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I saw the infamous photo, and I try as I might,
I just couldn't get as righteously indignant as Bill Maher did over
it.
You see, as mentioned earlier, Iott also admitted to portraying a
UNION soldier in re-enactments of the War of Northern Agression.
If he's free to wear THAT uniform in public, then anything goes. :-)
In truth, I support anyone's right of self-expression. I'm an old
fart, too,
but if a group wanted to do a historical re-enactment of a Klan raid
and lynching,
or one that recreates the government massacre of Union workers at
Homestead,
I'd support that as well. It's a RE-ENACTMENT----it's not real. You
know,
like when Bruce Willis saves the planet with nukes? Or when somebody
dresses up in the bat-suit--and we all go to those big air-conditioned
buildings
and watch them? Now, I have my doubts as to whether a re-enactment
of
WW2 atrocities or KKK lynchings would be popular, but that's not the
point;
not all movies do big box office. Some are duds. So it is with re-
enactments.
Some are popular and people come out and watch; some, not so much. I
rather think the Wiking get-togethers fall into the latter category.

On Oct 13, 1:37 am, Paul Cardwell <hippogriff...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Since I am one of the few with direct memories of those days, I have a different
> reaction than an SS = LARP villains equation.  If he were doing a Wehrmacht
> unit, I would have no problem with it.  However, the SS were not just defending
> their country, but took a second oath to Adolph Hitler personally.  All were
> Nazis.  The Wikings were recruited primarily from occupied Norway (Quislings),
> with lesser numbers from Denmark, Netherlands, Swedish volunteers, and the
> Baltic Republics.  They were traitors against their own countries.  While many
> SS units behaved quite properly under the rules of war, Wikings were responsible
> for a higher percentage of atrocities than other SS units, excluding only the
> Totenkopf units which were in charge of the concentration and extermination
> camps.
>
> This is a permanent alignment - costume and equipment costs alone makes it well
> beyond the usual to play both sides of the same period. (It is reported that he
> also did Civil War reenactments, on the Union side.)  Thus it is quite different
> from the tabletop or even usual LARP where one may be hero or villian from one
> session to the next - or if played really properly, stages in between like real
> people.
>
> Yes, politics aside, there is a real difference, and my party doesn't even have
> a candidate in that race.
>
> Paul Cardwell
> born a month after the Third German Empire
>
> ________________________________
> From: "Mike "Talien" Tresca" <tal...@toast.net>
> To: CAR-PGa <car-pga@googlegroups.com>
> Sent: Tue, October 12, 2010 8:08:40 PM
> Subject: [car-pga] Congressional Candidate Condemned for Role-Playing a Nazi
>
> When you take the politics out of the equation, this discussion is
> fundamentally about whether or not it's okay for role-players to play
> villains.
>
> http://www.examiner.com/rpg-in-national/congressional-candidate-conde...
>
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