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* In the real world, the term "[[Wikipedia:Blackshirts|Blackshirt]]" was used for paramilitaries supporting Mussolini's fascist regime. Cf. | * In the real world, the term "[[Wikipedia:Blackshirts|Blackshirt]]" was used for paramilitaries supporting Mussolini's fascist regime. Cf. "[[w:Redcoat|Redcoat]]". | ||
* The term may also have been inspired by the Nazis' [[w:Sturmabteilung|Stormtroops]] (SA), which were called "brownshirts" because of their brown uniforms. | * The term may also have been inspired by the Nazis' [[w:Sturmabteilung|Stormtroops]] (SA), which were called "brownshirts" because of their brown uniforms. | ||
Revision as of 07:10, 23 March 2010
"Blackshirt" is a derrogatory term for Council Security. (Greetings from Earth). It is akin to the use of the word "pig" to describe a civilian officer of the law.
Notes
- In the real world, the term "Blackshirt" was used for paramilitaries supporting Mussolini's fascist regime. Cf. "Redcoat".
- The term may also have been inspired by the Nazis' Stormtroops (SA), which were called "brownshirts" because of their brown uniforms.