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Deadlock Clock: Feb 14th 2013 at 11:59:00 PM
TheWunn Since: Nov, 2010
#1: Jan 21st 2013 at 3:12:42 AM

If you'll look at the image, you'll see what I mean. It's just a logo on a t-shirt saying the words "Machiavelli was right." The only thing linking it to this trope is that it's description says "Not according to this trope, he wasn't!", with a link to a t-shirt selling site.

This does nothing to illustrate the trope, is a case of JAFAAC, and is also a blatant advertisement. I propose that it be either replaced or removed posthaste.

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#2: Jan 21st 2013 at 7:35:59 AM

+1 to pull per the OP.

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#5: Jan 21st 2013 at 9:01:29 AM

Welcome to this forum, Wunn. And yes, this image is pretty poor. Is it only an excuse to pimp the Zazzle store? Current, by the way:

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#6: Jan 21st 2013 at 9:04:26 AM

What was said by [up][up] and [up][up][up], but not what was said by [up][up][up][up]. tongue

My guess is the Zazzle link is there as a form of acknowledgement rather than pimping.

I also coulda sworn a thread about this clocked out a little while ago, but searching says otherwise.

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#7: Jan 21st 2013 at 9:10:59 AM

I think it came up in the Needs Image Source thread? Which is where the store link came from. I don't think it was intentionally meant to pimp the store; it's just how it came out. That doesn't mean how it came out is acceptable, though.

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#11: Feb 11th 2013 at 12:33:26 PM

+1 to pull.

I'm also not sure you can summarise the idea that one of the most influential works of modern political philosophy is wrong in a single image.

edited 11th Feb '13 12:33:41 PM by Noaqiyeum

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#12: Feb 11th 2013 at 1:27:08 PM

A shame it's not possible to have Machiavelli die in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood as that could at least provide picture of a dead character.

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#13: Feb 15th 2013 at 6:54:50 AM

The clock's up. The pic and caption are pulled; locking up.

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