Dan Minette wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Julia Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 11:00 AM
> Subject: Re: Who is the sheriff?
>
> > "Horn, John" wrote:
> > >
> > > > From: Doug Pensinger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >
> > > > Why? Hitler and Nazism symbolize more than the holocaust. I
> > > > associate
> > > > fascism, secret police and several other nasty things with
> > > > him and his
> > > > regime.
> > > >
> > > > I think it's in poor taste but not anti-Semitic.
> > >
> > > (It's taken me a long time to get a chance to answer this one...)
> > >
> > > It seems to me that 99 times out 100, when you see a swastica it is
> being
> > > used in either an anti-Semitic or racist manner and is being used to
> > > intimedate.
> >
> > In the US, certainly. In other parts of the world, no. Gotta keep these
> > things in context.
> >
>
> IIRC, the swastika used by the Nazis is unique. The Hindu symbol points in
> the opposite direction.
But you've got to know the difference. And I'm sure that a number of the
people using it in the US don't. :(
Julia
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