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To: smokingfrog

People really need to get things clear in their mind before they start freaking out. The Nazi swastika points right and is shown at a diagonal, the Buddhist/Indian/Hindu swastika points left and is shown flat.

The jewelry that is shown in the pic points left — it’s not the Nazi symbol. It’s also found in practically every Buddhist temple in Japan and probably every other nation with a sizable Buddhist population.


3 posted on 01/11/2012 8:50:01 PM PST by Ronin (If we were serious about using the death penalty as a deterrent, we would bring back public hangings)
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To: Ronin

Actually, the only difference is the orientation. I live in India, and see swastikas all the time (there’s one built into a house near my office, made of windows), and they’re all pointing the same as the Nazi version. As I said, the only difference is that the Nazis turned it on one point, whereas the India version sits flat on one side.


11 posted on 01/11/2012 9:01:24 PM PST by Little Pig (Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici.)
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To: Ronin
The jewelry that is shown in the pic points left — it’s not the Nazi symbol. It’s also found in practically every Buddhist temple in Japan and probably every other nation with a sizable Buddhist population.

They were ornamental decorations on the bus stops on Osan AB in Korea when I was there in the late 80s/early 90s. Oh, and everywhere else I went in Korea.

20 posted on 01/11/2012 9:59:52 PM PST by IYAS9YAS (Rose, there's a Messerschmitt in the kitchen. Clean it up, will ya?)
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