just wondering-

[SPAGo 98]

what do you think when you see this:

 

[Beauty]

Oh no....I'm not touching this with a ten foot pole...LOL!!

 

[browneyes]

My first thought is 2 earth worms dancing. My 2nd thought is blah-I don't like what that symbolizes.

 

[tnkrbell]

Hate

 

[caitycaity]

nazis

 

[RoqueC]

I could care less.

 

[JohnTBap]

First thought - "Hit the back button."

 

[Dan Murphy]

bait

 

[lilboo]

Right behind you JTB-(where's that chicken?)

 

[Wagamama]

i'm with JTB, back button.

 

[shep]

Hitler.

 

[SPAGo 98]

the swastika that i posted is an ancient symbol of good luck. kind of like a 3000 year old smily face.

the swastika was used by many cultures throughout the past 3,000 years to represent life, sun, power, strength, and good luck.

Even in the early twentieth century, the swastika was still a symbol with positive connotations. For instance, the swastika was a common decoration that often adorned cigarette cases, postcards, coins, and buildings. During World War I, the swastika could even be found on the shoulder patches of the American 45th Division and on the Finnish air force until after World War II.

 

[SPAGo 98]

anyways, the Nazi swastika is counterclockwise and rotated 45º.

they took an ancient symbol of life and perverted it.

 

[lilboo]

I can't believe I'm coming back to this one...to add, didn't the Nazis turn it about 45 degrees?

Now I'm backin' out...slowly...

 

[RoqueC]

Why even bring up old news that caused millions of deaths?

 

[SPAGo 98]

i was wondering if people knew the distinction between the swastika of light and luck, and the Nazi symbol. i guess not. if you want to know more about it (and if you want proof that i'm not being evil and racist and a baiter), go here. http://history1900s.about.com/library/holocaust/aa120699a.htm

 

[preshi]

first impression Nazi....

Interesting artile spago!

 

[lilboo]

Don't be mad Spag ...that symbol IS still prevalent in many Buddhist monasteries in Asia if I recall correctly...not the inverted one, but the one you displayed...you're correct, different symbolism for different parts of the world...

 

[helenabear]

Interesting... just saw this one now and my first thought was the swastika because I did think that the Nazi's had changed the orientation of it. But what I thought was interesting was I had no idea it was quite that old of a symbol. Thanks Hes... very neat to read

 

[bfeller]

Thank you for the history lesson. I didn't know that.