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March 11, 2013 at 2:51 pm
Too bad about the Nazis.
March 11, 2013 at 3:17 pm
And their bastardizing of the swastika? Yeah. Nothing to do about it now.
March 11, 2013 at 5:17 pm
except to reclaim it…
seriously, the swastika has meant good luck and prosperity for 10,000 years. 100 years of meaning the opposite doesn’t even come close to making a difference in the long run.
March 11, 2013 at 9:33 pm
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March 12, 2013 at 2:38 am
Unless you’re in most parts of Asia, where Swastikas are such a common decorative motif it doesn’t even register with most people.
In China, I used to live across the street from a gigantic wall with thousands of swastikas carved in. I asked my neighbour who had lived in the same building for years and she said, “Oh, yeah, I guess I didn’t notice they were there.”
But they “sun with rays” that we would associate with childrens’ drawings? Don’t wanna be flashing that one around.
March 13, 2013 at 6:31 pm
actually, you are the one who sounds like a douche. instead of realising that there are a lot of instances where the swastika doesn’t mean what you want it to mean (and those instances are getting more and more common as time moves along), you are saying “no, it doesn’t mean that any longer, it means something entirely different now, and nothing you can say will change my mind.”
the nazis and the white supremacists rule your life. it’s sad that your great-grandparents got murdered in the last world war, but mine did too, and i don’t let that control what i think about one of the world’s oldest symbols of love, good luck, and prosperity.
March 14, 2013 at 3:24 pm
So, you’re choosing to continue being insensitive to others – with the idea that it is their problem, not yours. Perhaps that speaks of your character.
March 14, 2013 at 3:54 pm
I’m pretty sure you show this picture to some jewish folks they wouldn’t have a problem with it, now put it on the white circle with a red background and it makes a difference. if you’re so sensitive that seeing swastikas in their asian form then you should probably stay inside.making the whole world change for any one group is ignorant.
March 12, 2013 at 12:25 am
omg there were indian nazis
March 13, 2013 at 4:25 pm
dammit that was mine!!