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Originally Posted by ichso
The Nazis have turned a whole lot of things into mess that nobody can use now without creating the association with holocaust and mass murder, and the poor swastika is now only one of the things we can't anymore  . |
That is not really true. If you want to show coins of Troy with a swastika nobody will mind. A buddhist statue with a a swastika, go ahead. A pre-WW2 American 45th Division patch with a swastika, no problem at all. Put it on an all red flag within a central white circle, we have an issue. Everyone knows that the swastika has to be taken in context nowadays.
And putting a few things in game that realistically would have had swastikas is, in my opinion, not a lack of imagination. It is just as important to immersion as having all the bolts and rivets in the right place.. ask Tomi_099 about that one. (**disclaimer - I am not saying Tomi supports or likes swastikas in his game, I do not know his opinion. I am just using his mod as an example of nit-picking detail being a good thing for immersion purposes. If you will make sure a bolt or chain is in the right place, why not an emblem?).