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Originally Posted by Gilbou (Post 1326404)

Ubisoft will recall the games. People can choose to bring it back, refunded or exhanged or not bring it back. They have to do it, but people that don't bring the game back there's nothing they will do. They don't care. They did their part.

....and that's it ! :|\\

Hey did anyone ever answer about the Japanese Rising Sun emblem.. is that verboten in Japan too or we only saved that for poor ole Germanys use of the swastika?

Does that mean if Germany won the war the american star would be banned?

Golly... the shenanigans of politics.. :o

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Originally Posted by Hanomag (Post 1327003)

The Rising Sun is the symbol of Japan. The Stars and Stripes are the symbol of the United States of America. The Swastika is the symbol of the Nazi party. One of these things is not like the others, but I doubt you'll be able to tell which.
I was so sorry to hear about your crippling brain damage. :cry:

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Originally Posted by Kapitanleutnant (Post 1327093)

A little harsh there, don't you think? :nope:

Considering it was the Nazi party pushing Germany into the war, it'd be awful easy to make the assumption that the swastika symbolized Germany during WW2, hence the (over)reaction in banning the swastika outright in Germany.

I suppose it'd be like the U.S. Government banning the display of the "Rebel flag". I would be surprised if certain municipalities within the U.S haven't at least tried to ban it, if not succeeded...

Edit: Snipped from the Wikipedia article:
With the establishment of Nazi regime in Germany on 30 January 1933, the black-red-gold flag was swiftly scrapped: a ruling on 12 March reintroduced the old black-white-red imperial tricolour and established the flag of the Nazi Party as the two legal national flags of Germany.[28] In 1935, one year after the death of Reich President Paul von Hindenburg and Hitler's self-elevation to the position of Führer, the dual flag arrangement ended with the exclusive use of the Nazi flag as the national flag of Germany. The new flag law[29] was announced at the annual party rally in Nuremberg,[30] where Hermann Göring claimed the old black-white-red flag, while honoured, was the symbol of a bygone era and under threat of being used by "reactionaries".

So assuming that the Nazi flag represents Germany during WW2 would be correct. Making the further guess that Japan might have banned the Rising Sun wouldn't be a stretch, in my opinion. Had Germany managed to occupy the U.S. during WW2, I wouldn't be surprised if the Stars & Stripes had been banned from display.