Is it really that messed up?

Today in chemistry, I was doing a propaganda poster for my history. Let me repeat that: it was an assignment. We were studying WWII in that class. I decided to make my poster for Germany, because it would be the easiest, just draw a swastika. So I'm just sitting in chemistry, happily coloring my swastica. Ashley asks me about it, we start talking about swastikas, and it turns out we both like the way it looks. (I mean, take away all it stands for, and it just looks cool.) We keep talking, and she says that I should color it pink. I like this idea, but not on my poster, because I do have to turn that in. So she draws one on my arm, with a pink pen. We both think it's funny, but then we show Evan and he's all "That's messed up." And I just don't get why. I understand that it stands for thsi horrible, racist regime, but I did make sure to put it where it's covered by the sleeve of my jacket, so no one will see it and get the wrong idea about me. I just think people are too touchy and politically correct. But me and Ashley have a shared irreverence, so it works out okay. For instance, last year we got this packet about this guy who died in the war in Iraq. We colored it, all over, and made him look like a girl. We were just messing around, but everyone got so almost upset. Like "how could you do that! He's dead!", but I don't quite understand the huge difference between drawing on a picture of a guy who you have never met, and will never meet, who is alive, and one who is dead. I guess there's some line we cross, but it's almost like no one has told us where it is, just that we can't cross it.



I just realized this could be taken as a rant against Evan. Just so everyone knows, I'm not upset with anyone just sort of wondering what was wrong with what we did, you know, like it's some social taboo.