jugoth opened this issue on Dec 13, 2006 · 95 posts
JenX posted Sat, 23 December 2006 at 8:31 PM
Quote - > Quote - I believe Karen was being a bit tongue-in-cheek with the "dirigible-boobed" comment.
Basically, posting an image that glorifies any atrocity committed by man is going to get removed. It doesn't matter if it was committed by the Nazi's, Romans, Egyptians, Crusaders, Or other soldiers of any other nation, creed, etc. If you want to create an image specifically created to glorify that sort of violence, that's your business. Posting it here will most likely result in its' removal and a warning on your member record.
The question is, what counts as glorification. If you create a picture of Nazis standing in front of a swastika, with "KILL ALL JEWS!!" as a big legend, then that is clearly wrong, and probably also criminal. But take away the words, and the image alone is ambiguous. It could be construed as for or against. The same picture would make equal sense with the words "FACES OF EVIL" over it.
Therein lies the crux, Phantast. We cannot judge a posters' intent simply on an image alone. Now, should someone post an image where there is Nazi regalia, perhaps a parade, or even soldiers with guns, etc....that, in itself, does not make the image "offensive"....however, if the image were coupled with a description below (or above, thanks to the programmers) that delves into an anti-semetic tirade, complete with "KILL ALL JEWS", it's obvious that it's meant simply to provoke those of Jewish heritage, and is, in fact, glorifying the actions of the Nazis.
There is a huge grey-area that we have to look at when it comes to images of this kind, and we definitely don't make our decisions lightly.
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