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Time to celebrate the cold Finnish summer in the middle of Helsinki as multi-year tradition dictates, and be at Alppipuisto on the 15th of June.

http://laserti.me/copyparty2013

Note that all actual software copying activities are illegal under Finland's copyright laws.

Everybody is welcome.

Oh yeah, and swastikas are fucking welcoming, how TOPICAL.

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@Fell: swastika is an old symbol, and like Wikipedia says "the swastika literally means "to be good". Or another translation can be made: "swa" is "higher self", "asti" meaning "being", and "ka" as a suffix, so the translation can be interpreted as "being with higher self".

The only way to uncorrupt an abstract symbol with horrific historical connotations is to use it for non-horrific purposes.

Symbol, Corrupted +2
Will try to attend this :)

np: Justice - Stress

You present the symbol with a nazi flag even, as part of an almost completely ungrounded symbol set; the only recognisable symbols on the page in fact are the nazi flag and the fire alarm handle.

I'm sorry man, I really like most of your output but for me, this is not reclaiming the swastika so much as merely projecting it. The idiomatic use of this symbol by far outweighs the ancient meaning, especially in the context shown with red and black flag.

Yeah, I think even done ironically its in poor taste. I would change it, personally.

Good luck with the party, though.

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I do wish the party every success guys, and I like your style the vast majority of the time :P

Gripe with symbol choice aside, pretty much every production I see from you only affirms my (denied by Visy) belief that somebody involved is familiar with Spare, Hine, Caroll, Snell et al.

pretty much what fell said.
have a good party nontheless.

@Fell: those and many more, or course. It's all about stealing the best ideas and repurposing. Pahamoka coded the invitation and made the site, though. I stand by his work and it's status as a production of Trilobit. He doesn't condone nazism, expect for perhaps as a fleeting sexual fetish for order.

Hmm... trying to reclaim the swastika symbol, ok. Doing so by using the exact nazi flag, that's an utter fail if you ask me. It's like saying you want to reclaim the toothbrush moustache, then having hitler's exact moustache and haircut and also wearing a nazi uniform. Only thing you're going to reclaim there is a whole bunch of hate :)

Good luck with the party anyway.

famous finnish humour - I see no harm in that apart from maybe a few marketing issues. Not that anyone would want me to come to this party, but if anyone did, i'd run away screaming :)

Nevertheless - good laughs were had, and I appreciate all attempts at subversion, so I wish you a great copyparty :)

This just in: Bilotrip is holding an Antifa Copyparty in Ruttopuisto the same weekend. Also Jenkembly is coming back this year. Stay tuned.

I have this slight inkling that HTeL's glorious comeback for '13 starts here. Rated R for nudity and violence.

nice stuff, but iam at Dreamhack then :o

bittin: your party agenda is sooo confusing. can you start a google calendar and share it with all of us?

*whoosh*

maali, i think it's quite clear: he doesn't go to parties for real

nosfe: he just claims to

t-101, i know