Pitch on 17/5/2006 at 18:05
Quote Posted by Strontium Dog
Like I say, anything trying to paint (ololol) Hitler in a positive light is going to be of a dubious nature because most people have acknowledged that he was one of the foulest people to ever walk this earth.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reductio_ad_hitlerum) Reductio ad hitlerum??:bored:
SD on 17/5/2006 at 19:21
It would probably help matters if you knew what Reductio ad hitlerum meant.
Nicker on 17/5/2006 at 19:59
Quote Posted by Fragony
The paintings themselves are history just because he was a very naughty boy.
First prize for understatement goes to Fragony for the above. Bill Clinton was a very naughty boy. Hitler was the personification of totally evil fucks.
First prize for overstatement goes to Lazarus411 for applying the term "great art" to Hitler's strictly mediocre work.
Honorable Mention to Scotts for turning a thread about an Evil Fuck's Mediocre Art into a personal attack on Stronts.
Excellent effort all around folks. The winners may pick up their tiaras and sashes from the bar.
TJKeranen on 17/5/2006 at 21:21
I knew about Hitler's appreciation of traditional arts, but I didn't know that he knew how to draw/paint himself. Some of those are quite nice, I think.
He was a bad boy, yeah, but that doesn't automatically make everything he ever did worthless. I think it would be nice to have a painting by him just to remind me about how life isn't binary.
demagogue on 17/5/2006 at 22:35
"Whose side are you on, son?"
Your post reminds me of this scene from Full Metal Jacket:
Quote:
COLONEL
Marine, what is that button on your body armor?
JOKER
A peace symbol, sir.
COLONEL
Where'd you get it?
JOKER
I don't remember, sir.
COLONEL
What is that you've got written on your helmet?
JOKER
"Born to Kill," sir.
COLONEL
You write "Born to Kill" on your helmet and you wear a peace button. What's that supposed to be, some kind of sick joke?!
JOKER
No, sir.
COLONEL
You'd better get your head and your ass wired together, or I will take a giant shit on you!
JOKER
Yes, sir.
COLONEL
Now answer my question or you'll be standing tall before the man.
JOKER
I think I was trying to suggest something about the duality of man, sir.
COLONEL
The what?
JOKER
The duality of man. The Jungian thing, sir.
COLONEL (pausing for a few beats)
Whose side are you on, son?
JOKER
Our side, sir.
COLONEL
Don't you love your country?
JOKER
Yes, sir.
COLONEL
Then how about getting with the program? Why don't you jump on the team and come on in for the big win?
JOKER
Yes, sir!
COLONEL
Son, all I've ever asked of my marines is that they obey my orders as they would the word of God. We are here to help the Vietnamese, because inside every gook there is an American trying to get out. It's a hardball world, son. We've gotta keep our heads until this peace craze blows over.
JOKER
Aye-aye, sir.
Stitch on 17/5/2006 at 22:55
Quote Posted by Nicker
First prize for understatement goes to Fragony for the above. Bill Clinton was a very naughty boy. Hitler was the personification of totally evil fucks.
First prize for overstatement goes to Lazarus411 for applying the term "great art" to Hitler's strictly mediocre work.
Honorable Mention to Scotts for turning a thread about an Evil Fuck's Mediocre Art into a personal attack on Stronts.
Bonus prize goes to Nicker for joining Strontz's kneejerk brigade. How dare anyone examine Hitler as anything other than a cartoonish villain, after all?
TF on 17/5/2006 at 22:58
hitler more like shitler
SD on 18/5/2006 at 00:28
Quote Posted by Stitch
Bonus prize goes to Nicker for joining Strontz's kneejerk brigade. How dare anyone examine Hitler as anything other than a cartoonish villain, after all?
There's no jerking knee, and I see Scots' point, even if I don't agree with it.
But we've seen this sort of thing before. It's the first step on the rehabilitation of Hitler as a figure in history. First it's "ooh, he was an evil bastard, but didn't he do nice paintings"? Next it'll be "That Hitler was a bad un', but I bet he'd do a better job with the immigrants than this lot." Before you know it, Hitler was "misguided", the Holocaust didn't happen, and my goodness me, didn't he have good taste in footwear?
So yeah, you could say I'm over-reacting, but anything which puts Hitler in anything other than a bad light is veering into dangerous territory. I guess I am living in a country where neo-Naziism is on the rise, which is likely to make me a tad more sensitive to these matters than your Aryan ass, but I don't think it's a coincidence that a majority of the pages that Laz found Hitler's art on were far-right websites.
BEAR on 18/5/2006 at 00:45
Quote Posted by Strontium Dog
What next? Genghis Khan was a great cook?
Whats wrong with Genghis Khan?
Paz on 18/5/2006 at 00:49
more like Genghis Khan't
