Mark Hendrickson wrote:
>
> Greetings fellow debaters:
>
> At 7:57 -0500 10/29/1997, Rodger Coghlan wrote:
> >On 29-Oct-97, Greg Lindahl wrote:
> >>> It had to happen, didn't it?
> >>>
> >>> from the _Times_
> >>>
> >>> "(By your reasoning, as soon as Hitler killed himself, the Allies
> >>> should have just packed up & left Germany, right?)"
> >>>
> >>> By usenet convention, when someone mentions Hitler, *that*
> >>> argument/debate/bombastic spewing is OVER.
> >
> >>Comparisons of a game with real-world politics are quite
> >>inappropriate, especially comparisons that mention Hitler.
>
> I must disagree with the creator of Noble Oleg. Hitler is an important
> historical figure who is the epitomy of tyranny. In a game in which many
> wish to be tyrants but wish also to look as if they're not, the comparison
> is quite apt. Munich has defined American foreign relations since it
> happened. In fact, I don't see how we can play this game & _not_ think of
> Hitler. ;)
>
> -Mark
Actually, Mark, until this discussion was brought up, I hadn't. In
fact, save for a certain player in another PBeM game who was orchastrat-
ing his play along the lines of Mein Kampf, I never think of this person
in games not involving the ETO in WWII. I must be wierd, or something,
huh? ;-)
Jim Frediani