The "Nazi" issue
Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 10:31 amHonestly, when I shot off my comment about the nazi uniform thing I little expected to have such massive repercussions. First of all, let me present you with my exact words, quoted from my post:
"There will be no discussion about the Japanese manga/doll cultural fascination with Nazi uniforms - while I run this forum with a light hand I have topics that I do not care to have discussed - that will be one of them. If you don't like it - feel free to take it up with me in a PM - you won't win."
Please note that I'm pretty specific there - I do not say that there can be no discussions of anything WWII era etc... I said the Japanese manga/doll cultural fascination. Why did I say this? Because by this point in time it was already quite obvious that Roxy likes a good argument (or even a bad one). The entire issue of Nazis is a hell of a sensitive one - some people don't really have much of a reaction to it because it never touched their families in any way, other people have a much more direct connection to the era, to the war and to one or the other sides of the fighting. For them anything that looks or sounds nazish is offensive and will cause harsh emotions. In other words, it is a controversial topic and pretty much guaranteed to bring out strong emotions eventually. Even though at the time I didn't know it was a fixation of hers, I was concerned that she would run with it for arguement's sake so I hoped to stop it there. Please note, I invited anyone who wished to contact me privately to discuss the matter - only Roxy did.
My family comes from Germany - my parent's emigrated here making me first generation American. Both sides of my family were extremely affected by WWII. For me it can become an emotional issue and I flat out told Roxy more than once, that a large part of why i didn't want the topic becoming an open discussion is that I felt it would get out of hand and that I, myself, was likely to go off on it. I don't think that I was being unreasonable, and I still feel that way.
So what is the policy on the topic of Nazis? As I said in my original post, let's not start a discussion on the Japanese manga/doll/cultural fascination with nazi uniforms. If they need to come up for some reason in a discussion then just be mature about it, ok? Exercise tact and realize that it is a sensative subject. And above all remember - this is a forum for dolls, not a place to push personal ideologies or get into heavy philosophical debates about political/historical/religious issues.
Please feel free to PM me if you want to personally discuss anything I have said. I promise that I won't swear at you
"There will be no discussion about the Japanese manga/doll cultural fascination with Nazi uniforms - while I run this forum with a light hand I have topics that I do not care to have discussed - that will be one of them. If you don't like it - feel free to take it up with me in a PM - you won't win."
Please note that I'm pretty specific there - I do not say that there can be no discussions of anything WWII era etc... I said the Japanese manga/doll cultural fascination. Why did I say this? Because by this point in time it was already quite obvious that Roxy likes a good argument (or even a bad one). The entire issue of Nazis is a hell of a sensitive one - some people don't really have much of a reaction to it because it never touched their families in any way, other people have a much more direct connection to the era, to the war and to one or the other sides of the fighting. For them anything that looks or sounds nazish is offensive and will cause harsh emotions. In other words, it is a controversial topic and pretty much guaranteed to bring out strong emotions eventually. Even though at the time I didn't know it was a fixation of hers, I was concerned that she would run with it for arguement's sake so I hoped to stop it there. Please note, I invited anyone who wished to contact me privately to discuss the matter - only Roxy did.
My family comes from Germany - my parent's emigrated here making me first generation American. Both sides of my family were extremely affected by WWII. For me it can become an emotional issue and I flat out told Roxy more than once, that a large part of why i didn't want the topic becoming an open discussion is that I felt it would get out of hand and that I, myself, was likely to go off on it. I don't think that I was being unreasonable, and I still feel that way.
So what is the policy on the topic of Nazis? As I said in my original post, let's not start a discussion on the Japanese manga/doll/cultural fascination with nazi uniforms. If they need to come up for some reason in a discussion then just be mature about it, ok? Exercise tact and realize that it is a sensative subject. And above all remember - this is a forum for dolls, not a place to push personal ideologies or get into heavy philosophical debates about political/historical/religious issues.
Please feel free to PM me if you want to personally discuss anything I have said. I promise that I won't swear at you
