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Left Coast Lynn (185 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-17-07 01:48 PM Original message |
Hindus opposing EU swastika ban |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-17-07 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
1. I thought the Hindu version was situated in the mirror position of the Nazi version. nt |
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slj0101 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-17-07 01:56 PM Original message |
A lot of the time, it is. |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-17-07 01:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. I was going to say, yeah... the Hindu swastika looks different from the German one. |
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Irreverend IX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-17-07 09:18 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. Well, as you can see... |
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OregonBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-17-07 04:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Yes, it's usually reversed but not always. It's a common symbol in |
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architect359 (544 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-17-07 04:09 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Well yeah, but the overall form of it is enough to evoke the Nazi version. |
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Kagemusha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-17-07 06:06 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. It's unlikely to the extreme the lawmaker is ignorant of this argument |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-17-07 08:59 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Go into the lobby of the Supreme Court and look up |
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goodhue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-17-07 04:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. not always |
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trogdor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-18-07 03:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
21. It is. |
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noahmijo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-17-07 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
2. Hate to say it but they got a legit beef here |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-17-07 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
3. I doubt if the Hindu version of the symbol |
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Left Coast Lynn (185 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-17-07 01:59 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I think you have it |
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silverweb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-17-07 09:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
16. Exactly! |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-18-07 03:06 PM Response to Reply #3 |
20. Sorry, but I have some on a Ganesh batik that are down-right |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-17-07 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
6. I can understand Europeans' discomfiture with the symbol. nt |
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Amused Musings (285 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-17-07 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
7. Ah yes, |
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BrokenBeyondRepair (642 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-17-07 04:10 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. agree.. it's amazing that modern civilization hasn't figured that out yet |
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3waygeek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-17-07 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
13. Native Americans also used the swastika... |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-17-07 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
14. I believe that the TV show Naruto used the "swatstika" |
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Tanuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-18-07 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
18. It's hard (for me) not to have a negative emotional reaction |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-18-07 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
19. There is a swastika on my Ganesh batik... would the EU seize that |
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