Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/06/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The Swastika is actually a very holy symbol in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism, amongst other Eastern religions, and predates Nazi use by only 3000 years or so. So don't step foot in this part of the world, as you are going to pained quite often! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika Cheers Jayanand On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 10:48 PM, Douglas Nygren <dnygr at cshore.com> wrote: > Someone wrote: "Unlike people, it's rather unlikely that these items know > that they were Nazi's." > > For me, it's irrelevant whether the items knew or didn't know. For me, it's > the association with the Nazis that creates immense revulsion. I can find > no > pleasure in something tainted by them. The associations spoil it. > > Objects that bear the Swastika upset me, as do objects that have the old > East German symbols. I know too many people who were hurt by the Nazis, > including my great-grandfather whom the Prussians treated poorly as well. > > As for East German symbols, I know all too well what they did. I think all > the time about a friend's girlfriend who essentially was killed by the > security forces for being caught while attempting to escape the DDR. > > I think its best to leave national symbols off of things. There is hardly a > country in the world that hasn't done something reprehensible at one time > or > another. > > Doug > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >