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Originally Posted by mr dave
i always thought it was pretty obvious.
it's like people wanting to use the swastika symbol for it's original purpose of a good luck charm. regardless of any individual's intent the current social stigma associated with those styles and symbols will continue to trump any sort of past tolerance and justification.
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This is true about the swastika, but I just want to point out that it really is used as a symbol of good luck in a great many countries. If anyone happens to see someone walking around with one, just try to remember this. A way to tell is that the Nazi swastika is positioned to look like a diamond while its traditional use is positioned to look like a square.
This was a random aside, I know, but there have been several occasions where the person I am walking with doesn't know the difference and wants to start something. Though it would be smarter these days to just do without, there are people that are not willing to give up hundreds of years of tradition in using that symbol to the Nazis.