A CCCP shirt playing Napoleonics? If it was Twilight Struggle I could understand.
Łukasz: If I was playing a WW2 game and there were themed shirts, like a nazi flag shirt for the german player and a hammer and sickle red shirt for the russian player, or stars and stripes for the american player I would wear that. But I wouldn't want anyone to see me with the shirt out of context.
Łukasz: If I was playing a WW2 game and there were themed shirts, like a nazi flag shirt for the german player and a hammer and sickle red shirt for the russian player, or stars and stripes for the american player I would wear that. But I wouldn't want anyone to see me with the shirt out of context.
I wouldn't wear any of those in any context (with American stars and stripes being the only exception).
Łukasz: If I was playing a WW2 game and there were themed shirts, like a nazi flag shirt for the german player and a hammer and sickle red shirt for the russian player, or stars and stripes for the american player I would wear that. But I wouldn't want anyone to see me with the shirt out of context.
I wouldn't wear any of those in any context (with American stars and stripes being the only exception).
Say you are an actor, and you star in a WW2 movie as a Nazi SS officer brutally murdering innocent people. You would do it, because you are an actor, you are playing a role, it's not who you are yourself. You are in character. You wouldn't want to take the SS uniform home and start wearing it everyday on the street though.
If you play such a game you are playing a role as an actor, you are in character, it's not who you are really. That is why I would do it, but only in context. I wouldn't wear it willy-nilly, just with the game. The correct game though.
Swastika along with hammer and a sickle are both banned in Poland. Despite that, even if they hadn't been, I myself wouldn't wear anything with any of those symbols neither when pretending, acting nor playing the game.
Łukasz: If I was playing a WW2 game and there were themed shirts, like a nazi flag shirt for the german player and a hammer and sickle red shirt for the russian player, or stars and stripes for the american player I would wear that. But I wouldn't want anyone to see me with the shirt out of context.
I wouldn't wear any of those in any context (with American stars and stripes being the only exception).
Why you make this exception? We should not forget that there is also many, many blood on the stars and stripes flag, for good reasons and for bad reasons.
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Łukasz: If I was playing a WW2 game and there were themed shirts, like a nazi flag shirt for the german player and a hammer and sickle red shirt for the russian player, or stars and stripes for the american player I would wear that. But I wouldn't want anyone to see me with the shirt out of context.
I wouldn't wear any of those in any context (with American stars and stripes being the only exception).
Why you make this exception? We should not forget that there is also many, many blood on the stars and stripes flag, for good reasons and for bad reasons.
Poland's relationship with Nazi Germany and the USSR...
Well, I won't go into it, but you might want to check it out at the library later. Some stuff happened.
Łukasz: If I was playing a WW2 game and there were themed shirts, like a nazi flag shirt for the german player and a hammer and sickle red shirt for the russian player, or stars and stripes for the american player I would wear that. But I wouldn't want anyone to see me with the shirt out of context.
I wouldn't wear any of those in any context (with American stars and stripes being the only exception).
Why you make this exception? We should not forget that there is also many, many blood on the stars and stripes flag, for good reasons and for bad reasons.
Poland's relationship with Nazi Germany and the USSR...
Well, I won't go into it, but you might want to check it out at the library later. Some stuff happened.
Just because they are anti-nazi and anti-USSR doesn't say why they would be so much pro-US.
Someone should punch the guy wearing the hammer and sickle in the face.
I am the one wearing the hammer and sickle. The problem is not symbols, the problem is assholes like you that only know to solve things punching people.
Swastika along with hammer and a sickle are both banned in Poland. Despite that, even if they hadn't been, I myself wouldn't wear anything with any of those symbols neither when pretending, acting nor playing the game.
With all my respect Lukasz, but we were not in Poland, in our country hammer and sickle is not banned. Be sure if I ever visit Poland I would not bring this t-shirt, I am respectful with everybody and was not my intention to insult anybody, but I also demand the same respect.
I was going to wear a yellow and green Australian t-shirt that I bought in Perth recently but as it was a sunny day, I decided to wear a beige shorts so the yellow shirt does not fit well, this is why I finally decided to wear the red one.
Also, with all my respects to Poland's history, in my country, Spain, the ones repressed during 40 years were, among others, the communists.
Someone should punch the guy wearing the hammer and sickle in the face.
I am the one wearing the hammer and sickle. The problem is not symbols, the problem is assholes like you that only know to solve things punching people.
Had (actually, still have, although I don't wear it anymore) a Soviet hockey jersey from when I was in college. Had it for two reasons:
1. It was different; unique for where I grew up. It stood out. Different than the same old clothes everybody wore - definitely not from a chain clothing store. 2. It seemed anti-establishment and subversive. Which, when you are young, feels like a good thing to be.
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