In India and in many parts of Asia the symbol is considered as a positive, being used for religious adornment, political parties and product advertising. Heh,

In India and in many parts of Asia the symbol is considered as a positive, being used for religious adornment, political parties and product advertising. Heh, as I was reading the above, I was thinking I wouldn't want to see the stereotypical Republican Elephant or Democrat Donkey used by other players in these games either -- it does distract (in some way, it's sad that people have such strong identification with groups and their symbols like that, it reeks of being proud of groupthink). As the author points out: the game isn't a forum to discuss these things, and symbols like those have meanings that are not part of the core intent of the game or why people are there. Presumably trademarks are out too, but that may be more of a civil legal issue than just having to deal with misinterpretation of intent.