And in my own state too!!!
lol, yeah theres no chance that it was anything but an accident. As a matter of fact, I didn't know what a Swatzia (sp) was until a freind went to great lengths to teach me.
You do know that the Swastika wasn't always a symbol for hate, bigotry, racism, etc etc, don't you? It's pretty much the oldest cross and emblem in the world, constructed of four L's which stand for Luck, Light, Love, and Life. It's been found in ancient Rome, Grecian cities, Buddhist temples, The Mayans, and even the southwestern Indians in America used it as an amulet.
It was the Nazis who perverted it, transforming what people originally saw as a symbol of good luck and prosperity into a symbol of hate and intolerance.
It was the Nazis who perverted it, transforming what people originally saw as a symbol of good luck and prosperity into a symbol of hate and intolerance.
I knew about that Sil, but thought it was only a swastika when seen on an angle, but when seen where the outside lines are parallel to the flag it is(if its on a flag) it was then the symbol of love, light, luck and life.
Yeah I learned about that in High School. Although soon afterwards when I painted a Swastika for art class under that ancient guise I was very nearly expelled, and recieved more that a few threats.
Why does everyone who points this out think that they've scored a major intellectual victory? The meaning of a symbol is determined by the things it represents to the people who will see it -- by the thoughts and emotions it will evoke. Emblems are no more or less than what they represent in the context and setting they're used. The Holocaust is now an internationally recognized event. When someone in nearly any nation on earth sees a Swastika, it will trigger for them images of a little man in a Charlie Chaplin mustache talking about shooting Jews, gays and handicapped people -- and everyone knows that it will trigger those images. Therefore that is now what the Swastika is. A symbol of hate and intolerance. That is its inalterable fate.
I never said it was, I was just pointing out the fact that it wasn't always so. I don't think I've scored any major intellectual points by saying that either, but if you seem so intent on being the internet tough guy, you go right ahead.
As it is, I really don't have anything to say to you after you ran away from our last debate.
As it is, I really don't have anything to say to you after you ran away from our last debate.
Yeah I think everyone can tell I'm a real badass. This is an internet message board after all, and you get a real tough crowd around here. Especially after how I used all that profanity and called you all those names, and then threatened to come to your house with all of my homies and just totally fuck you up, you can really tell that I'm working hard to put up a tough front.
Well S'Il, since I don't really know who you are, thanks for keeping score. You got me. You are the winner.
Look, let's just be honest here; you've proved your point: I've got a small dick. I want everyone to take note of that for the record; I have a really, really small penis, a drinking problem, a major that doesn't involve any science or math, and a lower IQ than most of you. But I think all those things are pretty evident anyway.
Victory to S'Il.
Well S'Il, since I don't really know who you are, thanks for keeping score. You got me. You are the winner.
Look, let's just be honest here; you've proved your point: I've got a small dick. I want everyone to take note of that for the record; I have a really, really small penis, a drinking problem, a major that doesn't involve any science or math, and a lower IQ than most of you. But I think all those things are pretty evident anyway.
Victory to S'Il.
Don't patronize me. I can very easily pull up and quote instances where you used profanity and called me names, but for me that's really not worth the time it would take.
If you wish me to be honest, then very well. I don't particularly care how big your dick is or whether you've got a drinking problem. What I care about is the fact that from what I have seen and experienced in my dealings with you, that you seem to exercise the need to use sardonic and Maddox-esque ways to take what I have written and magnificiently twist it into something akin to either derision of my personal opinion/beliefs or sarcastic little explanations on how I'm out of touch with reality.
I've never once exhibited any sort of malice or mockery towards anyone here when in threads that are made up of mostly opinions on some subjects. I've been nothing but civil when talking with everyone, including you.
I'd appreciate just a little bit of courtesy to be returned on your part.
If you wish me to be honest, then very well. I don't particularly care how big your dick is or whether you've got a drinking problem. What I care about is the fact that from what I have seen and experienced in my dealings with you, that you seem to exercise the need to use sardonic and Maddox-esque ways to take what I have written and magnificiently twist it into something akin to either derision of my personal opinion/beliefs or sarcastic little explanations on how I'm out of touch with reality.
I've never once exhibited any sort of malice or mockery towards anyone here when in threads that are made up of mostly opinions on some subjects. I've been nothing but civil when talking with everyone, including you.
I'd appreciate just a little bit of courtesy to be returned on your part.
That is a very accurate description of pretty much all the liberals and many of the leftists I have met on the internet.