Offensive nicknames

[Fosprey]

Not that i agree, but i've noted that nicks referred to hitler are banned.
But i noted that nicks that contain the name of Bush, are not.
Why is this?

[TheGreatRings]

Well personally I'd be happier to see no names banned because they make people feel uncomfortable, but really, Hitler and Bush are not comparable. Last I checked, Bush has not committed genocide, has not formed a totalitarian state, and has not tried to invade and occupy a continent.

[mrmoose]

are you suggesting bush is on the same level as hitler was?

[mrmoose]

Also my guess would be because it would be offensive to jewish people who play wesnoth. Bush hasnt done anything near as detrimental as Hitler ever did. this is of course my understnading an actual admin should probably respond instead of me:)

[michchar]

Bush wasn't that bad...at least on his first term. And do you really hate Bush that much?

[defunct]

Don't know what you mean. I can't find anything offensive in some plant's name...

[uzytkownik]

Well personally I'd be happier to see no names banned because they make people feel uncomfortable, but really, Hitler and Bush are not comparable. Last I checked, Bush has not committed genocide, has not formed a totalitarian state, and has not tried to invade and occupy a continent.

A continent? You mean 3 - Europe, Africa and Asia - although the third one was only a try as he has been stopped by soviets (on Europen front) and british (in Egipt) before he manage to reach its boarder.

[JW]

Last I checked, Bush has not committed genocide, has not formed a totalitarian state, and has not tried to invade and occupy a continent.

Iraq?

It's not a continent, but it's a start. Keep in mind he was limited to only 8 years....

[Wintermute]

forcing users to change their nicknames is not something that the server moderators enjoy. When we get complaints about names being offensive, we look into it and take action. When we see names that are obviously intended to be inflammatory we ask that users change them. Much depends on what is going on at the time. If someone named GeorgeBush or BillClinton or BarackObama is on the server, sometimes there are altercations that are more a result of the (politically charged) name. The same is true of religious names. If that seems to be going on, then asking users to change their names seems like a reasonable course of action to me.

The server lobby is not intended to be a forum for political bickering, and I believe that is probably the goal in any requested name changes.

[bert1]

Sounds like Fosprey is making a rather amusing joke to me.

[Dave]

This seems like trolling to me, and I really don't think the following needs to be said, but I will indulge:

Hitler is a name which has become synonymous with racism, hatred, and anti-semitism, none of which are acceptable on the server. The same cannot be said for Bush.

If you do want a similar example from US history though, we would forbid any names involving the Ku Klux Klan.

David

[JW]

Hitler is a name which has become synonymous with racism, hatred, and anti-semitism, none of which are acceptable on the server. The same cannot be said for Bush.

From what I've heard, Bush hates black people. And I trust what rappers tell me.

[Fosprey]

i don't consder it trolling.
1. I'm serious
2.yes i hate him that much, and you should talk with more people in latinamerica and probably asian countries (but i can't talk for them) here, any person that doesn't hate him and doesn't consider bush something evil, is considered and idiot, a crappy person, and is automatically rejected. I don't know anyone here in my country that doesn't think so, and if i would that person would be despiced by me and inmediatly rejected from my circle.

3. really i don't want to list all bush did, but my stomach revolves when i think the following things a) he is/wsa teh president of the most powerfull country in the world b) Usa people voted for him twice ,wich automatically makes me and most people i know lose al respect from usa people, to my reasoning Usa people are automatically despicable people unless proven otherwise, i have online friends that are from usa btw.


I;m not trolling i wasn't alive when hitler did his thing, but i don't consider bush much better really, and to be honest hitler soudns to me like some history reference like it coudl be napoleon or gengis khan. Bush is something that is considering evil TODAY. People are suffering from him TODAY. And the fact that there is peopel around that comes even remotly close to say that bush is not evil, really , i;m not joking it i have a tear on my face right now.
The fact that this community is defending him, want to leave it know, and yes, i will, i will leave this user forum, it makes me sick, lucky i will not play for 2 months and when i come back will be only play and production of my mod.
Really you should think more what kind if ideals you have if you can defend even the closest such a nefarious person.

[zookeeper]

...what.

[JW]

Yikes....I thought it was a joke too, and I was trying to play along. I mean, I hate Bush too, but I didn't realize people felt THAT strongly.