Posted on 05/23/2010 10:09:31 AM PDT by Nachum
The Nazi swastika is apparently not considered illegal in the Lithuanian city of Klaipeda, despite former assumptions that the symbol was not to be displayed nationwide, a common legislative ruling in Eastern Europe.
A local court has ruled the sign is a centuries-old symbol that depicts the sun. The judge in the case, which lasted three months, justified his ruling by adding that the symbol is found on numerous historic artifacts.
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It’s also an Indian [”native-amercan”] symbol for peace; depicting two crossed arrows broken twice.
It is a symbol in many cultures around the world. It was not a symbol of evil until the Nazis appropriated it as their own.
My grandmother was in a nursing home in Philadelphia years ago. It was a very, very old building. There were swastikas in the tiles of the floor. Note - the building was built long before Hitler’s time.
originally this symbol was the Gammadion...popular worldwide
in India and North American Indians used it too
i think it signified Circle of Life?
the left wants my southern symbols to be dumped in the same trashbin
(leftist freepers too)...we are resisting
Kinda like what’s happened/happening to certain English words, like: ‘progressive’ or ‘liberal’.
The swastika or “swastik” is a sanskrit symbol and one of the most sacred symbols in Hinduism going back thousands of years. hitler and the nazis hijacked the symbol and it has had a negative connotation ever since. The term “Aryan” also has origination in Hinduism and Indian history/culture.
It popped up in old city halls (floor tiles) in Boston area...also I have indeed seen it in Indian (as in Indian subcontinent) symbolism. It was woven into oriental rugs, etc
Same deal in Thermopolis, Wyoming; trim on a building consists of swastikas. The building was built shortly after Hitler’s birth. I seem to recall some stone age cave markings depicting swastikas.
Or 'gay'.
Or 'gay'.
Or "effing retard" .
However, once it was appropriated, it came to symbolize what the Nazis wanted it to symbolize. And that, like it or not, is what it will forever symbolize.
Just like the confederate flag will forever symbolize racism, and the rainbow (originally a divine symbol) will forever symbolize homosexuality, as will the word 'gay.'
Once 'appropriated,' the original meaning is mute.
I admit that's a great story, and likely one of many told by the many jewelry sellers who traded along the East Coast in the 1920's and 1930's. Alas, broken arrows are useless junk, and likely means someone's going hungry, not a sign of peace. The design is commonly referred to as 'rolling logs', and made it's first common appearance in American Indian artwork in the late 1840's.
Yes, "effing retard" was a perfectly fine appellation until the Nazis got a hold of it.
(see)
http://www.adl.org/hate_symbols/neo_nazi_swastika_flag.asp
I know, strange, but true.
Note that the Finnish swastika is in a horizontal-vertical orientation. The Nazis rotated theirs 45 degrees.
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