"For Sweden" (rallybeetle) 02/04/2014 at 17:22 • Filed to: Nazis, Volkswagen Beetle, VW Beetle, Beetle, Bug, Volkswagen, VW

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!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! over a think-tank named after a firearm eventually used by the Nazis, and I'm just sitting here looking at cars developed by Nazis.

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Nibbles > For Sweden 02/04/2014 at 17:26

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Why the hell did I click that

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > For Sweden 02/04/2014 at 17:26

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CPT Speedbump > For Sweden 02/04/2014 at 17:33

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Devolved by Ferdinand Porsche* more like. I'd say commissioned by the Nazi's.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > For Sweden 02/04/2014 at 17:34

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Even "named after a firearm" is on thin standing. I actually heard the latin aphorism before ever hearing the name of the round. I hate Gawker so very much, it's almost as much as their commentariat.

Also, nice Kdfwagen.

Warshingtonian > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 02/04/2014 at 17:50

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Oooooohhhh, schwimmwagen in the background!!

Gamecat235 > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/04/2014 at 17:58

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So... then they named a start up "Prepare The War"? (ETA: Or, maybe 'for' instead of 'the' - very rusty latin/google skills...)

Because that's better.

CPT Speedbump > CPT Speedbump 02/04/2014 at 18:42

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Developed* don't know why Kinja isn't letting me edit my comment -.-

M54B30 > For Sweden 02/04/2014 at 18:56

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Gawker will make the craziest connections. It's just a name, unclench your collective fists.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Gamecat235 02/05/2014 at 09:12

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The original aphorism is "if you wish for peace, prepare for war" - a.k.a. "Be Prepared" in slightly kooky survivalist/end-timesish speak. Abbreviated "for war" is like abbreviating/shorthanding "an armed society is a polite society" with "Armed society".

You may disagree with the sentiment, but it's in no way Nazi or even outwardly hostile as such. More paranoid, but significantly more scholarly a reference than "LET'S BE MAKE OUR GROUP AS NAME OF GUN HURR" which is Gawker's claim. We're asked to accept that an intentional separation of the two words, as in the latin original, is still somehow a *direct* reference to the round/gun, which is somehow inherently Nazi.

Because Gawker can go fuck itself.

Gamecat235 > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/05/2014 at 09:33

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Latin has nothing to do with the Nazi's. I can accept that. =)

But they still choose the second half of the translated phrase, which has come to be synonymous with "prepare for war." Even if they meant well, this is not exactly the statement you want your start up to be associated with, unless you're in the business of supplying arms or logistical support for actual war... and even then, it's still a bit tacky.

But... hey, it's a free country, and we have stores named fcuk (for the record, french connection makes some rather comfy and stylish clothes), restaurants named pink taco, and unneeded censorship is ridiculous.

Well, the weapon itself is inherently German, and everyone knows that German = Nazi. right? (just in case this isn't translated, this is pure sarcasm).

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Gamecat235 02/05/2014 at 09:39

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I wrote the first post absolutely seething, because not. a. single. one. of the Gawker commentators called BS that wasn't obviously a troll. If something demonstrably risible, untrue, and easily demonstrated as such gets said over our way (Jalopnik, Oppo), regulars can be relied upon to correct it, even if coming to the defense of cars/makers/people that are disliked. Because FUCKING INTEGRITY.

Not Gawker. Nope. Much better for every comment to say "boy, them repoblicans shore am nazis, yep yep, every single one" and expand it into blather about Zionism, "Republicans are the party of slavery" and every single half-witted slur under the sun, to apply to any and all of different political belief from the fringe to Libertarians - with only *trolls* to offer counterargument. What an absolutely loathsome little stew of hatred they've got over there, I'm telling you...