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[cletrac (RIP)]

The trouble with Fliker and Photobucket is if the account ends then the pictures disappear. If you do like you've been doing they'll be there as long as there's a MLU forum.

[Robin Craig]

Cletrac I agree with you, i just started posting photos here for that reason

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[Dianaa]

Originally Posted by cletrac

The trouble with Fliker and Photobucket is if the account ends then the pictures disappear. If you do like you've been doing they'll be there as long as there's a MLU forum.

I use both the forum manage attachments and Photobucket. The reason is that there are some photos that you are likely to use on multiple forums so you only have to upload once. (e.g. the F5 Inter wrecker posted in the Euan's Grampians fire thread.)

Photobucket is a free service and I have never heard of an acount ending unless it was closed by the member.

There is a risk that Photobucket will censor and delete photos. e.g. I posted an image of a Nazi flag captured by an Australian Engineer serving in Europe during WWII (my housemate's grandfather). This was a genuine artifact but was deleted because it portrayed an image of hate.

[Tony Wheeler]

I agree with Hanno that we should avoid external image hosting where possible, because it's not wholly within our control, and as such represents a challenge to the integrity of this site. I'm thinking particularly of Hanno himself here, who has had to do a lot of work on older threads, which contain valuable information for us all. I think the enlarged thumbnails he has now introduced are a huge improvement, which for all practical purposes renders externally hosted images obsolete - even with my own failing eyesight!

[Ryan]

here's the real picture of what he was doing.
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[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Tony Wheeler

Laws around the banning of symbols of hatred relate solely to incitement, they specifically exclude historical images. Otherwise you'd have to ban every photo of Hitler ever taken, and for that matter just about every photo taken in Germany from 1933 to 1945! Not to mention the rest of Europe, plus the Russian campaign, Afrika Korps, Hollywood movies, etc. etc. etc...

I notice the Israeli govt. is currently moving to ban the word "Nazi" in everyday use, punishable by up to 6 months imprisonment, on the grounds that it trivializes the word. Bizarre!

Tony, Ryan, let's please keep this on-topic.

The stuff you are posting on here can be seen world wide and it is a fact that different countries have different laws regarding the display of nazi symbols.
Also, what some people do not find offending, others do. I still remember the first time I went to Beltring and I was astounded to see re-enactors manning a German roadblock to check entry passes. I was born decades after WW2 but I could fell the chill down my spine, just like my grandparents must have felt when they encountered the occupying forces day after day for 5 long years....

Hanno

[Tony Wheeler]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

The stuff you are posting on here can be seen world wide...what some people do not find offending, others do.

Good point Hanno, I've deleted the image and text. To be honest it never even crossed my mind, comes from living in Australia I guess, we don't have this problem down here.