Show yourself!

[Wolf, the Joker]

I'm not sure if there was one or not but I think we need one. Now then shows us what you really look like in life. I will put mine up later.

[The Helper]

There was.. but yea...

>_> It's sorta lost now.

Anyways... REVEALING MY TRUE FORM:

(Will edit with better picture later, when I can find a decent one to scan..)

[Wolf, the Joker]

I been meaning to ask you, what is up with the Nazi theme thing?

[The Helper]

I can think of several things:

1. I listen to a lot of Rammstein (German Rock) and seemed to have gained an affinity with it.

2. Due to you-know-who's ideals.. I've been saving a lot of pictures that are rather nazi related, in case he needs an extra picture.

3. Obviously, I'm a secret nazi in disguise.

..If you're not refering to myself, then.. look at answer #2. That's the primary reason why.. and I've somewhat oriented myself around it. But, we can talk about that more in PM's.

Anyways, here's a 1-year-old pics of me..



Cheers.

[Mayon]

Nazi = Offensive >>

I think stuff like this can be offensive to many. After all the Nazis did, you just go ahead and call yourself one. -_-

[Xia Tianku]

Yeah Hitler was a bigot, but what the majority of people DON'T realize is the incredible amount of good he did for Germany in the years before the war. And most people tend to ignore the fact that he was mentally unstable, but that aside, he did some good things.

As I'm sure some of you don't know, Germany experienced a economic depression following the Treaty of Versailles and the end of The Great War. As a basis for comparison, think about The Great Depression the U.S. faced; now multiply that by a thousand and that's what the people of Germany were thrown into abruptly. They were nearly thrown back to the Middle Ages, that's how bad that was.

And to make matters worse, their pride as a people was obliterated, because Germany was an extremely young nation at that point. It had only been 40 or so years before WW I that the country we know today as Germany (or Deutschland) was formed. Before that it was nothing but a bunch of small Duchies, Counties, Baronies and a few large kingdoms (Bavaria, Saxony, and Prussia). They had been continually invaded and trounced upon by the French, English, Dutch, Austrians and Hungarians.

When Hitler beat Weimar (I think that was his opponent's name) in the race for Chancellor, he enacted a great deal of social and economical reforms. In the span of about a decade, he had COMPLETELY reversed the state of Germany, and in some ways made it better. The homeless now had jobs and residences, and were productive members of society.

He was a tremendous pillar of pride for the disparaged Germans. But Hitler's rise to power was opposed. The original meaning of the NAZI party was something along the lines of a Nationalist party. He needed a few scapegoats to keep the people appeased. First, he used the Bolshevik Communists (he had also planned to exterminate the Slavs before the Jews), then he used the S.A., better known as the Brown Shirts. He accused them of all being Communist sympathizers, and had all 2 million of them executed in an event that would later take the infamous name of The Night of the Long Knives, in German: Die Nacht die Laengen Messer. Then came the Holocaust, which was quite later in Hitler's life time, and when he was nearing the peak of his insanity.

But Hitler pales in comparison to Stalin in terms of butchery.

It is my personal opinion that Hitler was trying to succeed where Charlemagne failed, and that is to recreate and MAINTAIN a new Holy Roman Empire. But since he's dead, and we can't ask him, we'll probably never know.

[The Helper]

Agreed. The above is true.

Also, a few fun-facts, while I was doing research on the guy:
-Hitler was an animal lover.
-Hitler was a vegetarian (in fact, whenever people would come over, he would show them pictures of what eating animals did to you, and tried to disgust people into never eating animals again, which also goes hand-in-hand with his animal loving. Also had a secret farm in which he had received all his vegetables from).
-Adding to why Hitler was unstable was the fact that he did speed among many other drugs.
-Swatsika was originally just a good luck charm. It is looked down upon, for reasonable reasons however, since the Nazi's DID adopt it.. but it was originally some ancient Indian thing.
-If anyone paid attention in History Class, the British fought the Germans in ways less honorable, and forced the Germans to fight even more unhonorably then them, via unrestricted submarine warefare, making the Germans look like the bad-guys, whereas British propaganda would always fail to mention that whenever a 'merchant ship' was stopped by a German submarine, it would be secretly mounted with guns, that would be used to fire upon the German sub, and thereby killing the guy standing up, and perhaps even the sub itself, if it was strong enough.
-Versaille. NEED I SAY ANYTHING MORE!? The dumbasses of France, Britain, and Italy from the big four all but ENSURED Hitler's rise to power, as Xia Tianku mentioned, by not listening to President Wilson's rather peaceful 14th points.. (a reason for disgust at Human pride).
-Hitler was a nonsmoker and made sure then none of his close personal friends (such as officers) never smoked. When everyone heard that Hitler killed himself, it is rumored that all his friends lit up a cigarette.
-Bringing up Hitler's addictions again, he was very reliant on his personal 'doctor' who made him his drugs (whose name I cannot recall, and am too lazy to look up right now.
-Ever hear of the Rape of Nanking? In China, when Japan invaded, there was this peninsula of Nanking that especially was brutally invaded. I don't know how accurate this last one is, but.. from what I understand... the Japanese would line up the Chinese people, having complete disgust for those who surrender. Then, officers would take out their samurai swords, say to each other something like, "Ooh.. this is a 3-heard sword" or, "Ah, this is a five-head sword', these swords, being real, but mostly for a notice of officer rank. So.. with the Chinese lined up, the Japanese would TEST these swords on them, and anyone running away from the 'test' lines would of course be shot. So, 3-5 heads would basically fall from every swing, and every guy that would run would get shot. The bloodbath of such excessive slaughter became so amazing that the NAZIS IN CHINA set up embassies, and had the Chinese people run there for their own safety.

Having said all that, however, it does not excuse Hitler's actions, and his genocide of an entire people to a very small population.. but as a bit of a Germanic sympathizer (Yea, I'm brown guy, yet even I sympathize with the Germans)... there are always two sides to everything.

[The Voicer]

All three of you, SPAM! Stay on topic. I only asked because I was wondering. Helper answered and that is be the end of it. NOW GET BACK ON TOPIC!

Included message from The Sword - Who cares? This is the General Section. Off-Topic only matters if we care that much about the topic.

[Xia Tianku]

Hey Voicer, you are a dick. Have a nice day.


Pic is me. On a good day no less.

[The Sword]

Haha, 300. Whoever doesn't know needs to research some Leonidas.

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[Xavier]

Well since Voicer is so obsessed with keeping this thread on-topic I'll lend a hand.



I was in the middle of my super hero pose...they took the picture too soon...

Edit: Oh yea that pic's about a year old...I don't look much different though, just longer hair

[Mayon]

*Post taken away by myself and sent as a PM because Raiden si sooooo right*

Also, i am going to look for a pic of myself >>

[Raiden Matsutani]

Hey! Hey! Stop! We're off the subject of Nazis! If anyone is offended take this to the PMs please! Don't bring up old news. *no offense*

[The Vigilant One]

Yeah, we need to stay on topic. Pictures. Very important business. Much more important than an EXTREMELY controversial and historical political group from the WWII era. I don't want anyone else to EVER think that Nazis are more important than pictures EVER AGAIN, you HEAR ME?!


Now that my scathing sarcasm is over, but my casual wonderment of "Who hires some of these guys?" has only begun, I'll, ironically enough, considering my last rampage, keep us on topic.



Me, from last Summer, hanging out with a Stormtrooper at Disney World. I probably saw The Sword while I was there, he was there at the same time.



Me jamming on the In The Groove machine on my birthday in my sweet-ass Santa Hat.

And now, since I recently got a digital camera and feel like getting wild and wacky with it...



This, ladies and gentlemen, is the after-effects of working ten straight hours on the sales floor at Target, during the Christmas season. Note the tired eyes, the haggard look, and the loss of shirt.


Oh, and for some of your more veteran members of AA who may be wondering, yes, indeed, I'm Xeryth. Sorry if I've been inactive (on this account AND that one) recently. Busy busy busy.

[The Sword]

I dunno, I might have seen you there. I saw over all of the crowds, but seeing ahead of the lines didn't get me ahead any faster. I have a picture of me at NASA from that same trip, but no scanner. I really don't have any other pictures of me... If I can get one onto my computer, I'll think of putting it up here.

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