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[Andre.Siegel]

@ Senex

You think it would be ridiculous to see something "nazi" in everything and especially defaming opinions (which would be matters of course in every other country) to be "nazi" to muzzle people?   If so, I have to say two things:    1) You're absolutely right.    2) Welcome to Germany...

I live in a different Germany, then.

Seriously, I think you are overly sensitive regarding this issue. I asked several people after I read your post, and none of them mentioned it looked like it was inspired by "Nazi art". (I doubt a clearly defined category such as this exists, anyway.) Also, there are thousands of pictures, covers, etc. out there which look somewhat similar. As David Scheibler pointed out today, one could even mistake the "Deutschland sucht den Superstar" logo (popular German TV show) for a design piece from the 30s/40s. I am fully convinced that the cover is in no way offensive to the big majority of Germans, especially not to Europeans outside of Germany.

But well, I suppose we agree to disagree on this matter :-D

I just wanted to use this example to make Genesi sensitive for the matters related with being an international company with markets in culturally different countries.

Actually, one of the primary reasons why the "super hero"-theme had been chosen, was that it is well-suited for international markets due to the immense popularity of comics such as Superman across the world.


@ takemehomegrandma

Are those printed CD boxes in the background, or what is it?

Exactly.


@ magnetic

Plus, its sort of tongue in cheek.

Thanks. I am glad you noticed :-)


@ realstar & Velcro

Well, I think it's quite a funny idea that grabs your attention right away.

and

At least however, it is "different" and "memorable!"

Thank you, guys. That was the goal :-)

[Andre.Siegel]

@ Senex

Furthermore it may be true that I'm more sensitive to this topic than our average countrymen, based on my own political positions from the liberal-conservative part of the spectrum - but if this is because of a kind of "persecution complex" or rather because of being more familar therefore with the situation in our country regarding political correctness and the "Kampf gegen Rechts", remains a question...

When thinking about it for a while, you should notice that the Nazi cult's most fundamental element is narrow-mindness regarding people (skin colour), political views, art, music - just about everything.

Bearing this in mind. the opposite of Nazism would be open-mindness about the world as whole. By censoring art or literature based on the fact that they were popular in Germany during the 30s/40s and maybe even liked by dubious historical figures, you are probably more close to the spirit of extreme nationalism than you would ever want to be.

Rigid (self-)censorship has little to do with anti-nazism. Does it make Beethoven's music less of a masterpiece because Goebbels might have liked it? I don't think so. And everyone who does, should maybe rethink his personal values.