tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post4751902087722920184..comments2024-03-28T00:41:13.514-07:00Comments on B/X BLACKRAZOR: Are Germans Really That Scary?JBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03263662621289630246noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-50384409624190335162011-03-14T14:22:36.435-07:002011-03-14T14:22:36.435-07:00Yes, yes they are.....
Even the Romans feared the...Yes, yes they are.....<br /><br />Even the Romans feared the Hun!BigKahunnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13252339826805369289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-13356149063272818472010-07-04T14:53:32.140-07:002010-07-04T14:53:32.140-07:00@shlominus: Actually, I'm pretty sure that the...@shlominus: Actually, I'm pretty sure that the Japanese were pretty close to the Nazis on the "evil" scale at the time, and before (their history of raping their way across mainland Asia probably contributed to that).<br /><br />As for the Germans being the big baddies, I think it's a combination of the fact that their genocide was done specifically as genocide (we hate XXX), rather than a lot of the Russians' "We're killing our own political enemies." Furthermore, Germany's a little country in the middle of Europe, and twice in fifty years managed to fight the entire world to a standstill. That's scary as crap.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-86025813292114741602010-07-03T10:17:43.495-07:002010-07-03T10:17:43.495-07:00i think kelvingreen has got it spot on. there are ...i think kelvingreen has got it spot on. there are people still alive who suffered at the hands of the nazis. there is no historical distance at all. that coupled with the rise of mass-media makes up most of their "bogey-man"-image today, i believe. everyone has seen pictures from concentration camps.<br /><br />in a few centuries they will most likely be just one of many "evil" regimes.<br /><br />nazis = evil? obviously, it's tough to think of anything worse. russia under stalin might come close (they killed about the same number of people), but at least they didn't "justify" their killings with racism.<br /><br />germans = evil? equally obviously not. nationalism and antisemitism were the norm in europe at the time. add depression, a lost war and a charismatic leader e voilà... nazism (a bit simplyfied of course). could have happened everywhere (at least in europe) i guess. japan had a similar ideology, if i am not mistaken. japan = evil? i guess not.<br /><br />a lot has been published about "the average german" in nazi germany. they were just that... average. normal people (at least the vast majority). a frightening though indeed. <br /><br />the fact that the inner circle of the nazis had some weird occult shit going on makes it easy to link them to deamons in a fantasy game, adding even more to the evil-factor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-87755795876888911402010-07-02T20:48:36.632-07:002010-07-02T20:48:36.632-07:00@ Anarchist: true, or Polish anyway.@ Anarchist: true, or Polish anyway.JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08532311924539491087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-37213592961829853952010-07-02T20:34:38.620-07:002010-07-02T20:34:38.620-07:00"those murdered (for the most part) were Germ..."those murdered (for the most part) were German citizens..."<br /><br />I think more of them would have been Soviet citizens. See for example http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_casualtiesanarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05546197561922726279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-16878365049152625102010-07-02T14:12:33.216-07:002010-07-02T14:12:33.216-07:00It's not JUST the Nazi thing. Read some turn ...It's not JUST the Nazi thing. Read some turn of the century British fiction (Bulldog Drummond, 39 Steps, that sort of thing)... esp. if you like steampunk... there were a lot of people who saw Germany and the Kaiser = The End Of Civilization from about 1880 onward. They were the rising power and since they threatened Britain, France, Italy, Poland, Russia, etc. I think it seeped into the Euro-American imagination. But of course WWI & II certainly did nothing to put to rest any of those fears!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-70356424291743517182010-07-01T20:59:06.267-07:002010-07-01T20:59:06.267-07:00Really? I'm not a fan of Brazil (sorry Marcelo...Really? I'm not a fan of Brazil (sorry Marcelo!) but this year's team doesn't look nearly as strong as those of the last couple tourneys. And Spain looked like they were playing with a "bit of fire" the last couple games I watched (though I may have been half asleep). We'll see how it goes.JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08532311924539491087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-7440847918041106772010-07-01T13:12:18.830-07:002010-07-01T13:12:18.830-07:00I think it's because the Nazis happened so rec...I think it's because the Nazis happened so recently, just as mass media, mass communications and so on hit off, so they've become part of the pop culture in a way that the colonial powers did not, due to the distance of history.<br /><br />I'm not sure how the Cup is going to go from here. Brazil will probably get it, but Spain are the better team, they're just underperforming. But then Uruguay look like they could have some surprises up their sleeves.thekelvingreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928260185408072124noreply@blogger.com