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Article #206Re: Politically Correct Models
From: Sprague.Wbst311
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 13:07
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 13:07
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I think I was the one who brought up Political Correctness. I think there is a GREAT difference between putting a swastika on say a wall (or on someones house), and putting one on a model of a German airplane!! I wouldn't even think of doing the first, but I expect the decals to be there (AND untouched) and would certainly use them when building the plane. A model is just that. I am building a minature version of an actaul thing that existed! It is NOT political statement of any kind, and it is NOT meant to offend anyone. If someone DOES take offence, then that person is taking things too far, and should get a life. While I am strongly against what the Nazis did during WW II, that does NOT stop me from admiring what the Germans were able to build in the form of airplanes. There are a lot of interesting and strange modeling subjects there. As to Political Correctness, I am not a fan either. I feel that you should avoid saying or doing something because you KNOW it's wrong, and you CARE about not hurting someone. You should not feel you have to behave in a certain way, because it is politically correct. Chuckle, for that matter, the swastika symbol is a lot older than the Nazis. Off the top of my head, I don't remember where it origionally came from, but I think it was some sort of religious symbol at one time. ~ Mike (sprague.wbst311@xerox.com) P.S. I lost the bloody note where someone mentioned a good set of aftermarket decals for the Me-110. Could someone send me a note on that again?
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!portal!lll-winken!sun-barr!olivea!charnel!rat!usc!rpi!batcomputer!cornell!rochester!rocksanne!superior!msprague From: Sprague.Wbst311@Xerox.Com Newsgroups: rec.models.scale Subject: Re: Politically Correct Models Message-ID: <1992Oct15.130756.29222@spectrum.xerox.com> Date: 15 Oct 92 13:07:56 GMT Sender: news@spectrum.xerox.com Followup-To: Politically Correct Models Organization: Xerox Lines: 33 Originator: msprague@superior