Can you tell me which tribal religions? I bet you can't, and neither can the people who display it. The real reason that people display the swastika is to show loyalty to the principles of Hitler.

Funny, I'm displaying it, and I can answer your question.

ALL Indo-European peoples have used the swastika, from Ireland in the west to India in the east. Celtic, Roman, Germanic, Slavic, Persian, Hindu peoples...all have held the swastika holy.

I thought better of you.

www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/thrace/cherronesos/hemidrachm_swastika.1.jpg]An ancient Thracian coin displaying the swastika[/url].

www.alessentiel.com/mag/n27/SWASTIKA-ELE4.jpg]A Buddhist swastika[/url].

www.pfarrell.net/images/Swastika%2520on%2520Buddhist%2520Shrine.jpg]A Hindu shrine displaying the swastika[/url].

www.heathenworld.com/swastika/buddhist_temple.jpg]A Buddhist temple displaying the swastika[/url].

I could do this for hours.

Saying the swastika represents Nazism is no different than saying the cross represents the Klan. Think before you say these things, people.

I am not a National Socialist.

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I guess I was wrong.

More power to you for displaying it, but I would bet many people wouldn't understand it.

...after saying I'm "disgraceful" and whatnot. It's not my fault you don't know what the symbol means, it's yours.

I don't care if people are ignorant. I will not be, and I will not hide something because other people are stupid.

I still think Bush is going to win.

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Looks like Bush holds the lead among Forum voters.

A bit presumptious, Catz. I am very well versed in the history of the swastica (ok, so maybe just a little versed ), but I made the presumptious leap on Eric due to the avatar in the context of the siggy quotes that have appeared on his posts of late, especially the Lindburg one.


So, instead of presuming, I'll ask. Eup, are you a white supremasist, a white separatist, or neither?

not just the generic nazi version of it, would realize what I was talking about...it predates naziism for at least 3,000 years.

So, has that symbol been utterly co-opted by Naziism, or not?

Catz

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Who wins this election?

I'm not a supremacist; I don't want to rule over anyone.

I've been known to advocate separatism for various peoples in various situations.

I'm more ethnocentric than anything.

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Thanks. I have seen some separatist leanings in your writing (my opinion, my word) but have never seen hate. I thought that your avi was bait and I guess I bit.

Oh, OT, I think that Bush will win.