[snarks_when_bored]

There's at least one disadvantage to banning symbols: it becomes more difficult to perceive the people to whom the symbols appeal.

[Malesherbes]

Congratulations to Chelsy Davy, one of the white Zimbabweans who managed to escape.

[demecleze]

It is an old symbol that is on Jewish synagogues (from the time of the Romans) in Israel and the front of the Metropolitan(I think that is the one) Museum in New York.

It is thought by some to originally be a symbol of the proposed kin of the Germanic peoples, the so-called corded Nordics. It is for this reason Hitler took it up, as he thought he was acting as a pan-racial king.

If we ban this symbol then we must ban all symbols that have been used by enemies, past and present.

How can we let such a recent foe to hijack an ancient symbol?

It boggles the mind.

[peyton randolph]

We could outlaw the donkey here but we'd still have to see Hillary's face. I'd rather mandate a paper bag for her head. A 1st Amend. case of artistic expression.

[Gengis Khan]

The Swastika is a sacred religious symbol of the Hindus. The Hindu Swastika is actually the reverse orientation of the Nazi Swastika. Those not knowing the difference mightly easily overlook the subtle difference between the two and often mistake it for the Nazi symbol. It happened recently in Isreal when the Hindu community form India had built a temple there and had a Swastika symbol on the walls.

The story I heard (me being a Hindu) about the Swastika was (as given in the Vedic sanskrit text) that about 10,000 years ago a phenomenon occured in the night sky which resembled the shape of the Swastika. This phenomenon was witnessed by the Aryan tribes who made it the symbol of their tribe. It was about the time the two strands of Aryan race divided and one of them went to Europe and other headed to India carry their sacred symbol with them.

Even today in India "Aryan" and "Swastika" are commonly kept names for boys and girls respectively and it has nothing to do with Nazism and racial superiority as commonly belived in the west.

[2banana]

Too bad in today's politically correct age that Europeans will never consider banning the communist hammer and sickle. Commies through out the last 100 years of history have murdered more than 100 million people, making the Nazis look like armatures...

[Da_Shrimp]

Nazi uniform, swastika and SS badge

This story continues to grow in the telling. Harry actually wore an Afrika Corps uniform, with a swastika armband. There was no SS symbology at all.

[TorahTrueJew]

Only these European socialists could show their contempt for the system of a fascist dictator by passing a law that is fully commesurate with a fascist dictatorship. For crying out loud--this is why Europe is dying. As an Orthodox Jew, I am offended that Europe would ban free speech and prevent the swastika from being displayed.

And the biggest irony--REAL LIVE JEWS are being killed in Israel daily thanks to EU money funding terrorism. REAL LIVE JEWS are being stabbed in the streets of the cities of Europe. REAL LIVE JEWS are seeing their synagogues burned to the ground. Instead of arresting the perpetrators, discontinuing funding to the Palestinian authority, and backing off on pressuring Israel to sign its own death warrant, the EU decides to ban the swastika. The swastika is only a symbol--the attitudes of Hitler in the totalitarianism, socialism, and anti-semitism are alive in the leaders of Europe today without the need for the swastika.

[mrfixit514]

Now if they would just ban the star and crescent moon symbol of Islam.

[Dog Gone]

Harry handed the nannystaters a golden opportunity to impose a new law. I'm sure that Jesse Jackson is considering inviting him to a costume party here, provided that he wears a Confederate battle flag shoulder patch.

[COEXERJ145]

The Germans want to ban and outlaw everything that reminds them of the crimes Germany committed before and during WWII. Guess they don't want to be reminded of what actually happened.