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The liking of the Villian or evil empire.. and what that means.

Is having villain memorabilia a bad thing?

  • Yes there may be somthing wrong here.

    Votes: 3 21.4%

  • Maybe

    Votes: 1 7.1%

  • Of course not, there just things

    Votes: 5 35.7%

  • If they go overboard, then maybe

    Votes: 7 50.0%
  • Total voters
    14
DonIago said:
Well...Thanos may have had a point, in a way, but AFAIK The Snap didn't discriminate either.
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Not to get into a whole Thanos side discussion, but the point was that he had PTSD from losing his people and that he was fixated on killing half of all life in the universe so he stopped thinking about any other options. Disappearing half of all life not only would create more problems than it would solve, but ignores the fact that he has a nigh limitless power gauntlet on his hand that could simply create the necessary resources to sustain whatever population growth there is. He could create new habitable planets if he wanted. Plus it's a metaphor for Earth's environmental problems and has a message based on an outdated projections about overpopulation, when in fact the population will stabilize at around ten billion, not have runaway growth. Thanos got target fixation and never even considered any other possibilities.
 
I think it's a very difficult question. People have a hunger for sensation and in former times, bits of the rope would be sold as souvenirs after a hanging. Personally, I'd have a problem with collecting such memorabilia and other personal items.
With the models of planes or other vehicles it seems different to me - there I presume that an interest in the design (and thus in the engineer's work) might in many cases be the main incentive to collect them. After all, with a pretty house we don't question the political views and the morals of its architect but simply enjoy the beauty of the lines and the appealing proportions.
Again a very different cup of tea are genuine and remade Nazi memorabilia of any sorts. Those are strictly illegal in Germany and you will go to prison for owning them. I was shocked and horrified to see many of those on sale in the US. It's a complete taboo over here. Imagine you'd take a vacation in a country where selling preserved body parts for decorations and conversation pieces would be considered perfectly normal and you might get anapproximate idea of what the contents of some shops in the US makes a German feel. This revulsion is deeply ingrained and made me vote "there may be something wrong there".
Most voters so far disagreed with me which proves my point that education (not in the sense of knowledge but of socially accepted rules and ethical guidelines) does make a huge difference in our respective POVs. The only thing certain is that everyone will be convinced that their own opinion is the only right one and everyone else is wrong.
 
I am an avid history buff, and I have occasionally built models. I'm generally not really into military-related stuff of any kind, unless it's from pre-modern periods. But if I did find the design of a particular plane, ship, etc. used by Nazi Germany to be interesting, and I really wanted to build it, I would leave off any identifying marking/symbols. I probably wouldn't build such a model in the first place, though. I find it somewhat problematic to try to separate the purely technical aspects from the regime that used the equipment. Looking at the same period of international conflicts, I have living relatives who experienced life as second-class citizens under the Empire of Japan's sphere of influence. Any memorabilia, models, or whatever having to do with the Imperial Japanese Army or Navy just hit too close to home for me, and I could never have such stuff in my home.

Kor
 
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Can it also create the space to accommodate those resources and the wisdom to ensure those resources are used properly?
 
Even if Thanos has a point about overpopulation and stagnation, he does not have a point that the solution is mass murder. He just doesn't.

@rhubarbarian

I think part of being sensitive to the perspective of others is also being sensitive that other people don't share your sensitivities, and might be interested in something you're sensitive about for completely different reasons. It's not the same as buying bits of rope for the hanging, since in that case it's abundantly clear it's the person's death you're celebrating. You can be intellectually interested in Naziism without believing in any facet of it.

I think that's major gap in PC culture, people ask other people to be sensitive to their worldview without offering any sensitivity to theirs.
 
I always root for this guy (or nut or villain or..?):

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