Enter Misc. Avatar Contest: WAR! Good God, Y'all!

[Taylirious]

 

[auntiehill]

Re: Enter Misc. Avatar Contest: WAR!

Greeks getting ready for battle...

Is it weird that at first I misread that as "Geeks getting ready for battle"?

You know, Showdown, you missed a perfect opportunity to add "Good God, y'all!" to the thread title. It's all that runs through my head whenever I see this thread!

Now I'll be humming that song for hours.

I'm not actually sure what song you're referring to, but I get the concept... it seems I can no longer read the word "war" by itself like that without mentally tacking on "war never changes". (Sadly, the no scifi rule precluded a related avatar entry! )

You don't know....*gasp!*

Here:
WAR by Edwin Starr, with lyrics
[yt]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01-2pNCZiNk[/yt]

 

[BigJake]

 

[auntiehill]

^ Very cool.

 

[Showdown]

This was a despotic government waring against its own people, regardless of scale, against people who wanted to speak out and were ultimately slaughtered, prisoned, driven off. I see at least one soldier (from the tank), vehicles, and of course the giant weapon sticking out each vehicle.

I am sorry, but this is not the type of entry I wanted. While I agree that government is a despotic tyranny that oppress the Chinese people and murdered the protesters in cold blood; but in my opinion, the Tiananmen Square massacre is not a war. It is violent oppression. I can understand if you and many others disagree with me on this issue, but I am going to disqualify it. Another example is the Kent State shooting, IMO also not a war.

Anyway, for anyone who is still trying to come up with an entry, here are some examples.

- movies & TV depicting real wars, like Saving Private Ryan and M*A*S*H.
- knights, samurai, and other warriors

 

[BigJake]

^ Very cool.

Thanks!

 

[J.T.B.]

Re: Enter Misc. Avatar Contest: WAR!

You don't know....*gasp!*

Here:
WAR by Edwin Starr, with lyrics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01-2pNCZiNk

And many of my generation were introduced to it by Frankie Goes to Hollywood (myself included), or Bruce Springsteen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h__zgVz9fN4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mn91L9goKfQ

 

[Avro Arrow]

Re: Enter Misc. Avatar Contest: WAR!

You know, Showdown, you missed a perfect opportunity to add "Good God, y'all!" to the thread title. It's all that runs through my head whenever I see this thread!

Now I'll be humming that song for hours.

I'm not actually sure what song you're referring to, but I get the concept... it seems I can no longer read the word "war" by itself like that without mentally tacking on "war never changes". (Sadly, the no scifi rule precluded a related avatar entry! )

You don't know....*gasp!*

Here:
WAR by Edwin Starr, with lyrics

Thanks! I don't recall ever hearing that before. But then I don't get out much, I guess...

I'm having a bit of a difficult time with this contest. I couldn't get my original "In Flanders Fields" idea to work out at all. So then I figured I'd do something from the Battle of Vimy Ridge... I tried three, and I am not really that happy with any of them, so I'm having trouble picking one. But I want to enter *something*, so... anyone have a preference?

Painting..................... Photograph................ Memorial

 

[auntiehill]

I like the photograph or the Memorial--maybe the photo just a little more.

 

[Ghost07]

I like the Memorial

 

[trekkiedane]

Re: Enter Misc. Avatar Contest: WAR!

^Excellent av, btw.

Yep, that's a winner!

Greeks getting ready for battle...

Is it weird that at first I misread that as "Geeks getting ready for battle"?

Nope, I do it all the time with that word

 

[Avro Arrow]

I like the photograph or the Memorial--maybe the photo just a little more.

I like the Memorial

Thank you for the replies! Since the Memorial image was one that you both mentioned, I guess I'll go with that one.

- Canadian National Vimy Memorial, France

 

[Locutus of Bored]

Re: Enter Misc. Avatar Contest: WAR!

^Excellent av, btw.

Yep, that's a winner!

Thanks, guys!

 

[Showdown]

Last call for entries.
I will post the poll soon.