Originally Posted by Paul Smeenus

You can't be fucking serious

It may have been a "good luck" symbol and "nothing more" prior to WWII but the Third Reich changed that forever, and to pretend it didn't is just stupid. That symbol now represents the evil horror of Nazi Germany. And nothing more.

I used to live in an apartment building built around the turn of the 20th century that had that pattern in the flooring of the entryway to my room, I knew that it was pre-war so I learned to just look away from it. If it were my property I would've replaced that flooring with ANYTHING.

That's the big deal. Notice that nearly every one of the images you're providing is 1920's or earlier. Tell you what, if it *really* means nothing why don't you decorate yourself with them and walk through NYC or London or Tel Aviv.

Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien

There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.