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Exciting updates await you at Mister Kitty as Shain unleashes ELEMENT OF SURPRISE and Bunky the Found Sound Squid unwraps his tentacles from two - well, one and half really - Dickie Goodman "break-in" novelty singles!!
Other excitement awaits you as we learn that a dealer at Katsucon last weekend was not only selling swastika armbands - you know, for all your Hellsing cosplay needs - but has expanded his Nazi line of fashion accessories to things like German army helmets and Nazi propaganda posters.
I would like to point out that this is completely unacceptable. Selling Nazi memorabilia to ignorant teenagers so they can dress up as Japanese cartoon characters... I mean, there's making a quick buck, and there's making a quick buck while being morally reprehensible. And profiting from (a) the horror of World War Two and (b) the ignorance of teenagers while counting on (c) good people doing nothing about it, that's a level of greed and disregard that goes above and beyond the normal convention dealer's "gimme the money" attitude.
Relevant cosplay.com thread is here - it's since been locked, but you can see people saying what's the big deal, it's only a symbol, and other people saying, hey, are you insane? and then there's discussion of the cosplay Jesuses and Japanese war atrocities. It's a thread that started off Godwinized and went downhill from there.
You wanna know what I think? I think anime cons should be about Japanese cartoons, and dealers shouldn't be selling Nazi propaganda posters at Japanese cartoon conventions. People that want to dress up like Nazis should get used to other people giving them attitude. People who think Americans should be expected to have the same emotional and cultural reactions to Nazi regalia as Japanese people need to go back to school, because they weren't paying attention during the part where teacher explained that America and Japan are two completely different nations.
There are plenty of actual Nazis around who would love new members to play dress up with. I suggest Nazi cosplayers should join the actual National Socialist Party and get up close and personal with the sexy, thrilling and exciting REAL LIFE Nazis who would cheerfully murder us all to satisfy their brain-damaged hate. Think of the exciting cosplay opportunities!
I ALSO think that attention whoring by dressing up as Nazis or Jesus or Iron Man or Gay Caribbean Pirate or presidents is pathetic and sad, especially at an anime con.
Of course I ALSO ALSO believe people should be allowed to wear whatever they want as long as their hoo-hah or their nay-nays aren't hangin' out, so feel free to dress like a total attention-whoring emotionally crippled d-bag at the Rotary Club luncheon or the software engineers conference or whatever event you choose. Just don't get all weepy when we mock you.
Other excitement awaits you as we learn that a dealer at Katsucon last weekend was not only selling swastika armbands - you know, for all your Hellsing cosplay needs - but has expanded his Nazi line of fashion accessories to things like German army helmets and Nazi propaganda posters.
I would like to point out that this is completely unacceptable. Selling Nazi memorabilia to ignorant teenagers so they can dress up as Japanese cartoon characters... I mean, there's making a quick buck, and there's making a quick buck while being morally reprehensible. And profiting from (a) the horror of World War Two and (b) the ignorance of teenagers while counting on (c) good people doing nothing about it, that's a level of greed and disregard that goes above and beyond the normal convention dealer's "gimme the money" attitude.
Relevant cosplay.com thread is here - it's since been locked, but you can see people saying what's the big deal, it's only a symbol, and other people saying, hey, are you insane? and then there's discussion of the cosplay Jesuses and Japanese war atrocities. It's a thread that started off Godwinized and went downhill from there.
You wanna know what I think? I think anime cons should be about Japanese cartoons, and dealers shouldn't be selling Nazi propaganda posters at Japanese cartoon conventions. People that want to dress up like Nazis should get used to other people giving them attitude. People who think Americans should be expected to have the same emotional and cultural reactions to Nazi regalia as Japanese people need to go back to school, because they weren't paying attention during the part where teacher explained that America and Japan are two completely different nations.
There are plenty of actual Nazis around who would love new members to play dress up with. I suggest Nazi cosplayers should join the actual National Socialist Party and get up close and personal with the sexy, thrilling and exciting REAL LIFE Nazis who would cheerfully murder us all to satisfy their brain-damaged hate. Think of the exciting cosplay opportunities!
I ALSO think that attention whoring by dressing up as Nazis or Jesus or Iron Man or Gay Caribbean Pirate or presidents is pathetic and sad, especially at an anime con.
Of course I ALSO ALSO believe people should be allowed to wear whatever they want as long as their hoo-hah or their nay-nays aren't hangin' out, so feel free to dress like a total attention-whoring emotionally crippled d-bag at the Rotary Club luncheon or the software engineers conference or whatever event you choose. Just don't get all weepy when we mock you.
