Should i run this banner? - Page 8

MarkG · September 9, 2002, 03:05

so I will be in fault for the reaction of ignorant people?

KrazyHorse · September 9, 2002, 03:07

Mark, the banner just isn't funny.

ixnay(?)'s, on the other hand, is....

notyoueither · September 9, 2002, 03:22

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Originally posted by MarkG
so I will be in fault for the reaction of ignorant people?

You will be responsible for what you do. No big mystery to that.

MarkG · September 9, 2002, 03:29

nye,
"at fault" is one thing, "responsible" is another

it's not my error, my fault, if an ignorant is offended by the banner

frogger,
i'll come up with the ultra special version of the banner

notyoueither · September 9, 2002, 03:32

Yes, Mark. How poor your taste appears to be to others is on them. You are the creative genius. Your place is to be persecuted. Isn't it?

notyoueither · September 9, 2002, 03:33

"at fault" is one thing, "responsible" is another

BTW, someone should put that in a sig.

MarkG · September 9, 2002, 03:39

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How poor your taste appears to be to others is on them.

then you agree that it's not my fault if others thing that what i do is bad

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You are the creative genius. Your place is to be persecuted. Isn't it?

the normal for creative geniuses is to be persecuted??!?!?

notyoueither · September 9, 2002, 03:40

Yes, Vincent.

MarkG · September 9, 2002, 03:42

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BTW, someone should put that in a sig.

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re·spon·si·ble Pronunciation Key (r-spns-bl)
adj.

1. Liable to be required to give account, as of one's actions or of the discharge of a duty or trust.
2. Involving personal accountability or ability to act without guidance or superior authority: a responsible position within the firm.
3. Being a source or cause.
4. Able to make moral or rational decisions on one's own and therefore answerable for one's behavior.
5. Able to be trusted or depended upon; reliable.
6. Based on or characterized by good judgment or sound thinking: responsible journalism.
7. Having the means to pay debts or fulfill obligations.
8. Required to render account; answerable: The cabinet is responsible to the parliament.

do you see any negative(faulty) meaning in the above?

mapfi · September 9, 2002, 03:46

While The Great Dictator is one of the best movies ever, this banner is simply bad.

The movie:
Chaplin's work is a masterpiece of art. Chaplin had a hard time when he finally decided to release it (he nearly decided against it) but it's good he did. The movie successfully showed/shows how facism works. It made people laugh at a time where there was no one laughing at all - warweariness. And it deconstructed Hitler from a horrible enemy to somebody to be laughed at and easily beaten. It's influence on British society at that time was enormous.
Being offended/bad taste:
To make fun of/with Hitler is in my opinion acceptable and often it is really funny. There's no reason anybody should be offended by that. Eg. "La Vita è bella" made fun of concentration camps and even won an oscar, justified. No topic should be off-limits for good fun, simply none!

The proposed banner:
It's bad because it tries to live of the movie, because I can't see any funny statement in it and because there's not even a slight connection between apolyton, buying and Hitler except maybe the fact that it is an order to do something. Anyone that has seen movies of Hitler's speeches knows that he never talked like that, so the banner just doesn't make any sense, it's simply bad.

notyoueither · September 9, 2002, 03:48

Lets compare...

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fault Pronunciation Key (fôlt)
n.

1.
a. A character weakness, especially a minor one.
b. Something that impairs or detracts from physical perfection; a defect. See Synonyms at blemish.
c. A mistake; an error.
d. A minor offense or misdeed.
2. Responsibility for a mistake or an offense; culpability. See Synonyms at blame.

MarkG · September 9, 2002, 04:21

which just proves that "responsible" is not necessarily connected to something bad.
if it was, your quote would simply say "responsibility" without any "for a mistake" clarification

notyoueither · September 9, 2002, 04:37

Let's review, shall we? You said fault, I said responsible. Look at the second definition of fault again...

MarkG · September 9, 2002, 04:50

i've already answered to that

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Responsibility for a mistake

if "responsible" equals to something bad, then why is it necessary to mention "for a mistake"

you CAN be responsible for something good

notyoueither · September 9, 2002, 04:52

Yes, Vincent.

MarkG · September 9, 2002, 05:00

vincent?

notyoueither · September 9, 2002, 05:02

Aren't you misunderstood and persecuted?

mapfi · September 9, 2002, 05:08

This discussion between you two is just hilarious but NYE is actually right. You're responsible for what you put up on your site and while it might be not your fault if somebody takes offense it's still your fault, because - and that's the important part - you're in advance accepting the fact that rather a few will be offended by it.
"responsibilty for an offense" as NYE pointed out is a fault. If you just put up something without knowing that people will be offended by it - then you'd just be responsible withoiut any fault on your side.
As I said - the banner is in my opinion not offensiv but just bad. And fortunately both of you are obviously agreeing on my post since you're not answering

I'm kidding, so don't feel obliged to do so now, there's a right to ignore.

MarkG · September 9, 2002, 05:14

nye, dont think so, but for the sake of making sense out of your post....

MarkG · September 9, 2002, 05:20

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Originally posted by mapfi
it's still your fault, because - and that's the important part - you're in advance accepting the fact that rather a few will be offended by it.

i'm not accepting anything. i choose to put up a banner cause i like it without any expectations on who will be offended or not

notyoueither · September 9, 2002, 05:20

... so when are you going to make some sense?

notyoueither · September 9, 2002, 05:22

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Originally posted by MarkG
i'm not accepting anything. i choose to put up a banner cause i like it without any expectations on who will be offended or not

And that certainly is your perogative. However, in this thread you asked for opinions. Don't b!tch about the results of your own initiatives.

MarkG · September 9, 2002, 05:43

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... so when are you going to make some sense?

said the man who's calling me "vincent" for unknown reasons...

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Don't b!tch about the results of your own initiatives.

where do you see me complain?

notyoueither · September 9, 2002, 05:56

Right Mark, you've been totally accepting and understanding of the people who say 'no' in this thread. NOT.

MarkG · September 9, 2002, 06:19

there have been two types of negative responses to the banner
a) "i dont like it" responses to which i have accepted and never complained about
b) "i'm offended" responses which have come down to be from ignorance of the movie to which all that i have said is "it's a pitty"

one more time, lets go through some word definitions:
disagreement != complaint

Az · September 9, 2002, 07:49

I am not offended, but I think it would be stupid, and tasteless. just like most of the banners here.

Robert Plomp · September 9, 2002, 07:50

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so I will be in fault for the reaction of ignorant people?

what's more obvious?
1. there are people who know who hitler was but don't know about the charly chaplin movie
2. there are people who know about the charly chaplin movie but have no clue about who hitler was.

You can be sure that you will offend people by this banner because it's certainly sure that people will not know about the movie but do know about hitler.

Since it's pretty clear on before that you will offend people, it is your fault if you do it, since that just means you're going to offend people on purpose.

And offending people on purpose is a big fault, unless you think it's cool to offend people. If that's the idea behind the banner, to offend people, go ahead.

If you think that people should know about the movie or are ignorant otherwise, just makes clear that you are ignorant yourself.

mapfi · September 9, 2002, 07:55

CyberShy

that's what I was trying to say too.
Aside from this, I think it's a must-know movie, though. If people only knew what they're missing!

MarkG · September 9, 2002, 07:56

nice logic....

knowing you will offend people != offending people on purpose

MarkG · September 9, 2002, 07:58

btw,

if you dont know the movie then by definition your are ignorant of the movie