Dragten]

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I dont know about you, but in my opinion, hitler is a symbol of pure hate itself.

[Matth85]

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I dont know about you, but in my opinion, hitler is a symbol of pure hate itself.

 

Allthough I'd agree that one could try to keep it to a minimum, and use other word for the moustache, but a picture of Hitler can not be seen as hate. Because that would be based on a subjective feeling. There are more reasons than the most obvious one might want a character to look like Hitler and/or use a avatar of him.

 

1) Lookalike for a funny machinima movie.

2) Family related.

3) He was a good rhetoric.

 

My point is:

Yes, the general population hates Hitler, and both his look and speech can be seen as hatefull. However, under no law, or rule, are you not allowed to look up to a person. The OP should not be banned because he never did anything against the rule, at least not yet, and the only way to ban him is to do it based on subjectivity. Which, in itself, would mean this site would be run by feelings over rules. Which is not good.

 

So, unless the OP does anything specificly against the rules, and/or does something offensive, no ban should be deserved.

[JanusForbeare]

It's a matter of context. If you read through the thread, and take into account that the OP chose a picture of Hitler as his avatar, it paints a pretty clear picture of his motivations in making this request. I mean, if you saw someone wearing a T-shirt with Govava's avatar pic on it out on the streets, complaining that more people should have Hitler moustaches, wouldn't you consider that hateful? I think most rational people would, and the same rules should apply here.

 

EDIT: Again, I'm not going to dignify this thread with a bump. But for those who can't be bothered to read the entire thread, here's what was said when I mentioned that the thread would be less offensive if the request was for a Charlie Chaplin moustache (which, at the time, was a tongue-in-cheek comment):

 

Who the f*** thinks this is offensive?

 

If you're referring to Charlie Chaplin, no one. If you're referring to Hitler, then... civilized society.

 

Some of us have family members who were tortured and killed by the Third Reich, you know.

OKAY. THEN PICTURES OF STAHLIN, LENIN AND TODAYS MULTICULTURALIST POLITICIANS ARE OFFENSIVE TOO.

 

The OP has yet to give a clue as to his standpoint on anything? BS.

Edited July 19, 2012 by JanusForbeare

[Dragten]

It's a matter of context. If you read through the thread, and take into account that the OP chose a picture of Hitler as his avatar, it paints a pretty clear picture of his motivations in making this request. I mean, if you saw someone wearing a T-shirt with Govava's avatar pic on it out on the streets, complaining that more people should have Hitler moustaches, wouldn't you consider that hateful? I think most rational people would, and the same rules should apply here.

I completely agree with Janus.

Yes, the general population hates Hitler, and both his look and speech can be seen as hatefull. However, under no law, or rule, are you not allowed to look up to a person. The OP should not be banned because he never did anything against the rule, at least not yet, and the only way to ban him is to do it based on subjectivity. Which, in itself, would mean this site would be run by feelings over rules. Which is not good.

No, this site is run by the rules, set up after feelings.

Just look at all the people who are getting banned because of negative comments :)

[Matth85]

It's a matter of context. If you read through the thread, and take into account that the OP chose a picture of Hitler as his avatar, it paints a pretty clear picture of his motivations in making this request. I mean, if you saw someone wearing a T-shirt with Govava's avatar pic on it out on the streets, complaining that more people should have Hitler moustaches, wouldn't you consider that hateful? I think most rational people would, and the same rules should apply here.

 

If I saw a man with a T-shirt with Hitler as the image, I would look weird at him and ask him why? I would not call the police.

If I saw a man with a T-shirt with Hitler as the image, and yelling at people for not looking like Hitler, I would ask why and call the police say there is a nutwhack rambling on the street, and he might be a danger to somebody.

 

The point is, the OP have not given a single clue of his political standpoint, nor his stand on the terrible past. Nobody can feel insulted by the OP, just by the image of Hitler. That iself means the OP is not insulting anybody, or doing anything against the rule. He could be asked the take away the picture, since it is quite uncomfortable for the most of us to see, but not get a ban.

 

Even with the context given, the OP has yet to give any clue of his standpoint on anything, and has not done anything offensive to anybody. He requested something, that's all. He did not yell out, troll or even try to do anything.

As I said earlier, there might be other reasons the OP want a Hitler avatar and lookalike. We don't know, and burning him on the fire is uneccesary.

 

You mentioned rational people, but I find it very little rational to assume and dance around the rules.

 

And for a fact, I am against what Hitler did as much as most, and I find his looks terrible. However, I am against people assuming randomly and simply trying to cause trouble for no reason.

 

EDIT:

No, this site is run by the rules, set up after feelings.

Just look at all the people who are getting banned because of negative comments

Negative comments = Insult/troll and/or spam by a person.

OP = Done nothing but having a avatar, and a request, of uncomfortable origin. Nothing illegal or offensive from the OP there.

Edited July 18, 2012 by Matth85

[J3X]

I agree with Matth85, moderation can not be based on some puzzling with 'clues' about if a user have some hidden agenda. Imagery of Hitler can not be against the rules as it exist mods which adds Hitler content on the nexus.