It seems there are two trains of thought here. One that is very deeply offended by the swastika...and those that arent.
Those that are...remember the atrocities that are assosiated with this symbol. They associate the attempt to systematically murder all of the jews.
Dollars and cents dont count here...common sense does. It doesnt matter what the meaning of this symbol was before Hilter...that is changed. From that time until the end of eternity the Swastika means NAZI. And if anyone can look at this symol..and can honestly say that they do not think of the Nazi movement at all...well then this person needs to seriously think about what it is in them that has made them so insensitive. Maybe it was that they didnt have to hear the stories. Maybe they missed those lessons in school. Maybe they didnt have to see the tatooed number on the wrist of their aunt as I did...or hear them sobbing when something would trigger their memories.
We should all be offended. Of course...maybe there are those that think that it was just like the TVshow Hogans Heros.
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