• CerealKiller01@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    Let’s flip the question around.

    Would you be against a video game glorifying the Nazi invasion to Poland if it didn’t show Nazis killing civilians?

    How about a game glorifying the IDF as it fights against Hama’s terrorists in Gaza?

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      5 days ago

      You’re making a false equivalence, but regardless, I am fine with any of that, even though I hate Nazis and the IDF, because it’s a video game. It’s virtual.

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      6 days ago

      Would you be against a video game glorifying the Nazi invasion to Poland if it didn’t show Nazis killing civilians?

      Nazi invasion of Poland - you mean like Israeli invasion and occupation of Palestine?

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          6 days ago

          No. You have given an opposite example. If you want to use historic comparisons it is Israel which proudly follows Third Reich, starting with racist laws and ending with genocide.

          • CerealKiller01@lemmy.world
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            6 days ago

            No. You have given an opposite example.

            I said “Would you be against […] a game glorifying the IDF as it fights against Hamas terrorists in Gaza?” (and I would link to that if I could figure out how to do that…).

            The main part of your message is just you saying “Israel are Nazis!!!”, which is besides the point.

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      6 days ago

      If the Nazis had legitimate grievances against the Polish? Maybe. Your premise is flawed in that it assumes everything a Palestinian resistance fighter does is terrorism that can’t ve glorified. Let me flip your question around: Woud you object to an Irish-made game that allows you to play as the IRA and car bomb the British?

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        6 days ago

        If the Nazis had legitimate grievances against the Polish? Maybe.

        Who decides what’s “legitimate”?

        Parts of Poland belonged to the second Reich, but were taken away by force in the aftermath of WWI. From the Nazi perspective, they had every right to claim them back.

        Edit: Wait, what just happened? Did you actually say saying you’d be okay with a game glorifying the Nazi invasion to Poland if they “had legitimate grievances against the Polish”? WTF?

        Your premise is flawed in that it assumes everything a Palestinian resistance fighter does is terrorism that can’t ve glorified.

        My premise assumes that every Hamas fighter that crossed into Israel on Oct. 7th is a terrorist. The “resistance fighters” that attacked military bases are the same people who raped party goers, burned to death civilians in their homes and kidnapped men, women, children and the elderly to be used as a bargaining chip and human shields.

        Would I be for a ban of Fatah fighters attacking IDF bases? Maybe, maybe not. I probably wouldn’t argue over it with strangers on the internet, for what that’s worth.

        Would you object to an Irish-made game that allows you to play as the IRA and car bomb the British?

        Depends. is it called “Knights of the IRA” or glorify the IRA in any way? Then I would support the ban. Because the they were a terrorist movement that targeted civilians. Why would you even ask that? Are you seriously okay with glorifying terrorists if you happen to agree with their goals?