[Leica] Why Leicas with Nazi symbols should be trashed,

[h_arche at yahoo.com (H. Ball Arche)]

Back in the late '80s when artists first started mounting curatorial 
projects as their 'work', a woman whose name I've forgotten but remember as 
being of the witchy-newager sort (and jewish, as it happens) put together a 
very thoroughly researched and illustrated show at the Cultural Center (the 
old downtown library) that was aimed at reclaiming and rehabilitating the 
swastika. I seem to recall she tracked its origins and appearance on every 
populated continent except Australia. 

How are you making out? I haven't been spending a lot of time here lately, 
but when I do drop in to a thread your posts are the ones I usually read (as 
opposed to Goerge Lottermoser and Hoppy, who I tend to avoid like the 
plague).

Me, I'm unemployed at the moment and waiting to see what'll turn up. More 
than likely I'll have to relocate, so I'm busily sorting through all my crap 
and getting rid of the stuff I don't really need or use. If things take the 
turn where I have to go out and be a pro-shooter, I'll probably drop you a 
line for practical gear advice on Nikon kits in various price ranges. But 
that's down the line yet.

H.


----- Original Message ----
From: Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com>
To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 2, 2009 1:31:59 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Why Leicas with Nazi symbols should be trashed,

They really are basic ornaments out of basic ornimenture.
You'd expect to see them on the edges of door mats.
But as a result of 1933 - 1945 they have a stigma which is going to hang in
there for many thousands of years. And I do think people on the eastern
hemisphere are aware of all that strong stigma.


Mark William Rabiner



> From: "H. Ball Arche" <h_arche at yahoo.com>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 08:30:37 -0700 (PDT)
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Why Leicas with Nazi symbols should be trashed,
> 
> 
> I had been given to believe that the swastika is one of those few 
> ideographs,
> like the rayed sun/circle, that has dated to neolithic times and can be 
> found
> in the record of virtually all cultures and continents. It certainly was 
> used
> by the Native Americans, and I think that it even had significance in the
> Hebrew Kabalah. 



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