One Nice Thing About Winter...

[Helm]

 

[Ron Tamburrini]

 

[Gaudin]

Descending into madness again (Keith, you have foreseen it)

One last thing I would throw in - may be its going to stirr (or may be not -as everyone is tired) - and that is in response to that dead soldiers picture

I work with a certain gentleman who is from US (and that is in no way to extrapolate to other US gentlemen). He likes his guns, he buys massive cars. I find his life views odd.
He keeps talking about a company that puts you on the boat, gives you a big fk off automatic gun or guns - mini gun if you wish, and takes you on a tour. So basically, you sit on a boat drink your beer and wait for prey to turn up (so then you may need to defend yourself). You know where they take you ?

Somalian territorial waters.

Now how's that for an ethical dilemma?

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Because all the wolves in Sweden were killed approximately 200 years back.

And the second guess would be?

Cheers
Janne Nilsson

 

[Karlosfandango]

Am I on the right website?
Thought this place was about modelling figures!!

 

[Gaudin]

Am I on the right website?
Thought this place was about modelling figures!!

It may surprise you, but - quote:
Lounge

Miscellaneous and off-topic conversations go here. Be tasteful, rules apply here: e.g. no religion or politics.​

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Seems like so far we managed to avoid religion and politics, its the tasteful bit is currently under scrutiny.​

I am starting to have a sneaky suspicion that some people use these discussions to artificially boost their "likes" ratings ​

 

[DEL]

It may surprise you, but - quote:
Lounge

Miscellaneous and off-topic conversations go here. Be tasteful, rules apply here: e.g. no religion or politics.​

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Seems like so far we managed to avoid religion and politics, its the tasteful bit is currently under scrutiny.​

I am starting to have a sneaky suspicion that some people use these discussions to artificially boost their "likes" ratings ​

 

[Babelfish]

I think Steve is right...it's a few dead coyotes. Who cares. You want controversial? Here you go, dead Americans at Malmedy. Yeah, I went there; you guys wanna paint SS soldiers who've done far worse than any coyote, but it's okay to display them, right? But not a dead nuisance animal?

Not really a very good comparison and argument. Do you seriously believe that painting a scale model of an SS soldier means that the painter somehow endorses or condones or justifies the actions of the Waffen SS at places such as Malmedy (actually it was the Baugnez Crossroads and I've been there too .... but let's not split hairs ).

But hey - why stop at the SS?! I know they are the usual 'go-to' bad guys in threads/arguments such as this, but what about the Red Army? Does painting a Soviet soldier from the late war period mean that the painter is 'cool' with the mass rape and murder that those guys perpetrated as they "atrocetied" their way acorss East Prussia, Poland and eastern Germany in 1944/45? Or that aircraft modellers who build Avro Lancaster, B-17 or Heinkel 111 kits (let's not forget how many innocent civilians these machines killed in firestorms all over Europe) have no right to be upset at or disturbed by images of dead animals (or people for that matter)?

And I wonder how Mr. "I Love My AK47" would feel if (just for the sake of argument) his own dog slipped its leash, chased some sheep into a gulley and was shot by the farmer? Sheep are valuable livestock after all, sheep farmers generally regard "sheep worrying" by domestic dogs as a serious problem, and so the farmer is - surely - quite justified in regarding any dogs that pose a danger to his livestock as "vermin", no?

- Steve

 

[Ron Tamburrini]

Sheep worrying I thought that was left to the Dynamic duo in Ayrshire

Almost forgot And aberdeen supporters

 

[Karlosfandango]

Still modelling figures though!!

 

[Uruk-Hai]

I think Steve is right...it's a few dead coyotes. Who cares. You want controversial? Here you go, dead Americans at Malmedy. Yeah, I went there; you guys wanna paint SS soldiers who've done far worse than any coyote, but it's okay to display them, right? But not a dead nuisance animal? And BTW, to refer to someone on here as a cretin is just plain wrong. That's a title I'd reserve for a captured Taliban, not a modeler

I could have understood your point if the orignal posting had been like this. I think you can see the difference.


One Nice Thing About Winter....Makes It Much Easier To Spot These Rascals!

Maybe its just me, but I think that would have caused more feeling and opinions here. On the other hand, according to a Foxnews profile, this was done by americans?

Cheers
Janne Nilsson

 

[bagelman1952]

If my description of a persons mental state offended anybody I apologise. I still believe he is low life but I should not have printed it. Now its time for the mods to stop this c**p

 

[sd0324]

If my description of a persons mental state offended anybody I apologise. I still believe he is low life but I should not have printed it. Now its time for the mods to stop this c**p

You post again in a thread you want the "authorities" to take care of....rich...I think the "State" probably does quite enough for you already. I bet if you have a vermin problem you wait for the "authorities" to come deal with it for you. Apology accepted.

 

[Stephen Ward]

Not really a very good comparison and argument. Do you seriously believe that painting a scale model of an SS soldier means that the painter somehow endorses or condones or justifies the actions of the Waffen SS at places such as Malmedy (actually it was the Baugnez Crossroads and I've been there too .... but let's not split hairs ).
- Steve

Wow, really? I never said I believe that painting an SS soldier condones or justifies their real-life actions. If you got THAT out of my post, well, then you should clearly re-read it. I was making the point that whether SS soldiers, dead coyotes, or maybe even sheep, there will be SOMEONE who thinks it's questionable, controversial, whatever word you wanna put on it. But sitting there and bad-mouthing a member and hurling personal insults is uncalled for and franky, it's shitty. Things will be controversial, but lets talk about it like men, and not schoolchildren who can't help but sink to immature name calling to get a point across. Live life like you're Hemingway and be a man about it...I can't believe that anyone on here is stupid enough to only be able to resort to calling a fellow member some childish names.

 

[Helm]

Like Hemingway ? As in lie about your wounds and plagerise other peoples works before blowing your head off ? Possibly not the best example fellah

 

[Stephen Ward]

Like Hemingway ? As in lie about your wounds and plagerise other peoples works before blowing your head off ? Possibly not the best example fellah

History has its pundits; and Papa wasn't a perfect dude by ANY means but he's a better example of courage, creativity, and originality than anyone the kids today look up to. It's a well known fact that Hemingway was wounded at the front; as for plagiarism, it's a sad fact there's some evidence he might have taken some ideas from others. But I would rather my kids look up to Hemingway than some douchebag musician who's utterly talentless or some celebrity who hasn't done a damn thing but a poor job at acting in a vampire movie.

 

[Helm]

He was wounded that much is true but his tales of rescuing an Italian and RUNNING 100 yards carrying said Italian while he has a shattered knee not so much, I know what you're trying to say but you might have found a better example Tolkien springs to mind in the writers off hand