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Nazi Uniform to a fancy dress party?

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  • #32
    LeinsterDub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,229 ✭✭✭LeinsterDub


    darkpagandeath wrote: »
    We could do this all day I doubt any military uniform in history has not committed an atrocity of some kind or another. Their all worn by people who job it is to kill other people.

    What about The Salvation Army?


  • #33
    handlemaster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,002 ✭✭✭handlemaster


    Rhotheta wrote: »
    Is it too soon? What's your opinion?

    My opinion would be that enough time has elapsed so that it's ok to now dress up in a nazi uniform for a fancy dress party.

    Why Dont you get in before the rush and dress as a Russian soldier


  • #34
    D1stant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,806 ✭✭✭D1stant


    Rhotheta wrote: »
    Is it too soon? What's your opinion?

    My opinion would be that enough time has elapsed so that it's ok to now dress up in a nazi uniform for a fancy dress party.

    Unless its a Bar Mitzvah, work it boy.


  • #35
    Skerries
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,014 ✭✭✭✭Skerries


    dress up as Cromwell, should go down a treat
    Untitled Image




  • #36
    enfant terrible
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,795 ✭✭✭enfant terrible


    Go as a blackfaced Nazi.


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  • #37
    FunLover18
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,793 ✭✭✭FunLover18


    Rhotheta wrote: »
    So a pirate costume is out of the question then?

    Did pirates commit anything on the same scale as the holocaust?

    As I said it's an interesting debate, as time definitely comes into the issue. Pirates is also an interesting because there really are two versions of pirates in today's society, the treasure hunters and Jack Sparrows of fiction and popular culture and of course the reality which still goes on today.

    Personally I think it's too soon, and I think if the OP has to ask then he/she knows it too. Why risk a potentially awkward situation?


  • #38
    darkpagandeath
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,461 ✭✭✭✭darkpagandeath


    LeinsterDub wrote: »
    What about The Salvation Army?

    Their not a military unit. Or even an Army


  • #39
    MonstaMash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,425 ✭✭✭MonstaMash


    D1stant wrote: »
    You'll just have to fall back to Gold Finger :D
    Nope, Captain Spaulding it is, I'm not shaving the whiskers :D


  • #40
    mikom
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,391 ✭✭✭✭mikom


    D1stant wrote: »
    You'll just have to fall back to Gold Finger :D

    So it's OK to go as a Jew?


  • #41
    darkpagandeath
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,461 ✭✭✭✭darkpagandeath


    FunLover18 wrote: »
    Did pirates commit anything on the same scale as the holocaust?

    As I said it's an interesting debate, as time definitely comes into the issue. Pirates is also an interesting because there really are two versions of pirates in today's society, the treasure hunters and Jack Sparrows of fiction and popular culture and of course the reality which still goes on today.

    Personally I think it's too soon, and I think if the OP has to ask then he/she knows it too. Why risk a potentially awkward situation?

    Dressing up in a costume does not make you a Nazi or a murderer. Is dressing up as a priest ok ?


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  • #42
    Lyaiera
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,818 ✭✭✭Lyaiera


    LeinsterDub wrote: »
    What about The Salvation Army?

    They advocate killing gay people. So no, not The Salvation Army.


  • #43
    Oink
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 2,163 Mod ✭✭✭✭Oink


    One look at this thread and my TrollDetector2000 * went in the red.


    * Patent pending


  • #44
    FunLover18
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,793 ✭✭✭FunLover18


    darkpagandeath wrote: »
    Dressing up in a costume does not make you a Nazi or a murderer. Is dressing up as a priest ok ?

    I never said it did.


  • #45
    darkpagandeath
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,461 ✭✭✭✭darkpagandeath


    FunLover18 wrote: »
    I never said it did.

    But you cant separate a military uniform from People who did all the killing. If they all wore pink tracksuits they would still have been Nazis and killed.


  • #46
    FunLover18
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,793 ✭✭✭FunLover18


    darkpagandeath wrote: »
    But you cant separate a military uniform from People who did all the killing. If they all wore pink tracksuits they would still have been Nazis and killed.

    That's different. I don't think it's possible for anyone to see the Nazi uniform and not think of / remember the holocaust, that doesn't mean I think people who wear the uniform to a fancy dress are Nazis.

    However people can see a pirate costume and the only thing that will cross their mind is Captain Hook or Captain Morgan.


  • #47
    darkpagandeath
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,461 ✭✭✭✭darkpagandeath


    FunLover18 wrote: »
    That's different. I don't think it's possible for anyone to see the Nazi uniform and not think of / remember the holocaust, that doesn't mean I think people who wear the uniform are Nazis.

    However people can see a pirate costume and the only thing that will cross their mind is Captain Hook or Captain Morgan.

    So all the murdering, rape, pillaging is ok because Disney made them loveable ?


  • #48
    wendell borton
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,335 ✭✭✭wendell borton


    Dress as a blue shirt.


  • #49
    Electric Sheep
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,114 ✭✭✭Electric Sheep


    Rhotheta wrote: »
    Is it too soon? What's your opinion?

    My opinion would be that enough time has elapsed so that it's ok to now dress up in a nazi uniform for a fancy dress party.

    Why don't you try it and see how people react?

    It would brand you a complete a$$hole in my eyes, but I am sure there are people who would think you are great craic:rolleyes:


  • #50
    darkpagandeath
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,461 ✭✭✭✭darkpagandeath


    Electric Sheep wrote: »
    Why don't you try it and see how people react?

    It would brand you a complete a$$hole in my eyes, but I am sure there are people who would think you are great craic:rolleyes:

    What about a WWII Russian uniform ? They were not to nice to the German civilian population...


  • #51
    FunLover18
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,793 ✭✭✭FunLover18


    darkpagandeath wrote: »
    So all the murdering. rape. pillaging is ok because Disney made them loveable ?

    It's about association. The Nazi uniform will always be associated with the holocaust. Pirates however (yes thanks to Barrie and Disney) are now associated with adventure, fun, and treasure hunting. I'm not saying that's right, I'm saying that's how it is.


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  • #52
    Electric Sheep
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,114 ✭✭✭Electric Sheep


    darkpagandeath wrote: »
    What about a WWII Russian uniform ? They were not to nice to the German civilian population...

    Nor to their own indigenous Jewish population.


  • #53
    Holsten
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,971 ✭✭✭Holsten


    Yeah it's fine.

    Nazi's certainly knew how to dress stylishly.


  • #54
    Bandito909
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 347 ✭✭Bandito909


    No big deal really.

    I wore one to my brother's 40th, and that wasn't even fancy dress.
    Got loads of compliments.


  • #55
    ScumLord
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    I wouldn't see anything wrong with it, it's no different than dressing as a roman, hun, ghost, vampire.. They're all bad guys.

    I always have to laugh whenever my town has a fancy dress, you see everything from black faces to nazi's to peadophile priests. Everyone takes it in the spirit it was meant and no one seems to assume you agree with Nazi policy just because you wear the uniform to a fancy dress.


  • #56
    m5ex9oqjawdg2i
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    I probably wouldn't do it, but also wouldn't have a huge problem with others doing it.


  • #57
    darkpagandeath
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,461 ✭✭✭✭darkpagandeath


    FunLover18 wrote: »
    It's about association. The Nazi uniform will always be associated with the holocaust. Pirates however (yes thanks to Barrie and Disney) are now associated with adventure, fun, and treasure hunting. I'm not saying that's right, I'm saying that's how it is.

    Why is the German Army uniform of the time then not treated the same. Not everyone was Nazis Plenty of normal troops guarding the Death camps and killing civilians.


  • #58
    Nemeses
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,829 ✭✭✭Nemeses


    OSI wrote: »
    Would you be happy in someone turning up dressed like a Black and Tan?

    What does a Black & Tan look like?


  • #59
    salmocab
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,215 ✭✭✭✭salmocab


    Dont understand what would be wrong with this at all, I dressed up as a zombie once this doesn't mean I support the living dead walking the earth. Ive seen people dressed up as red coats in parties in Ireland don't think anyone objected. There is probably no costume that you couldn't find someone to object to if you really looked.


  • #60
    MadsL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,299 ✭✭✭✭MadsL


    Nemeses wrote: »
    What does a Black & Tan look like?

    Similar to a normal pint.


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  • #61
    Rhotheta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 233 ✭✭Rhotheta


    FunLover18 wrote: »
    It's about association. The Nazi uniform will always be associated with the holocaust. Pirates however (yes thanks to Barrie and Disney) are now associated with adventure, fun, and treasure hunting. I'm not saying that's right, I'm saying that's how it is.

    So what your saying is Nazis should hire Disney to improve their public image such that every child will have a Nazi teddy bear in it's bedroom.


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