DraKon2k said:It's a german aircraft carrier from ww2, not a "nazi aircraft carrier".
Was there a Swastika on the Deck??? I rest my case.Wolfstuka said:ya i get your point but it kind of hints that all germans were nazis also the nazis were a political party so calling it a nazi aircraft carrier would be like calling a US carrier a republican aircraft carrier which is strange to do because the country built it not really a politcal party but this is all getting to picky.... it is strange how the soviets didnt want anyone to know where the graf was at, was it carrying illegal material possibly?
exactly, so its not a nazi carrier which is what some guy said and i helped reinforceBuddyLee said:Was there a Swastika on the Deck??? I rest my case.
D3terioNation said:because thats what our grand-daddys called them!! Frikkin nazi's!!!
CheersD3terioNation said:To be honest, I think the English sense of humour is the reason why we refer to WW2 Germany as 'nazi' Germany.
And I think, due to the millions of lives lost fighting nazi Germany, everyone has a right to refer to them as 'the nazis' without some goody two shoes telling them off for doing so...
That's pure BS. You can't make nowadays germans responsable for what happened 60 years ago. Man, I don't know what more to say, it's just so ridicolous.D3terioNation said:To be honest, I think the English sense of humour is the reason why we refer to WW2 Germany as 'nazi' Germany.
And I think, due to the millions of lives lost fighting nazi Germany, everyone has a right to refer to them as 'the nazis' without some goody two shoes telling them off for doing so...
I don't, unless they are NEO-NAZI's.DraKon2k said:That's pure BS. You can't make nowadays germans responsable for what happened 60 years ago.
It is incorrect(as well as totally unrespectful).BuddyLee said:I don't, unless they are NEO-NAZI's.
I think calling it a NAZI Ship is not incorrect, wrong, or provocative, people are just too sensitive nowadays I guess.?
Wolfstuka said:ya i get your point but it kind of hints that all germans were nazis also the nazis were a political party so calling it a nazi aircraft carrier would be like calling a US carrier a republican aircraft carrier which is strange to do because the country built it not really a politcal party but this is all getting to picky.... it is strange how the soviets didnt want anyone to know where the graf was at, was it carrying illegal material possibly?