In the Future, All Space Marines Will Be Warhammer 40K Space Marines

[OrksOrksOrks]

GW Overboard? Ya i think they reached that point a fair while back banning web comics from using anything that looked like an aquilla...

On a side note This IS SO DAMN STUPID it hurts.

Oh and nice to see another Tiger!

You know, your user name, what with saying White Tiger and the number 88 (used as a code by neo-****s to represent "Heil Hitler"), combined with your Iron Cross icon, makes you seem a tad racist, maybe you should change that?

[gendoikari87]

If the first thing you think of when you hear "Space Marine" is "40k", you kinda need to get out from under a rock. Space Marines are near-ubiquitous in sci-fi. Halo is about space marines in power armor struggling against overwhelming odds fighting xenos warriors. Sound 40k-like to you? Not even close.

Heinlein might not have called his MI space Marines, but that doesn't mean there are countless other uses of the term both long before and after GW started up.

Point is, space marine is a term anyone can use, and anyone who tries to claim rights to that term is an idiot.

For reference: [url]http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SpaceMarine[/url]

An idiot or a sly conniving businessman/lawyer trying to squeeze every penny they can for the company. Which by law they are sort of obligated too, though through legal means and this is highly questionable and morally contemptible.

[Caitsidhe]

You know, your user name, what with saying White Tiger and the number 88 (used as a code by neo-****s to represent "Heil Hitler"), combined with your Iron Cross icon, makes you seem a tad racist, maybe you should change that?

Why would he want to change it? There are only two possibilities:

1. He/she is the 88th person to try and use the name White Tiger creating a total coincidence. Why should he/she care if some lame Neo-****s use code? Deferring any symbols, slang, etc. to them simply cedes them power.

2. He/she is a Neo-**** and has selected the name/symbol on purpose. In this case he/she would most certainly not want to change it as it was selected for this reason in the first place.

I gave up trying to police how people represent themselves on the internet a long time ago. It seems, in retrospect, a rather pointless endeavor doesn't it? It begs the question of why you bothered? Do you truly think the person has no clue and you were trying to be helpful? Or were you merely seeking to launch some sort of passive aggressive attack on said person or their credibility? Wouldn't it have been easier to just say, "hey are you a freaking ****? Why should we care what you think?"

[OrksOrksOrks]

Why would he want to change it? There are only two possibilities:

1. He/she is the 88th person to try and use the name White Tiger creating a total coincidence. Why should he/she care if some lame Neo-****s use code? Deferring any symbols, slang, etc. to them simply cedes them power.

2. He/she is a Neo-**** and has selected the name/symbol on purpose. In this case he/she would most certainly not want to change it as it was selected for this reason in the first place.

I gave up trying to police how people represent themselves on the internet a long time ago. It seems, in retrospect, a rather pointless endeavor doesn't it? It begs the question of why you bothered? Do you truly think the person has no clue and you were trying to be helpful? Or were you merely seeking to launch some sort of passive aggressive attack on said person or their credibility? Wouldn't it have been easier to just say, "hey are you a freaking ****? Why should we care what you think?"

Maybe I was trying to gently let him know that his "subtle" way of hiding his racism hasn't worked, and I personally have reasons to want to call out any hidden neo ****sim I see?

[Caitsidhe]

Maybe I was trying to gently let him know that his "subtle" way of hiding his racism hasn't worked, and I personally have reasons to want to call out any hidden neo ****sim I see?

We should reign this back before the Moderators remind us, but my point is simple. The person may or may not be what you are saying. It isn't our job (at least not in this Forum) to "gently" do anything. This guy was talking about the thread in question. If you really don't like him using the Iron Cross, put up your own picture which you think will annoy him back. I'm sure you can locate some cool lingo you could put in your name to do the same.

I'm not picking a fight with you. I'm just doing my own "gentle" reminder that some things make certain people see "red" and react in ways that probably aren't the best. Why don't you and I call it a day on this one and get back to talking about the topic. I think there are other places on this site you can go off on this kind thing. Cool beans?

[gendoikari87]

Maybe I was trying to gently let him know that his "subtle" way of hiding his racism hasn't worked, and I personally have reasons to want to call out any hidden neo ****sim I see?

Subtlety is overrated, just call him a goose stepping *** and move on.

[Psychosplodge]

You know, your user name, what with saying White Tiger and the number 88 (used as a code by neo-****s to represent "Heil Hitler"), combined with your Iron Cross icon, makes you seem a tad racist, maybe you should change that?

He's clearly born in 1988, his old avatar was surprisingly a white tiger...and he was right it took what a day before the suggestion of racism when he was worrying about using an iron cross*...

*Available long before national socialists ran germany

[Pendragon38]

Maybe I was trying to gently let him know that his "subtle" way of hiding his racism hasn't worked, and I personally have reasons to want to call out any hidden neo ****sim I see?

WOW thats sad, your worst than them for the same reason then. I figured she/he was a history buff and threw in for the hell of it. Even my name means something if you know your history.

[Tzeentch's Dark Agent]

I will deal with this later.

Hint, someone is in a lot of trouble for making accusations based purely on speculation.

Hey Orks, do you remember that whole thing where you insulted me too? Ooooh boy, are you in for the high jump.

[Caitsidhe]

He's clearly born in 1988, his old avatar was surprisingly a white tiger...

A third possibility I didn't think about. I just assumed he was the 88th person to use the name. That one happens to me all the time when other people use the same nickname as myself (although clearly I've never had racism applied to mine). I hate it when I miss a possibility. In any event, I think it is always better to give people the benefit of the doubt.

and he was right it took what a day before the suggestion of racism when he was worrying about using an iron cross*...[

*Available long before national socialists ran germany

Exactly. Both the Iron Cross and the Swastika were symbols long before Hitler got to start giving them out or co-opted them. It is ironic that the guy predicted the reaction.