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Postby jaseleo on Sat Dec 15, 2007 8:37 am

owenshooter wrote:
Optimus Prime wrote: I can't blame him, and I'm grateful nobody could ever find something offensive with "Optimus Prime," after all, that would be pretty lame.


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Postby comic boy on Sat Dec 15, 2007 9:57 am

Anybody who's name is Hitler should find new parents fast :lol:
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Postby DiM on Sat Dec 15, 2007 11:17 am

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DiM wrote:ok this is for OP as well as for Aesop,

the fact that when i reported him this guy had such things in his profile:
Location: BERLIN
Occupation: FUHRER
Interests: WAR


this kinda proves the fact that his clear intention was to shock in an offensive way. the fact that after the mods talked to him he changed his name to Hells Angel also proves my previous point. he's just a person that thinks having an offensive name is uber cool :roll:

the fact that OP actually thinks his name is andrew hitler or the fact that he sees that as a possible alternative can only mean 2 things:
1. OP is an internet noob that went online for the first time today and thinks everybody on the net acts normal.
2. OP is just arguing for the sake of arguing.

i'm more inclined towards version 2. indeed #1 is possible but after spending so many years on the net i haven found a single person, not even one, from those with offensive screen names to have a logical and reasonable explanation. yes i still haven't met anybody named: Hitler, fuckyou, christkiller, rapist and stuff like that. 100% of the people i saw with offensive names simply chose them to shock through offensive means. simple as that.


Let's start by making something clear, DiM. Don't ever call me an internet "noob" again. Especially in the time frame of existence within Conquer Club, because as far as I can tell, you've only been a member here for about 30 days longer than I have.


mate you're blowing things out of proportion here.
i never called you an internet noob. read carefully the part where i said i'm more inclined towards version 2 ;)


Optimus Prime wrote:Next, let's make it clear that yes, I was arguing just to argue to a certain degree, but not entirely. I had spent all day up to that point dealing with problems of my own within my realm of responsibility on this site, and I needed to blow off a little steam. That doesn't mean to say that my points are not valid.


your point was valid but only in theory that's why i said you argue for the sake of arguing. in my whole internet experience that includes many many online games, it includes being a mod on other forums and chats i have never not even once encountered a user with an offensive name to have real valid reasons for using it. they always wanted to shock to draw attention and to be uber cool by using an offensive name. yes in theory what you say is possible i don't deny it but in practice it doesn't exist.

Optimus Prime wrote:Never once did I say that I thought his name was Andrew Hitler, I simply put it out there as a possibility to bring up the point that perhaps you, in your decision that no matter what his username is offensive, might have looked past the fact that perhaps someone could actually have Hitler as their actual surname. In which case, just because you or anyone else may or may not find it offensive, does not mean you have any reason to believe that he automatically did it intentionally to be offensive.


i always look and think before i post something that's why in my report i included this:
Location: BERLIN
Occupation: FUHRER
Interests: WAR


this is a clear indicator his main goal was to shock. further proof to this theory is the fact he changed his name to Hells Angel. he's just a kid who wants to be cool.

Optimus Prime wrote:By what you have shown that was posted in his profile, I can fully believe that his original intent was to use it in a "shock and awe" and not once did I state that I had dismissed the possibility of it being so, I simply had put forth the idea that perhaps people should not jump to conclusions all of the time. It certainly happens often enough not only here at CC, but other places as well, including real life.


if he had not put that in his profile and if he had germany as his country probably i wouldn't have reported him i would have sent him a pm asking if that's his real name. and after the discussion via pm i would have reported him. i'm not jumping to concussions i'm always thinking before acting. and as previously said your point is valid ONLY in theory. i have kicked and banned hundreds if not thousands of offensive names. in fact the only person that tried convincing me i'm wrong was a guy that after kicking him from chat for having an indecent name rejoined with the nick "DiM.e.un.idiot" which means "DiM's an idiot". he actually had the nerve to claim that's his middle name :lol: i kicked him again and after letting him join for 10 more times with all kinds of offenses at my direction i banned him.

Optimus Prime wrote:One final note: From what I have been able to delve, the powers that be here at CC did not force him to change his username. I fully believe that if they are willing to continue allowing names such as FUCKER and others that if he had insisted upon keeping his name as H I T L E R that he would have been allowed to do so. If I am wrong in that assumption than an administrator can feel free to correct me and I will humbly accept my misconception on the matter. It appears as though the player himself, agreed to change his name to avoid the hassles that come with judgmental individuals. I can't blame him, and I'm grateful nobody could ever find something offensive with "Optimus Prime," after all, that would be pretty lame.


the mods simply contacted him and asked him to change his name which he did and this is probably the best solution. since there's a very thin line here and there's the risk of getting into too much censoring it is always best to have each individual judged separately. most will agree to change names, i'm sure of it.
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Postby Aesop Jones on Sat Dec 15, 2007 11:19 am

Calling Optimus Prime a noob? Wow.

And if anything, that profile bolsters my argument. "Occupation: WAR" is meant to be offensive? Are you daft? Maybe if he put Occupation: GENOCIDE or Occupation: ELIMINATING THE JEWISH THREAT.

You're offended by the name because you want to be. It's that simple. The fact that he changed his name to Hellsangel simply says to me that it wasn't worth the argument to him.

I'm pretty much against coddling a bunch of easily-offended worrywarts for the sake of not violating their precious sensibilities. If there are direct insults and epithets involved, it's one thing. But this is a damn screen name. Next thing you know we'll be banning acronyms because an acronym killed your dad.
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Postby billy07 on Sat Dec 15, 2007 11:27 am

my name is billy, what happens if someone says billy the kid killed his great great great grandad. Do i have to change my name by deedpoll?

And has the surmane "hitler" been eradicated from all germanic people?

This is a gaming site about world domination. Being provocative belongs here!
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Postby DiM on Sat Dec 15, 2007 11:42 am

Aesop Jones wrote:Calling Optimus Prime a noob? Wow.

And if anything, that profile bolsters my argument. "Occupation: WAR" is meant to be offensive? Are you daft? Maybe if he put Occupation: GENOCIDE or Occupation: ELIMINATING THE JEWISH THREAT.

You're offended by the name because you want to be. It's that simple. The fact that he changed his name to Hellsangel simply says to me that it wasn't worth the argument to him.

I'm pretty much against coddling a bunch of easily-offended worrywarts for the sake of not violating their precious sensibilities. If there are direct insults and epithets involved, it's one thing. But this is a damn screen name. Next thing you know we'll be banning acronyms because an acronym killed your dad.


god, mate you really like to post without reading do you?
always read before you post, always. and after you've finished writing double check your words before clicking submit.

please show me where i called op a noob. i dare you to show me. lift your right hand and with your index finger tap on the screen where i called op a noob.

second thing you posted without proper checking is the war thing. perhaps you missed the above 2 lines where he said location is berlin and occupation fuhrer. :roll:

you say if there are direct insults then it's ok. well, a person that goes by the nick of hitler claims he's the fuhrer isn't a direct insult to holocaust victims?
if i go by the name of VTkiller, is that offensive towards the vt massacre victims or is will you simply think like billy07 does:
billy07 wrote:This is a gaming site about world domination. Being provocative belongs here!


then perhaps we should all get provocative names.
like, i don'nt know, how about "baby rapist" "nazirocks" "gypsies_suck" "killjews" "i.love.osama" or why not "fuck_you_and_die_666"

i mean they're all pretty provocative and suitable for "a gaming site about world domination" they "belong here!".

remember this is a GAMING site. we come here to RELAX and PLAY a world domination GAME we don't need to insult and offend eachother to ENJOY the GAME.
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Postby billy07 on Sat Dec 15, 2007 12:00 pm

DiM wrote:
Aesop Jones wrote:Calling Optimus Prime a noob? Wow.

And if anything, that profile bolsters my argument. "Occupation: WAR" is meant to be offensive? Are you daft? Maybe if he put Occupation: GENOCIDE or Occupation: ELIMINATING THE JEWISH THREAT.

You're offended by the name because you want to be. It's that simple. The fact that he changed his name to Hellsangel simply says to me that it wasn't worth the argument to him.

I'm pretty much against coddling a bunch of easily-offended worrywarts for the sake of not violating their precious sensibilities. If there are direct insults and epithets involved, it's one thing. But this is a damn screen name. Next thing you know we'll be banning acronyms because an acronym killed your dad.


god, mate you really like to post without reading do you?
always read before you post, always. and after you've finished writing double check your words before clicking submit.

please show me where i called op a noob. i dare you to show me. lift your right hand and with your index finger tap on the screen where i called op a noob.

second thing you posted without proper checking is the war thing. perhaps you missed the above 2 lines where he said location is berlin and occupation fuhrer. :roll:

you say if there are direct insults then it's ok. well, a person that goes by the nick of hitler claims he's the fuhrer isn't a direct insult to holocaust victims?
if i go by the name of VTkiller, is that offensive towards the vt massacre victims or is will you simply think like billy07 does:
billy07 wrote:This is a gaming site about world domination. Being provocative belongs here!


then perhaps we should all get provocative names.
like, i don'nt know, how about "baby rapist" "nazirocks" "gypsies_suck" "killjews" "i.love.osama" or why not "fuck_you_and_die_666"

i mean they're all pretty provocative and suitable for "a gaming site about world domination" they "belong here!".

remember this is a GAMING site. we come here to RELAX and PLAY a world domination GAME we don't need to insult and offend eachother to ENJOY the GAME.
Does the name hitler make you anxious and unable to relax? Your the type of person that would have us all living in a bubble wrap. Just chill mate.

I think i played "killjews" yesterday, not too bad a player but he just focused on the middle east for some reason.
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Postby DiM on Sat Dec 15, 2007 12:13 pm

billy07 wrote:
DiM wrote:
Aesop Jones wrote:Calling Optimus Prime a noob? Wow.

And if anything, that profile bolsters my argument. "Occupation: WAR" is meant to be offensive? Are you daft? Maybe if he put Occupation: GENOCIDE or Occupation: ELIMINATING THE JEWISH THREAT.

You're offended by the name because you want to be. It's that simple. The fact that he changed his name to Hellsangel simply says to me that it wasn't worth the argument to him.

I'm pretty much against coddling a bunch of easily-offended worrywarts for the sake of not violating their precious sensibilities. If there are direct insults and epithets involved, it's one thing. But this is a damn screen name. Next thing you know we'll be banning acronyms because an acronym killed your dad.


god, mate you really like to post without reading do you?
always read before you post, always. and after you've finished writing double check your words before clicking submit.

please show me where i called op a noob. i dare you to show me. lift your right hand and with your index finger tap on the screen where i called op a noob.

second thing you posted without proper checking is the war thing. perhaps you missed the above 2 lines where he said location is berlin and occupation fuhrer. :roll:

you say if there are direct insults then it's ok. well, a person that goes by the nick of hitler claims he's the fuhrer isn't a direct insult to holocaust victims?
if i go by the name of VTkiller, is that offensive towards the vt massacre victims or is will you simply think like billy07 does:
billy07 wrote:This is a gaming site about world domination. Being provocative belongs here!


then perhaps we should all get provocative names.
like, i don'nt know, how about "baby rapist" "nazirocks" "gypsies_suck" "killjews" "i.love.osama" or why not "fuck_you_and_die_666"

i mean they're all pretty provocative and suitable for "a gaming site about world domination" they "belong here!".

remember this is a GAMING site. we come here to RELAX and PLAY a world domination GAME we don't need to insult and offend eachother to ENJOY the GAME.


Does the name hitler make you anxious and unable to relax? Your the type of person that would have us all living in a bubble wrap. Just chill mate.

I think i played "killjews" yesterday, not too bad a player but he just focused on the middle east for some reason.


again i come with the same request as before. read before you post. is it really that hard? is it really such a tremendous task to spend 5 minutes of your life and read what i say in a thread? if it is then please don't bother posting as it is useless to say the least.
i never said i'm offended by hitler or any other nick name you can imagine , i don't care about pornographic or violent avatars either and none of them offends me at all. but i am offended by the stupidity of the people that think this is cool. i am offended when i see a kid vent his frustrations by insulting everybody just because he thinks the internet was invented for this sole purpose. i'm a firm believer that on the internet you should act just like in real life. if somebody in real life asks your name and occupation do you say hitler and fuhrer or do you say billy student? in real life people have more decency be it because they would be ashamed or afraid to act as jerks. but on the internet everybody thinks he can be cool and insult with no repercussions. well i'm fighting for those repercussions i want people warned and punished if they can't act decent.
if a guy comes and my door and tells me to f*ck off i'll smash his face, but on the internet it seems it's ok when in fact it's totally wrong.

it's not about living in a bubble wrap and overprotection it's about common decency. and if you don't have it i'm sure you won't understand.
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Postby billy07 on Sat Dec 15, 2007 12:27 pm

DiM wrote:
billy07 wrote:
DiM wrote:
Aesop Jones wrote:Calling Optimus Prime a noob? Wow.

And if anything, that profile bolsters my argument. "Occupation: WAR" is meant to be offensive? Are you daft? Maybe if he put Occupation: GENOCIDE or Occupation: ELIMINATING THE JEWISH THREAT.

You're offended by the name because you want to be. It's that simple. The fact that he changed his name to Hellsangel simply says to me that it wasn't worth the argument to him.

I'm pretty much against coddling a bunch of easily-offended worrywarts for the sake of not violating their precious sensibilities. If there are direct insults and epithets involved, it's one thing. But this is a damn screen name. Next thing you know we'll be banning acronyms because an acronym killed your dad.


god, mate you really like to post without reading do you?
always read before you post, always. and after you've finished writing double check your words before clicking submit.

please show me where i called op a noob. i dare you to show me. lift your right hand and with your index finger tap on the screen where i called op a noob.

second thing you posted without proper checking is the war thing. perhaps you missed the above 2 lines where he said location is berlin and occupation fuhrer. :roll:

you say if there are direct insults then it's ok. well, a person that goes by the nick of hitler claims he's the fuhrer isn't a direct insult to holocaust victims?
if i go by the name of VTkiller, is that offensive towards the vt massacre victims or is will you simply think like billy07 does:
billy07 wrote:This is a gaming site about world domination. Being provocative belongs here!


then perhaps we should all get provocative names.
like, i don'nt know, how about "baby rapist" "nazirocks" "gypsies_suck" "killjews" "i.love.osama" or why not "fuck_you_and_die_666"

i mean they're all pretty provocative and suitable for "a gaming site about world domination" they "belong here!".

remember this is a GAMING site. we come here to RELAX and PLAY a world domination GAME we don't need to insult and offend eachother to ENJOY the GAME.


Does the name hitler make you anxious and unable to relax? Your the type of person that would have us all living in a bubble wrap. Just chill mate.

I think i played "killjews" yesterday, not too bad a player but he just focused on the middle east for some reason.


again i come with the same request as before. read before you post. is it really that hard? is it really such a tremendous task to spend 5 minutes of your life and read what i say in a thread? if it is then please don't bother posting as it is useless to say the least.
i never said i'm offended by hitler or any other nick name you can imagine , i don't care about pornographic or violent avatars either and none of them offends me at all. but i am offended by the stupidity of the people that think this is cool. i am offended when i see a kid vent his frustrations by insulting everybody just because he thinks the internet was invented for this sole purpose. i'm a firm believer that on the internet you should act just like in real life. if somebody in real life asks your name and occupation do you say hitler and fuhrer or do you say billy student? in real life people have more decency be it because they would be ashamed or afraid to act as jerks. but on the internet everybody thinks he can be cool and insult with no repercussions. well i'm fighting for those repercussions i want people warned and punished if they can't act decent.
if a guy comes and my door and tells me to f*ck off i'll smash his face, but on the internet it seems it's ok when in fact it's totally wrong.

it's not about living in a bubble wrap and overprotection it's about common decency. and if you don't have it i'm sure you won't understand.
i understand where your coming from, i just think your being way too sensitive.

So you want us all to behave and speak to each other in a civilised manner? As i already stated, this is a gaming site mindd games, insults and fustration are all part and parcel. Shall we do away with risk as somebody might be upset if they lose?

Well i for one do not want this site to be heavily monitored.Except when it comes to finding cheats.

You have an ignore option here to avoid the people you want to. Just like "real life".
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Postby DiM on Sat Dec 15, 2007 12:35 pm

billy07 wrote:
DiM wrote:
billy07 wrote:
DiM wrote:
Aesop Jones wrote:Calling Optimus Prime a noob? Wow.

And if anything, that profile bolsters my argument. "Occupation: WAR" is meant to be offensive? Are you daft? Maybe if he put Occupation: GENOCIDE or Occupation: ELIMINATING THE JEWISH THREAT.

You're offended by the name because you want to be. It's that simple. The fact that he changed his name to Hellsangel simply says to me that it wasn't worth the argument to him.

I'm pretty much against coddling a bunch of easily-offended worrywarts for the sake of not violating their precious sensibilities. If there are direct insults and epithets involved, it's one thing. But this is a damn screen name. Next thing you know we'll be banning acronyms because an acronym killed your dad.


god, mate you really like to post without reading do you?
always read before you post, always. and after you've finished writing double check your words before clicking submit.

please show me where i called op a noob. i dare you to show me. lift your right hand and with your index finger tap on the screen where i called op a noob.

second thing you posted without proper checking is the war thing. perhaps you missed the above 2 lines where he said location is berlin and occupation fuhrer. :roll:

you say if there are direct insults then it's ok. well, a person that goes by the nick of hitler claims he's the fuhrer isn't a direct insult to holocaust victims?
if i go by the name of VTkiller, is that offensive towards the vt massacre victims or is will you simply think like billy07 does:
billy07 wrote:This is a gaming site about world domination. Being provocative belongs here!


then perhaps we should all get provocative names.
like, i don'nt know, how about "baby rapist" "nazirocks" "gypsies_suck" "killjews" "i.love.osama" or why not "fuck_you_and_die_666"

i mean they're all pretty provocative and suitable for "a gaming site about world domination" they "belong here!".

remember this is a GAMING site. we come here to RELAX and PLAY a world domination GAME we don't need to insult and offend eachother to ENJOY the GAME.


Does the name hitler make you anxious and unable to relax? Your the type of person that would have us all living in a bubble wrap. Just chill mate.

I think i played "killjews" yesterday, not too bad a player but he just focused on the middle east for some reason.


again i come with the same request as before. read before you post. is it really that hard? is it really such a tremendous task to spend 5 minutes of your life and read what i say in a thread? if it is then please don't bother posting as it is useless to say the least.
i never said i'm offended by hitler or any other nick name you can imagine , i don't care about pornographic or violent avatars either and none of them offends me at all. but i am offended by the stupidity of the people that think this is cool. i am offended when i see a kid vent his frustrations by insulting everybody just because he thinks the internet was invented for this sole purpose. i'm a firm believer that on the internet you should act just like in real life. if somebody in real life asks your name and occupation do you say hitler and fuhrer or do you say billy student? in real life people have more decency be it because they would be ashamed or afraid to act as jerks. but on the internet everybody thinks he can be cool and insult with no repercussions. well i'm fighting for those repercussions i want people warned and punished if they can't act decent.
if a guy comes and my door and tells me to f*ck off i'll smash his face, but on the internet it seems it's ok when in fact it's totally wrong.

it's not about living in a bubble wrap and overprotection it's about common decency. and if you don't have it i'm sure you won't understand.
i understand where your coming from, i just think your being way too sensitive.

So you want us all to behave and speak to each other in a civilised manner? As i already stated, this is a gaming site mindd games, insults and fustration are all part and parcel. Shall we do away with risk as somebody might be upset if they lose?

Well i for one do not want this site to be heavily monitored.Except when it comes to finding cheats.

You have an ignore option here to avoid the people you want to. Just like "real life".


i play a lot of risk in real life. i have played over 10 years of cardboard risk before i discovered CC and i know how frustrations goes in real life i have cursed and slammed my fist on the table and stuff like that but i never told somebody to f*ck off or start calling them names and stuff like that. yeah we made fun of eachother's bad luck but it was all fun nothing was intended as an insult.
people around here have gone as far as sending deth threats via pm saying they'll find out the address and come kill the family rape the mother and stuff like that. that's no longer just bad luck frustration that's mental derangement.

as for the ignore function sorry but it's pretty much useless. if my screen name were "billysucks" (no offense mate) you could place me on ignore and you'd still see my posts and my nick.
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Postby Aesop Jones on Sat Dec 15, 2007 12:50 pm

Okay, it's becoming apparent that you just get offended by things. This conversation's gotten a little shrill for my taste.

The point is that a screen name on the internet is the last thing worth getting up in arms about. It's not trying to tell you philosophies you don't want to hear. It's not a lunatic with a pamphlet. It's a screen name. And it's what you make of it that gives it power. I see a kid trying to roleplay and project as a villain. You see a senseless horror of the human condition. I would argue that if someone is offended by the screen name H I T L E R, it's because they're overthinking it.
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Postby DiM on Sat Dec 15, 2007 1:00 pm

Aesop Jones wrote:Okay, it's becoming apparent that you just get offended by things. This conversation's gotten a little shrill for my taste.

The point is that a screen name on the internet is the last thing worth getting up in arms about. It's not trying to tell you philosophies you don't want to hear. It's not a lunatic with a pamphlet. It's a screen name. And it's what you make of it that gives it power. I see a kid trying to roleplay and project as a villain. You see a senseless horror of the human condition. I would argue that if someone is offended by the screen name H I T L E R, it's because they're overthinking it.


of course i'm offended by things. who isn't? if i come and slap you and then curse you will you be offended or will you just smile?
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Postby THORNHEART on Sat Dec 15, 2007 2:16 pm

do we or do we not live in a country of free speech?

obviously from what ive seen on cc we dont... :!:
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Postby mibi on Sat Dec 15, 2007 7:32 pm

Many people are afraid of having such standards of decency because it makes them accountable for their actions. This forum has standards, no porn no racist behavior etc... it makes it a better place to be and play. Are user names exempt from the decency standards of the rest of the site? I should hope not.

And anyone who thinks that the word Hitler exists in vacuum is being ridiculous. Maybe his name is Andrew Hitler, even so, a user name of Hitler is still offensive. If my cousin Joe Kill Niggers decided to play conquer club I would suggest he not use his middle and last name.

What is and what is not offensive is not clear cut, but it is a reality. If Osamabinladen had register for CC back in late 2001, you can bet that some of the very people in this thread claiming PC is out of control would have some serious objections. The offensive implications of the word, idea, or person named Hitler are still very entrenched in our society. Fucking deal with it and stop whining about your god given right to disparage six million jews.

Maybe in another fifty years Hitler will be as acceptable as Ghengis Kahn.

In the meantime, I suggest players user their better judgment when selecting a username and not defer to some misplace sense of freedom of speech on this canadian based private website.
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Postby Evil Semp on Sun Dec 16, 2007 8:21 pm

The name Hitler is not offensive. The actions of Adolf Hitler were offensive.

How do you decide which user name is offensive? Again I will ask. What about the name General Franco, J Stalin or Stalins Elite? Those names are
associated with atrocities. Should they be banned also?

Dim you said you weren't offended by the name Hitler but it appears to me that you went looking to get offended. I mean if it didn't offend you why complain. You sound like the customer in a store who says to the manager "I don't mean to complain but"
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Postby DiM on Sun Dec 16, 2007 8:23 pm

Evil Semp wrote:The name Hitler is not offensive. The actions of Adolf Hitler were offensive.

How do you decide which user name is offensive? Again I will ask. What about the name General Franco, J Stalin or Stalins Elite? Those names are
associated with atrocities. Should they be banned also?

Dim you said you weren't offended by the name Hitler but it appears to me that you went looking to get offended. I mean if it didn't offend you why complain. You sound like the customer in a store who says to the manager "I don't mean to complain but"



it's 3:22 am i'm too tired to repeat what i've been saying so far so my only advice is to go read each and every post i wrote. then come and edit your post... ok? :wink:
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Postby Evil Semp on Sun Dec 16, 2007 8:58 pm

Edit my post? Why would I do that?

You say you were not offended, but then you say 'i don't want a kid to spoil my day because he thinks it's cool to be called hitler." I don't get it. If you weren't offended how did it spoil your day?

I didn't ask you to repeat anything. I just asked some questions. How do you decide which user name is offensive? Are the names General Franco or Stalin offensive names?
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Postby mibi on Sun Dec 16, 2007 10:19 pm

Evil Semp wrote:The name Hitler is not offensive. The actions of Adolf Hitler were offensive.

How do you decide which user name is offensive? Again I will ask. What about the name General Franco, J Stalin or Stalins Elite? Those names are
associated with atrocities. Should they be banned also?

Dim you said you weren't offended by the name Hitler but it appears to me that you went looking to get offended. I mean if it didn't offend you why complain. You sound like the customer in a store who says to the manager "I don't mean to complain but"


I have refuted you in the post above yours.
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Postby owenshooter on Mon Dec 17, 2007 3:00 am

mibi wrote:Joe Kill Niggers [/i]


you are an ass.-0
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Postby mibi on Mon Dec 17, 2007 10:56 am

owenshooter wrote:
mibi wrote:Joe Kill Niggers [/i]


you are an ass.-0


You just proved my point.
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Postby Rocketry on Mon Dec 17, 2007 11:55 am

DiM wrote:
billy07 wrote:
DiM wrote:
billy07 wrote:
DiM wrote:
Aesop Jones wrote:Calling Optimus Prime a noob? Wow.

And if anything, that profile bolsters my argument. "Occupation: WAR" is meant to be offensive? Are you daft? Maybe if he put Occupation: GENOCIDE or Occupation: ELIMINATING THE JEWISH THREAT.

You're offended by the name because you want to be. It's that simple. The fact that he changed his name to Hellsangel simply says to me that it wasn't worth the argument to him.

I'm pretty much against coddling a bunch of easily-offended worrywarts for the sake of not violating their precious sensibilities. If there are direct insults and epithets involved, it's one thing. But this is a damn screen name. Next thing you know we'll be banning acronyms because an acronym killed your dad.


god, mate you really like to post without reading do you?
always read before you post, always. and after you've finished writing double check your words before clicking submit.

please show me where i called op a noob. i dare you to show me. lift your right hand and with your index finger tap on the screen where i called op a noob.

second thing you posted without proper checking is the war thing. perhaps you missed the above 2 lines where he said location is berlin and occupation fuhrer. :roll:

you say if there are direct insults then it's ok. well, a person that goes by the nick of hitler claims he's the fuhrer isn't a direct insult to holocaust victims?
if i go by the name of VTkiller, is that offensive towards the vt massacre victims or is will you simply think like billy07 does:
billy07 wrote:This is a gaming site about world domination. Being provocative belongs here!


then perhaps we should all get provocative names.
like, i don'nt know, how about "baby rapist" "nazirocks" "gypsies_suck" "killjews" "i.love.osama" or why not "fuck_you_and_die_666"

i mean they're all pretty provocative and suitable for "a gaming site about world domination" they "belong here!".

remember this is a GAMING site. we come here to RELAX and PLAY a world domination GAME we don't need to insult and offend eachother to ENJOY the GAME.


Does the name hitler make you anxious and unable to relax? Your the type of person that would have us all living in a bubble wrap. Just chill mate.

I think i played "killjews" yesterday, not too bad a player but he just focused on the middle east for some reason.


again i come with the same request as before. read before you post. is it really that hard? is it really such a tremendous task to spend 5 minutes of your life and read what i say in a thread? if it is then please don't bother posting as it is useless to say the least.
i never said i'm offended by hitler or any other nick name you can imagine , i don't care about pornographic or violent avatars either and none of them offends me at all. but i am offended by the stupidity of the people that think this is cool. i am offended when i see a kid vent his frustrations by insulting everybody just because he thinks the internet was invented for this sole purpose. i'm a firm believer that on the internet you should act just like in real life. if somebody in real life asks your name and occupation do you say hitler and fuhrer or do you say billy student? in real life people have more decency be it because they would be ashamed or afraid to act as jerks. but on the internet everybody thinks he can be cool and insult with no repercussions. well i'm fighting for those repercussions i want people warned and punished if they can't act decent.
if a guy comes and my door and tells me to f*ck off i'll smash his face, but on the internet it seems it's ok when in fact it's totally wrong.

it's not about living in a bubble wrap and overprotection it's about common decency. and if you don't have it i'm sure you won't understand.
i understand where your coming from, i just think your being way too sensitive.

So you want us all to behave and speak to each other in a civilised manner? As i already stated, this is a gaming site mindd games, insults and fustration are all part and parcel. Shall we do away with risk as somebody might be upset if they lose?

Well i for one do not want this site to be heavily monitored.Except when it comes to finding cheats.

You have an ignore option here to avoid the people you want to. Just like "real life".


i play a lot of risk in real life. i have played over 10 years of cardboard risk before i discovered CC and i know how frustrations goes in real life i have cursed and slammed my fist on the table and stuff like that but i never told somebody to f*ck off or start calling them names and stuff like that. yeah we made fun of eachother's bad luck but it was all fun nothing was intended as an insult.
people around here have gone as far as sending deth threats via pm saying they'll find out the address and come kill the family rape the mother and stuff like that. that's no longer just bad luck frustration that's mental derangement.

as for the ignore function sorry but it's pretty much useless. if my screen name were "billysucks" (no offense mate) you could place me on ignore and you'd still see my posts and my nick.


Sorry just had to quote that, i like its length....

Optimus Prime wrote:How do you know the guy's name wasn't actually something like: Andrew Hitler?


are there actually people around with Hitler as a surname these days?

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Postby firth4eva on Mon Dec 17, 2007 11:56 am

I think we have a candidate for most stupid person of the year.
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Postby Rocketry on Mon Dec 17, 2007 11:56 am

firth4eva wrote:I think we have a candidate for most stupid person of the year.

lol

I would be so embarrased if it was me.

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Postby David_Wain on Mon Dec 17, 2007 12:15 pm

This incessive quoting has got to stop seriously it's getting beyond a joke I feel myself not even bothering to read the post because it takes 5 minutes to scroll down past the quote. Can you not just write in response to Rocketry - dhddbdebsb etc Please for the love of all that is good & pure... Thank you.
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Postby owenshooter on Mon Dec 17, 2007 1:06 pm

David_Wain wrote:This incessive quoting has got to stop seriously it's getting beyond a joke I feel myself not even bothering to read the post because it takes 5 minutes to scroll down past the quote. Can you not just write in response to Rocketry - dhddbdebsb etc Please for the love of all that is good & pure... Thank you.


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