Real-world sensitivities and game names

triqui · #1 July 12th, 2008, 10:19 PM

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I don't see a reason why the name "Adolf" would incite hysteria. It became largely unpopular, that's true, but I don't think that it causes offense or should be a taboo.

I dont know anyone named "Judas". Some names became *really* unpopular.

lch · #2 July 12th, 2008, 10:31 PM

You'll notice that there seems to be a hard limit on the DoB for names of prominent people given by HoneyBadger above, too.

Strider · #3 July 12th, 2008, 11:53 PM

As MaxWilson says, this is a valid topic. Shrapnel and some mods are interested in people's views concerning this. We just aren't interested in people making it personal against one another. Most understand that when it comes to religion and politics, it's difficult, at times, to control tempers...even so, we ask that posters please do so.

Tyrant · #4 July 12th, 2008, 11:57 PM

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lch said:
You'll notice that there seems to be a hard limit on the DoB for names of prominent people given by HoneyBadger above, too.

Perhaps so Ich, but not long ago there was an black American athlete named Hitler. I alternate goggling and giggling over that guy.

Tyrant · #5 July 13th, 2008, 12:09 AM

I've been amazed and pleased that there has never been a peep about this that i have seen. My guess is that the only people who play fantasy wargames are wargamers and fantasy fans and as such they have gotten over it long ago. Nearly all fantasy fiction draws on stereotypes and plays with supernatural concepts. All wargames per force involve playing at committing vile atrocities. Both escape reasonable moral censure because they are make believe. Beyond that, in an era where GTA is ok Dominions doesn't even rate a raised eyebrow IMO.

Halancar · #6 July 13th, 2008, 04:02 AM

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triqui said:

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I don't see a reason why the name "Adolf" would incite hysteria. It became largely unpopular, that's true, but I don't think that it causes offense or should be a taboo.

I dont know anyone named "Judas". Some names became *really* unpopular.

Among Christians, certainly. On the other hand, it is also the name of Judas Maccabeus , one of the great warriors of Jewish History, and so, I suspect, far less unpopular among Jews.

dirtywick · #7 July 13th, 2008, 04:15 AM

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Halancar said:

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triqui said:

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I don't see a reason why the name "Adolf" would incite hysteria. It became largely unpopular, that's true, but I don't think that it causes offense or should be a taboo.

I dont know anyone named "Judas". Some names became *really* unpopular.

Among Christians, certainly. On the other hand, it is also the name of Judas Maccabeus , one of the great warriors of Jewish History, and so, I suspect, far less unpopular among Jews.

Uh, that guy lived ~175 years before the name Judas became infamous.

MaxWilson · #8 July 13th, 2008, 04:44 AM

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dirtywick said:
Uh, that guy lived ~175 years before the name Judas became infamous.

It took me a second, but I think he means that someone might name their kid after Judas Maccabeus--not that Judas Maccabeus himself was named after (/despite) Judas Iscariot.

-Max

Tifone · #9 July 13th, 2008, 06:06 AM

Meh. Censorship on an intellectual and art work makes no sense to me, no matter what.

JimMorrison · #10 July 13th, 2008, 06:48 AM

Just watched the documentary "The Yes Men" tonight, good stuff.

It's about a couple of guys who impersonate representatives from the WTO, through a mock website that is remarkably similar to the real WTO website.

Anyway, they got their start by doing the same thing with George Bush's personal website. They obtained a VERY similar URL, and made a replica of the website, with certain subliminally satirical twists.

Anyways, they showed a news clip where GW Bush was asked what he thought about this kind of spoof website, and whether they had "taken things too far", and it yielded this lovely quote-

"Sure, I think there should be limits, limits on freedom."
George W Bush

So maybe there should be, right?