From: "Dan Minette" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Who is the sheriff? Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 11:04:26 -0600
----- 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.
I haven't read this entire thread yet, but this is inaccurate:
I posted this link last Friday on the "Humor" thread (in response to Doug) :)
http://www.indiaprofile.com/religion-culture/swastika.htm
Excerpt:
Surrounding their use of the image there exists a widespread misconception concerning the representation of the symbol. It is commonly thought that the motif of the Third Reich was an inverted swastika, a deviation from the original ancient design. The point needs clarification.
Regardless of the swastika's configuration, i.e. right-angled or left-angled, the symbol's significance does not suffer; it merely indicates two opposing principles, evolution and dissolution.
Jon GSV Clarification
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