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    catgator185

    [21]May 21, 2008
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    Yeah noooooooooo. Although supposedly Zhao's speech in the Blue Spirit was supposed to be similar to one of Hitler's speeches.
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    AVPheonix

    [22]May 21, 2008
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    dark_aquatus wrote:
    Jeez, this thread is one giant FAIL. I bet most of you guys don't even know what really happened... But, you can go and learn this by watching a very good movie: Der Untergang. Seriously, the movie is really intense, and they have made it as truthfull as they could. I think they've accomplished that goal.
    Is that the movie with Hitler Cause that was pretty good.
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    dark_aquatus

    [23]May 21, 2008
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    AVPheonix wrote:
    dark_aquatus wrote:
    Jeez, this thread is one giant FAIL. I bet most of you guys don't even know what really happened... But, you can go and learn this by watching a very good movie: Der Untergang. Seriously, the movie is really intense, and they have made it as truthfull as they could. I think they've accomplished that goal.
    Is that the movie with Hitler Cause that was pretty good.


    Yes, it's about WW2, so I guess it's with Hitler in it lol ^^
    If I'm not mistaking, the actor Bruno Ganz was nominated for playing the role of Hitler.
    You guys should really see it!
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    AllKnowingBeing

    [24]May 21, 2008
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    Ich bin ein Berliner!

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    dark_aquatus

    [25]May 21, 2008
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    Wow, that's a really nice picture, thanks!

    ''Ich bin ein Berliner!''

    Btw, that must be my best American President's mistake ever!
    Yeah, John F. Kennedy was truely a genius, haha!
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    AllKnowingBeing

    [26]May 21, 2008
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    dark_aquatus wrote:
    Wow, that's a really nice picture, thanks! ''Ich bin ein Berliner!'' Btw, that must be my best American President's mistake ever! Yeah, John F. Kennedy was truely a genius, haha!
    Yes JFK was a great man ideed who was cut down in his prime.

    Here is the video of him saying that: Link

    Edited on 05/21/2008 5:13pm
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    dark_aquatus

    [27]May 21, 2008
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    AllKnowingBeing wrote:

    dark_aquatus wrote:
    Wow, that's a really nice picture, thanks! ''Ich bin ein Berliner!'' Btw, that must be my best American President's mistake ever! Yeah, John F. Kennedy was truely a genius, haha!
    Yes JFK was a great man ideed who was cut down in his prime.

    Here is the video of him saying that: Link



    Hahaha!!! Are you kidding me? If he wouldn't have been taken down, the US would've been in even greater financial trouble then it is currently with the great Bush-government.
    Ofcourse, he probably was a very nice man, but he was totally unfit as a president...
    R.I.P JFK
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    khalid13

    [28]May 21, 2008
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    Spike815 wrote:
    Avatardandproud wrote:
    WHOOOO!!!! GO HITLER


    See, this is the kind of thing that could get you in trouble.


    What happened to free speech? Sure the Holocaust was wrong, but there's nothing wrong with liking his other attributes ... like his ambition.
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    dark_aquatus

    [29]May 21, 2008
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    khalid13 wrote:
    Spike815 wrote:
    Avatardandproud wrote:
    WHOOOO!!!! GO HITLER


    See, this is the kind of thing that could get you in trouble.


    What happened to free speech? Sure the Holocaust was wrong, but there's nothing wrong with liking his other attributes ... like his ambition.


    Oh, man... You have no idea how much I'm hoping at the moment that you're just joking right now! xD
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    khalid13

    [30]May 21, 2008
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    dark_aquatus wrote:
    khalid13 wrote:
    Spike815 wrote:
    Avatardandproud wrote:
    WHOOOO!!!! GO HITLER


    See, this is the kind of thing that could get you in trouble.


    What happened to free speech? Sure the Holocaust was wrong, but there's nothing wrong with liking his other attributes ... like his ambition.


    Oh, man... You have no idea how much I'm hoping at the moment that you're just joking right now! xD


    Hey, I was obsessed with Hitler at one point too

    You know, if you ask a random Pakistani what they think of Hitler they'll (assuming they know him) say he's great 70% of the time. Why? Because he fought the Jews (they fail to differentiate between Zionists and Jews). And yeah, Zionists aren't exactly admired in the Muslim World. I have my reasons too, although they are not the same.

    No, I look beyond the bias you Westerners have against Hitler I'm willing to acknowledge in him certain characteristics that I admire.

    And while I say this, I would like to make it ABSOLUTELY CLEAR that I do not condone the holocaust or the Nazi genocide.
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    dark_aquatus

    [31]May 21, 2008
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    khalid13 wrote:
    dark_aquatus wrote:
    khalid13 wrote:
    Spike815 wrote:
    Avatardandproud wrote:
    WHOOOO!!!! GO HITLER


    See, this is the kind of thing that could get you in trouble.


    What happened to free speech? Sure the Holocaust was wrong, but there's nothing wrong with liking his other attributes ... like his ambition.


    Oh, man... You have no idea how much I'm hoping at the moment that you're just joking right now! xD


    Hey, I was obsessed with Hitler at one point too

    You know, if you ask a random Pakistani what they think of Hitler they'll (assuming they know him) say he's great 70% of the time. Why? Because he fought the Jews (they fail to differentiate between Zionists and Jews). And yeah, Zionists aren't exactly admired in the Muslim World. I have my reasons too, although they are not the same.

    No, I look beyond the bias you Westerners have against Hitler I'm willing to acknowledge in him certain characteristics that I admire.

    And while I say this, I would like to make it ABSOLUTELY CLEAR that I do not condone the holocaust or the Nazi genocide.


    It's not like Hitler is the only true horror this world has seen... Take Ataturk for example, or Pol Pot, or maybe even Muhammad since he brutally murdered everyone in his home city because they didn't accept him as a citizen.
    Hmmm... I guess it's getting a bit anti-Muslim now, so I'll quit xD

    But seriously, people like Neville Chamberlain are the ones that allowed the holocaust. Hitler was mentally insane (I'm not just saying that. He really was) and made mistake after mistake. I don't know what to admire about a cruel mentally insane horror of a man. I'm glad he ended up killing himself with a gun to his head...
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    khalid13

    [32]May 21, 2008
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    dark_aquatus wrote:
    khalid13 wrote:
    dark_aquatus wrote:
    khalid13 wrote:
    Spike815 wrote:
    Avatardandproud wrote:
    WHOOOO!!!! GO HITLER


    See, this is the kind of thing that could get you in trouble.


    What happened to free speech? Sure the Holocaust was wrong, but there's nothing wrong with liking his other attributes ... like his ambition.


    Oh, man... You have no idea how much I'm hoping at the moment that you're just joking right now! xD


    Hey, I was obsessed with Hitler at one point too

    You know, if you ask a random Pakistani what they think of Hitler they'll (assuming they know him) say he's great 70% of the time. Why? Because he fought the Jews (they fail to differentiate between Zionists and Jews). And yeah, Zionists aren't exactly admired in the Muslim World. I have my reasons too, although they are not the same.

    No, I look beyond the bias you Westerners have against Hitler I'm willing to acknowledge in him certain characteristics that I admire.

    And while I say this, I would like to make it ABSOLUTELY CLEAR that I do not condone the holocaust or the Nazi genocide.


    It's not like Hitler is the only true horror this world has seen... Take Ataturk for example, or Pol Pot, or maybe even Muhammad since he brutally murdered everyone in his home city because they didn't accept him as a citizen.
    Hmmm... I guess it's getting a bit anti-Muslim now, so I'll quit xD

    But seriously, people like Neville Chamberlain are the ones that allowed the holocaust. Hitler was mentally insane (I'm not just saying that. He really was) and made mistake after mistake. I don't know what to admire about a cruel mentally insane horror of a man. I'm glad he ended up killing himself with a gun to his head...


    Eh? When did Muhammad murder everyone in his home city?

    Yeah, I agree. Hitler was crazy. But how did a crazy man hold the hold civilised world at his mercy, I wonder.
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    DeeDuck33

    [33]May 21, 2008
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    khalid13 wrote:
    No, I look beyond the bias you Westerners have against Hitler I'm willing to acknowledge in him certain characteristics that I admire.

    You Westerners? *backs away o.o*

    I really don't have much of an opinion of Hitler except that he must have really disliked Jewish people. Few people can truthfully admit that they don't dislike a whole group of people. Hitler just went a little farther with his hate than most others.

    Why should I hate him? I didn't even know him personally. I'm not saying I approve, nor am I saying he deserves to rot. I'm just saying I don't know exactly what he was thinking, so I can't judge him.
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    khalid13

    [35]May 21, 2008
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    PsychoPass wrote:
    I have a crazy theory that World War 2 was inspired by World War 1...


    Do explain.

    But best stay on topic and ut a little Avatar in it, of course!

    DeeDuck33 wrote:
    khalid13 wrote:
    No, I look beyond the bias you Westerners have against Hitler I'm willing to acknowledge in him certain characteristics that I admire.

    You Westerners? *backs away o.o*

    I really don't have much of an opinion of Hitler except that he must have really disliked Jewish people. Few people can truthfully admit that they don't dislike a whole group of people. Hitler just went a little farther with his hate than most others.

    Why should I hate him? I didn't even know him personally. I'm not saying I approve, nor am I saying he deserves to rot. I'm just saying I don't know exactly what he was thinking, so I can't judge him.


    An open mind! What a rarity these days!
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    KingAtticus

    [36]May 21, 2008
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    PsychoPass wrote:
    I have a crazy theory that World War 2 was inspired by World War 1...

    That's insane! Just because the Allies destroyed three empires and blamed the war entirely on Germany and essentially destroyed its economy and military, not to mention failed to acknowledge Italy and Japan well in creation of the Treaty of Versaille, and brought about the Great Depression, and left France ravaged and burned, doesn't mean that it caused WWII.
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    foxhole7

    [37]May 21, 2008
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    MarryLarry wrote:

    Hitler didn't blow himself up, in fact it's debatable whether he killed himself at all. [insert Twilight music]

    *turns twilight music off* Wait, do you mean debatable about how he was killed or whether or not he was killed? I mean, are you saying he escaped Berlin?

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    dark_aquatus

    [38]May 21, 2008
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    khalid13 wrote:
    dark_aquatus wrote:
    khalid13 wrote:
    dark_aquatus wrote:
    khalid13 wrote:
    Spike815 wrote:
    Avatardandproud wrote:
    WHOOOO!!!! GO HITLER


    See, this is the kind of thing that could get you in trouble.


    What happened to free speech? Sure the Holocaust was wrong, but there's nothing wrong with liking his other attributes ... like his ambition.


    Oh, man... You have no idea how much I'm hoping at the moment that you're just joking right now! xD


    Hey, I was obsessed with Hitler at one point too

    You know, if you ask a random Pakistani what they think of Hitler they'll (assuming they know him) say he's great 70% of the time. Why? Because he fought the Jews (they fail to differentiate between Zionists and Jews). And yeah, Zionists aren't exactly admired in the Muslim World. I have my reasons too, although they are not the same.

    No, I look beyond the bias you Westerners have against Hitler I'm willing to acknowledge in him certain characteristics that I admire.

    And while I say this, I would like to make it ABSOLUTELY CLEAR that I do not condone the holocaust or the Nazi genocide.


    It's not like Hitler is the only true horror this world has seen... Take Ataturk for example, or Pol Pot, or maybe even Muhammad since he brutally murdered everyone in his home city because they didn't accept him as a citizen.
    Hmmm... I guess it's getting a bit anti-Muslim now, so I'll quit xD

    But seriously, people like Neville Chamberlain are the ones that allowed the holocaust. Hitler was mentally insane (I'm not just saying that. He really was) and made mistake after mistake. I don't know what to admire about a cruel mentally insane horror of a man. I'm glad he ended up killing himself with a gun to his head...


    Eh? When did Muhammad murder everyone in his home city?

    Yeah, I agree. Hitler was crazy. But how did a crazy man hold the hold civilised world at his mercy, I wonder.


    Yes Muhammad did, but you shouldn't trust me on my word, go check it out for yourslef.

    Hitler hold them off with the support of the SU and mainly thanks to the help of financial powered Austria. You seemed like a guy who was up-to-date with the history of WW2...
    Didn't you know that Adolf used horses to carry his canons when he invaded Czechoslovakia (don't really know how to write it in English)? He had NOTHING! It was a lost cause, and he risked even worse suppression by proving the whole world right about Germany being the black sheep of the world (that's how they thought that time).
    Thanks to people like Chamberlain he got the opportunity to gather an army and gain some connections/money to actually start a war. I don't feel like explaining how the entire war went, but let me tell you; it will crush your beliefs in Hitler's 'admirable' side...
    Why won't you find out for yourself?
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    DeeDuck33

    [39]May 21, 2008
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    khalid13 wrote:
    PsychoPass wrote:
    I have a crazy theory that World War 2 was inspired by World War 1...


    Do explain.

    But best stay on topic and ut a little Avatar in it, of course!

    DeeDuck33 wrote:
    khalid13 wrote:
    No, I look beyond the bias you Westerners have against Hitler I'm willing to acknowledge in him certain characteristics that I admire.

    You Westerners? *backs away o.o*

    I really don't have much of an opinion of Hitler except that he must have really disliked Jewish people. Few people can truthfully admit that they don't dislike a whole group of people. Hitler just went a little farther with his hate than most others.

    Why should I hate him? I didn't even know him personally. I'm not saying I approve, nor am I saying he deserves to rot. I'm just saying I don't know exactly what he was thinking, so I can't judge him.


    An open mind! What a rarity these days!

    A lot of Westerners have an open mind. We're just misrepresented. And then there is the fat lazy kind who believes everything that is told to them.

    No matter where you are, you have to do the thinking for yourself instead of just eating everthing up.

    Also, Avatar rox my sox.
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    khalid13

    [40]May 21, 2008
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    dark_aquatus wrote:
    khalid13 wrote:
    dark_aquatus wrote:
    khalid13 wrote:
    dark_aquatus wrote:
    khalid13 wrote:
    Spike815 wrote:
    Avatardandproud wrote:
    WHOOOO!!!! GO HITLER


    See, this is the kind of thing that could get you in trouble.


    What happened to free speech? Sure the Holocaust was wrong, but there's nothing wrong with liking his other attributes ... like his ambition.


    Oh, man... You have no idea how much I'm hoping at the moment that you're just joking right now! xD


    Hey, I was obsessed with Hitler at one point too

    You know, if you ask a random Pakistani what they think of Hitler they'll (assuming they know him) say he's great 70% of the time. Why? Because he fought the Jews (they fail to differentiate between Zionists and Jews). And yeah, Zionists aren't exactly admired in the Muslim World. I have my reasons too, although they are not the same.

    No, I look beyond the bias you Westerners have against Hitler I'm willing to acknowledge in him certain characteristics that I admire.

    And while I say this, I would like to make it ABSOLUTELY CLEAR that I do not condone the holocaust or the Nazi genocide.


    It's not like Hitler is the only true horror this world has seen... Take Ataturk for example, or Pol Pot, or maybe even Muhammad since he brutally murdered everyone in his home city because they didn't accept him as a citizen.
    Hmmm... I guess it's getting a bit anti-Muslim now, so I'll quit xD

    But seriously, people like Neville Chamberlain are the ones that allowed the holocaust. Hitler was mentally insane (I'm not just saying that. He really was) and made mistake after mistake. I don't know what to admire about a cruel mentally insane horror of a man. I'm glad he ended up killing himself with a gun to his head...


    Eh? When did Muhammad murder everyone in his home city?

    Yeah, I agree. Hitler was crazy. But how did a crazy man hold the hold civilised world at his mercy, I wonder.


    Yes Muhammad did, but you shouldn't trust me on my word, go check it out for yourslef.

    Hitler hold them off with the support of the SU and mainly thanks to the help of financial powered Austria. You seemed like a guy who was up-to-date with the history of WW2...
    Didn't you know that Adolf used horses to carry his canons when he invaded Czechoslovakia (don't really know how to write it in English)? He had NOTHING! It was a lost cause, and he risked even worse suppression by proving the whole world right about Germany being the black sheep of the world (that's how they thought that time).
    Thanks to people like Chamberlain he got the opportunity to gather an army and gain some connections/money to actually start a war. I don't feel like explaining how the entire war went, but let me tell you; it will crush your beliefs in Hitler's 'admirable' side...
    Why won't you find out for yourself?


    While I'm not exactly up to date on WW2 (my obsession was when I was 11 ), I'll look it up.

    And no Muhammad did not kill of his home city! I'm a Muslim, I know that! He conquered Mecca, forgave its citizens and cleansed the Kabbah by destroying the idols there. The total blood spilt in the conquest of Mecca was when a handful of rag-tag Meccans attacked one of the flanks of his army, and another few Meccans who had abused Islam and the Muslims entirely too much to be forgiven (less than 10 in all, I believe)! What on Earth gave you the idea that he killed of all the Meccans?
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