https://www.posetteforever.com/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=3029&p=37778#p37778 ----------------------------------- Tormie Wednesday, 12 December 2007, 03:53 PM Re: Leahman and the "Führer" ----------------------------------- Hi Andreas, having seen that picture I predicted your reaction (Tormie hides the crystal ball...). Honestly my opinion is that that thing is only a sort of toy that could be used for some kind of dark-humoristic pictures. I'm a fan of the Sturmtruppen comic strip that using mainly the german soldiers of WWII describes with a dense-dark humor the horrors of the war. In this strip there is the cliche' german soldier, ready to obey to any kind of order, the italian soldier, ready to avoid any kind of dangers, bribing and stealing, the japanese soldier that wants to find a plane for a kamikaze attack, and the american soldier munchin chewing gum and making bubbles every time... Well, I see that this thing could be used in that kind of pictures. I used a couple of times the picture of Hitler and some german soldiers saluting in another one in a context of dark humor (copied from the sturmtruppen :redface: ). Comparing what you see there with what I could see watching Mussolini , I would see a sort of toy to laugh at. So said, I understand how you feel and I will ask to leahman to remove the picture not for the reason that there is a toy representing Hitler, but because the context is not clear and that toy has no sense. If someone make a picture in (for example) a context with a mad scentist, or in a dark humoristic picture it could have a sense, in that context that want to show only the freebies that he would share, it has no sense. Well, I don't know what would be the reaction of this guy, he has a style that reminds the one of Den Tracy, and i think, the same character, so there is a real possibility that he will quit posting here. But, it's not the first time that something similar happens here for our ethic.