Critical Miss: An Appeal

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Wise_Smiling_Panda

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Comparing XBL bans to the holocaust is absurd and tasteless.
What, so now you're saying we're not even allowed to speak of history because it hurts your feelings or something? Geezus, consider yourself officially one of the censorship-nazi's.

...hopefully you note the use of the term 'nazi' in a seemingly normal sentence. That was intentional.
 

Starke

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ultimateownage said:
carnkhan4 said:
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.
Wikipedia said:
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.
I actually kinda wondered about that. Thanks for the clarification.
 

The Critic

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CannibalRobots said:
I say all emblems are ok, or none of them are, ALL OR NOTHING!

FREEDOM OR SLAVERY!
Freedom or slavery, you say? Sorry, I can't help myself, but:

War is Peace!
Freedom is Slavery!
Ignorance is Strength!

Ah, troll logic at it's finest (I mean my quote, not yours).

Come to think of it, wouldn't a 1984-themed strip have been just as funny? It would even fit this sort of topic rather well!

Other than my usual insane ramblings, I actually rther like this comic. Granted, the reference subject really skirts the line, but it manages (at least in my book) to keep on this side of tasteful and actually make it rather humorous as a result. Nice Work.
 

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The part about "Tiny towels" had me in stitches. When you hear some of these trolls complain about being banned for, basically, being a dick sometimes I just want to go to their house with a Violin.
 

kouriichi

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This one made me laugh with evil glee, because everyone featured drawn in this comic was probably reported by me.
 

Daffy F

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Casimir_Effect said:
Seriously people. Hands up if you knew this comic was sardonic.
*Hand-up*
OT: I think anyone who uses a swastika should be banned. Partly because It takes no originality, and is overdone, but mainly because in Germany, that shit is illegal. You can't expect this to be passed by. It's insensitive, and 90% of the people who were banned won't know what they've been banned for. Which is a fucking disgrace.
 

Madara XIII

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Greyfox105 said:
Hehehe, comment of Dulce decorum est, pro patria mori, the soldier's lie, and then having the comic based on that poem from... ummm...
Well, I remember it from my English classes >.>
The government men who take his neighbors, stuffing them into the belly of a waiting jeep, as no one tries to stop them...
Anyway, this was a good one :3

That was by far one of the most moving Poems i've ever read concerning WW2.

But this comic was a bit Meh for me.
 

Katherine Kerensky

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Madara XIII said:
-Snip-

That was by far one of the most moving Poems i've ever read concerning WW2.

But this comic was a bit Meh for me.
Eh, I know what you mean.
You mean World War One, right? <3
I also found Not My Business, the poem which this comic is very similar to, to be quite good.
And that is something, since I don't like poetry >.>
 

Madara XIII

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StarStruckStrumpets said:
hudsonzero said:
oh i had to do this poem for my English gcse.
ot very good comic and where will it end
That was the first thing I thought when I read it. Not My Business, I believe it was called?
Yep and this is why I own a PS Tree!! Yes I said Tree Dammit
 

AngelOfBlueRoses

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McMullen said:
MelasZepheos said:
I don't tend to read these anymore, because I think they're crap, but this one is beyond the pale. First you use as a title one of the greatest and most moving works of English poetry ever and apply it to the XBox live, then in the comic you compare XBL Bans to the holocaust.

Do you have a sense of proportion? Or do you really think that 6 million people being taken away from their friends, families, and lives, and gassed to death simply because they had another religion than the norm is equatable to a corporation banning people who have tasteless avatars?

If you don't have a sense of proportion then I pity you, if you really think the two are comparable then I hold you in the deepest contempt I have for this disgusting comic.
I love it when people completely miss the point of a satirical webcomic strip and get all preachy, telling the webcomic creators that they're horrible people and their comic is tasteless. How did you miss that people comparing the bans to the holocaust were the ones being made fun of here?

Keep it up though. Maybe if enough of you fools bring TEH RAEG to the forums about your violated sensibilities, there will be a comic about you next week, as happened at Penny Arcade with the dickwolves strip.

Hmm. People missing the point that badly on a webcomic named Critical Miss. I kinda like it.
Quoted for truth because this was exactly what I was thinking about some of the posts in this thread. Most people just can't seem to process satire in their thick noggins.

Anyways, welcome to the Escapist! And, by golly, what a post to come in on! That was quite an awesome first post.
 

Madara XIII

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Greyfox105 said:
Madara XIII said:
-Snip-

That was by far one of the most moving Poems i've ever read concerning WW2.

But this comic was a bit Meh for me.
Eh, I know what you mean.
You mean World War One, right? <3
I also found Not My Business, the poem which this comic is very similar to, to be quite good.
And that is something, since I don't like poetry >.>
No no no. Sorry I thought you were referring to Not My Business at first, I've never read the first one, but am willing to give it a look.
But I meant Not my Business was by far the most moving WW2 Poem I read.
 

Katherine Kerensky

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Madara XIII said:
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No no no. Sorry I thought you were referring to Not My Business at first, I've never read the first one, but am willing to give it a look.
But I meant Not my Business was by far the most moving WW2 Poem I read.
But... Not My Business is a poem about the dictatorship in Nigeria, which Niyi Osundare, the writer of the poem, opposed...
Well, I suppose it could very well be applied to WW2, and the Holocaust, but... the poem itself is about the Nigerian dictatorship, if not specifically said >.>
Oh well, at least that has been cleared up, I was a bit confused >.>
 

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I remember when this comic was actually funny, and not trying to send a message.
Are you being serious right now? The comic is being funny. The entire thing is steeped in sarcasm.
 

Madara XIII

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Greyfox105 said:
Madara XIII said:
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No no no. Sorry I thought you were referring to Not My Business at first, I've never read the first one, but am willing to give it a look.
But I meant Not my Business was by far the most moving WW2 Poem I read.
But... Not My Business is a poem about the dictatorship in Nigeria, which Niyi Osundare, the writer of the poem, opposed...
Well, I suppose it could very well be applied to WW2, and the Holocaust, but... the poem itself is about the Nigerian dictatorship, if not specifically said >.>
Oh well, at least that has been cleared up, I was a bit confused >.>
o_O....OH FML!! Then what was the name of the Poem They were Satirizing in the Comic? That was the one I was referring to. *Facepalms* god my stupidity knows no bounds.

I assumed not my business was the one they were making fun of.

My reaction to how I messed up again...


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Secondly I looked up the first poem you mentioned. Love it.

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Katherine Kerensky

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Madara XIII said:
-Snip-

o_O....OH FML!! Then what was the name of the Poem They were Satirizing in the Comic? That was the one I was referring to. *Facepalms* god my stupidity knows no bounds.

I assumed not my business was the one they were making fun of.

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Secondly I looked up the first poem you mentioned. Love it.

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Actually, the one in the Web Comic is Not My Business [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_My_Business].
And here [http://poefrika.blogspot.com/2009/07/niyi-osundares-not-my-business.html] is the poem itself.
So I'm completely confused as to where WW2 comes into the picture >.>
But, as I said, the poem would fit if used for WW2.
Time to sleep off my confusion <3
 

Benny Blanco

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Lordedubs said:
anonymity breeds douches because they don't have to be face to face to insult you. also look at drivers on the roads cutting people off, they do it because they will likely never see you again and there for don't care.

good issue, I laughed quite loudly and im pretty sure the rest of my house thinks I've gone completely mad
Totally. You have synthesised John Gabriel's Greater Internet Dickwad Theory with Forrest Griffin's Definitive Definition of a Douchebag (pt.4):

"If you do things to people while driving that you wouldn't do while standing in a line, you're a fucking douche bag. Airport lines don't count because pretty much everyone does foul shit at the airport. But if you do things driving that you wouldn't regularly do in a line, such as cut someone off or give him the bird, I fucking hate you. When I'm rolling around with my big, goofy, gangly ass, hip-hopping because one leg is shorter than the other, which makes me look like a seventies pimp with a severe case of polio, people don't tend to fuck with me. But in a car, man, everyone is so fucking touch. Could it be because I drive a beat-up Scion?"

Therefore I salute you.
 

nipsen

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Casimir_Effect said:
Seriously people. Hands up if you knew this comic was sardonic.
... >_<
...

*hand*

It also was delicious - and I genuinely laughed, which took something special today.