Just so everyone is aware---
I am an ardent opponent of Nazism. Frequently, people object to raising "politics" on the forum, but on the contrary, I find that there are far too many Nazi apologists and SS cultists on these boards that refuse to shut the **** up.
I have written a letter to Mattel asking that the cease and desist using Nazi iconography in the ASL game system. Specifically, I am asking that all publication and sales of Nazi icons as part of the ASL system be stopped, including Chapter F, Kampfgruppe Peiper, Festung Budapest, SS specific counters and all scenarios featuring an identifiable Nazi icon. I haven't mailed the letter, but I have written it. I will also write a letter to Ebay, Inc. ensuring that these materials are also not sold second hand. I will also inform the Jewish Anti Defamation League, Unite Against Fascism and the Children of the Holocaust.
Involved in this are two key court cases: Harjo v. Pro-Football, Inc. and Blackhorse v. Pro-Football, Inc. The US Trademark Trial and Appeal Board held that trademarks bearing racist symbols are not enforceable under US patent law. These cases were ultimately overturned by federal appeals courts, but in fact the case against Nazi symbols is far, far more simple to make and would have extremely powerful allies. In order for the trademark not to be valid, opponents must show: 1) the likely meaning of the mark and (2) if that meaning refers to an identifiable group. There isn't even a question of this with regard to a swastika or an SS rune.
Essentially, this means the trademark for any product featuring Nazi icons is not enforceable.
Argue all you want, but I bet Mattel won't even think about it. You think Ebay is going to go to the mat for your right to have Black SS counters? So don't even respond. I don't give a **** what you think about the legal merits.
Just stop the SS crap or I take a sledgehammer to the door marked "**** Repository."
It's bad enough that you play a game where one side role-plays Nazis killing Jews in Ghettos. I'm not asking for much, I'm just asking everyone to not offend me.
Or, just get everyone together and have me banned. The JADL would love that too.
I hate Nazis.
I am an ardent opponent of Nazism. Frequently, people object to raising "politics" on the forum, but on the contrary, I find that there are far too many Nazi apologists and SS cultists on these boards that refuse to shut the **** up.
I have written a letter to Mattel asking that the cease and desist using Nazi iconography in the ASL game system. Specifically, I am asking that all publication and sales of Nazi icons as part of the ASL system be stopped, including Chapter F, Kampfgruppe Peiper, Festung Budapest, SS specific counters and all scenarios featuring an identifiable Nazi icon. I haven't mailed the letter, but I have written it. I will also write a letter to Ebay, Inc. ensuring that these materials are also not sold second hand. I will also inform the Jewish Anti Defamation League, Unite Against Fascism and the Children of the Holocaust.
Involved in this are two key court cases: Harjo v. Pro-Football, Inc. and Blackhorse v. Pro-Football, Inc. The US Trademark Trial and Appeal Board held that trademarks bearing racist symbols are not enforceable under US patent law. These cases were ultimately overturned by federal appeals courts, but in fact the case against Nazi symbols is far, far more simple to make and would have extremely powerful allies. In order for the trademark not to be valid, opponents must show: 1) the likely meaning of the mark and (2) if that meaning refers to an identifiable group. There isn't even a question of this with regard to a swastika or an SS rune.
Essentially, this means the trademark for any product featuring Nazi icons is not enforceable.
Argue all you want, but I bet Mattel won't even think about it. You think Ebay is going to go to the mat for your right to have Black SS counters? So don't even respond. I don't give a **** what you think about the legal merits.
Just stop the SS crap or I take a sledgehammer to the door marked "**** Repository."
It's bad enough that you play a game where one side role-plays Nazis killing Jews in Ghettos. I'm not asking for much, I'm just asking everyone to not offend me.
Or, just get everyone together and have me banned. The JADL would love that too.
I hate Nazis.