Critical Miss: An Appeal

[Wolfram23]

...what?

Oh, Xbox... yeah I don't have one.

 

[TwistedEllipses]

Martin Niemöller's poem, not the most obvious source of comedy, but it works.

The version inscribed on the U.S. Holocaust memorial museum goes:

First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out -
because I was not a Socialist.

Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out -
because I was not a Trade Unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out -
because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me - and there was no one left to speak for me.

 

[Srkkl]

I found the comic tasteless. And while I know people are going to get on me for being butthurt about whatever they have decided to infer I'm butthurt about, I'm not offended. I still think it was tasteless.

Well I don't see how it would be tastefull. It's a digital image. Stop licking your screen.

OT: I loved this one, it's going on my wall in my room.

 

[Danish rage]

Nice comic.

If you got banned it was probably me reporting you´re ass.

They should implement Blops report system in every game forth. Take that little douches! KAPAW!

 

[Srkkl]

If you're gunna let people design their own emblems, then LET THEM DESIGN THEIR OWN EMBLEMS!

It's the Xbox Live people banning, not Treyarch, so I don't think they care if you use the emblem, However you don't get your online subscription from them. Altough I find it hilarious that I can have a donkey grabbing a guys pickle but I can't name a class 'Assault' due to profanity.

 

[hudsonzero]

oh i had to do this poem for my English gcse.
ot very good comic and where will it end

 

[Autofaux]

I found the comic tasteless. And while I know people are going to get on me for being butthurt about whatever they have decided to infer I'm butthurt about, I'm not offended. I still think it was tasteless.

You have been successfully trolled by some webcomic authors. Take a bow.

 

[ultimateownage]

Oh god, that poem is invading everywhere! I gave it in for history homework to find a Holocaust poem, then the teacher was going to read it out anyway, and now you mentioned it!

 

[Forgetitnow344]

Comparing XBL bans to the holocaust is absurd and tasteless.

Regarding the issue, you can't have offensive language in your gamertag without a ban. What the fuck did you think would happen? Idiots.

 

[spartan231490]

I'm soooooo glad they are banning emblems with swastikas and beastiality and ect. I shouldn't be forced to see that bs when I'm playing a game and having fun. Oh, and to those who are complaigning about it: if you want to play thier game you have to play by thier rules. go be a total flamewad elsewhere.

 

[Something Amyss]

I found the comic tasteless. And while I know people are going to get on me for being butthurt about whatever they have decided to infer I'm butthurt about, I'm not offended. I still think it was tasteless.

You have been successfully trolled by some webcomic authors. Take a bow.

Ummm...no I haven't.

Unless A. The definition of trolling has been greatly laxened and B. the author basically decided that being not funny was worth "trolling" me specifically, then no.

Although you've just unlocked the "apologist" achievement.

 

[Danny Ocean]

The first thing I thought when I read

An Appeal.

Was

A personal appeal from wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales

Oh god the researching! I can't stop!

 

[The Wykydtron]

Nice, that poem was on a wall outside my history class in my old school, probably my favourite issue of CM so far.

 

[spartan231490]

I found the comic tasteless. And while I know people are going to get on me for being butthurt about whatever they have decided to infer I'm butthurt about, I'm not offended. I still think it was tasteless.

You have been successfully trolled by some webcomic authors. Take a bow.

Ummm...no I haven't.

Unless A. The definition of trolling has been greatly laxened and B. the author basically decided that being not funny was worth "trolling" me specifically, then no.

Although you've just unlocked the "apologist" achievement.

The people whining about the emblems are rediculous, this webcomic is the absolute perfect response. It's great, because it points out how rediculous it is to whine about the perfectly legitimate bans being given out by xbox live and treyarc.
If you want to play thier game you have to play by thier rules.

 

[adderseal]

Hey, I remember that poem from my English GCSE! It's about oppression in an African country, but I can't remember which one.

 

[IAmTheVoid]

... Wow. I didn't think some people are so humourless. Just... wow.

Good comic, CM. It's a shame some people aren't getting the actual point. Seriously, people thought the comic was deadly serious when it called Xbox Live "JACKBOOTED FASCISTS"?!

 

[Brad Shepard]

Being banned from CoD: BO should be considered an divine intervention. Go 'waste' your gaming time on some better titles, seriously.

You bring up a good point (And this is a Reach Idiot here) But yea, this is kinda a tasteless comic guys, comeon, your better then this.

 

[adderseal]

Sounds similar to the Poem 'Not my Business'.

THAT'S the one I was thinking of. I'm not sure where all these Roman references are coming from, because the text on the comic is based 100% on Not My Business. If I was certain about the meaning of 'paraphrase' I might even say that that's what it is. Is it?

 

[bdcjacko]

That was dumb and unfunny, but then again so are all webcomics.

 

[ultimateownage]

Martin Niemöller's poem, not the most obvious source of comedy, but it works.

The version inscribed on the U.S. Holocaust memorial museum goes:

First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out -
because I was not a Socialist.

Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out -
because I was not a Trade Unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out -
because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me - and there was no one left to speak for me.

The one in the U.S Holocaust Memorial Museum was actually changed, Niemöller said Communist instead of Socialist.

While Niemöller's published 1946 speeches mention Communists, the incurably ill, Jews or Jehovah's Witnesses (depending on which speech), and people in occupied countries, the 1955 text, a paraphrase by a German professor in an interview, lists Communists, Socialists, "the schools, the press, the Jews, and so on," and ends with "the Church". This likely refers to the thousands of Catholic priests and other ministers imprisoned at Dachau and other camps. However, as cited by Richard John Neuhaus in the November 2001 issue of First Things, when "asked in 1971 about the correct version of the quote, Niemöller said he was not quite sure when he had said the famous words but, if people insist upon citing them, he preferred a version that listed "the Communists", "the trade unionists", "the Jews", and "me".[citation needed]
At the Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC, the quotation is on display, but is altered so that there is no mention of communists, even though communists have been mentioned in every version of the quote given. The Holocaust Museum website, however, gives a thorough discussion of the history of the quotation.