Ferry company under fire over 'Nazi' logo
Since when is a Viking a Nazi? Hitler liked dogs too. Should we ban pictures of dogs?
A Scottish ferry company has come under fire over its logo, which critics have described as "Nazi symbolism".
Serco NorthLink launched a marketing campaign earlier this year centred around the fictional character Magnus the Viking, who it says represents "dynamism, power and pride", it was reported on Deadlinenews.co.uk.
Its new logo shows Magnus in a windy setting, wearing traditional Viking attire and pointing towards the horizon.
But Britain Travel, a Hamburg-based tour operator, urged the firm to rethink the design, and compared it to the imagery used by Hitler and the Nazis.
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Peter Storm, managing director of Britain Travel, told Deadlinenews.co.uk: "We saw the logo for the first time and we immediately thought of the imagery used at the time Hitler was in power in Germany.
"It is not even the arm pointing in the air but the whole figure is associated with Viking propaganda symbols from that period.
"They need to move away from the Nazi symbolism. NorthLink is not on a crusade or looting expedition and this Viking symbol could upset Germans."
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9 comments:
The logo is simply an imitation of Babe Ruth.
"Political correctness is a far greater threat to our freedom and liberty than is terrorism..."
How silly, so Nazis are given a claim on history from about a thousand years before them, and which is more associated with Scandinavia than Germany.
Some people need to get a life. Connecting Vikings with Hitler is a stretch. Actually Hitler, after years of Catholic school, was a mess of contradictions. He was a vegetarian, a dog lover, an anti-Semite, fearful of close emotional relationships, a spiritualist, non-religious and a great but misguided orator.
He was such a dog lover that in his last hours, he put his dog down before killing Ava and himself.
The Nazi "swastika" is actually a very old symbol, the earliest archaeological evidence of swastika-shaped ornaments dates back to the Indus Valley Civilization as well as the Mediterranean Classical Antiquity.
Swastikas have also been used in various other ancient civilizations around the world including China, Japan, India, and Southern Europe.
So do we tell those people to stop using it too?
Morons!
NorthLink is not on a crusade or looting expedition and this Viking symbol could upset Germans."
IIRC Vikings did not participate in the Crusades. While riches and booty was the prime motivation of their travels, Vikings were also explorers who traveled throughout Europe and into the North American continent. That is what the Serco NorthLink alludes to. Only someone determined to be offended would see something else.
And, why would Germans be offended by a Viking symbol? Are they as thin skinned as the British and citizens of the U.S.? Somehow I've always viewed Germans as stolid, sensible people with a great deal of common sense.
Peter Storm said: "we saw the logo for the first time and we immediately thought of the imagery used at the time Hitler was in power in Germany". In that case, Peter, it seems to me that you have some sort of mental problem where you see Hitler in just about anything. You ought to get help for that.
When I saw the logo, I immediately thought of a Viking. And even though I am English and the Vikings did terrible things to my country (over a thousand years ago), you may be surprised to learn that I was NOT remotely offended!
All right! It's taco night.
A friend of mine is into spiritual Odinism, and he would find such allegations offensive. But then it IS the UK, so unless it's Islam, there will be no tolerance.
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