Re: REQUEST: Swastika
In article <2oi2b4$c4...@usenet.rpi.edu>, DJ <bre...@goya.its.rpi.edu> wrote: > >This is my first post on this subject, so don't get me confused with any >of the previous posters. I just want to say that there are two kinds >of swastikas. Personally, I like the way they look, but I feel that >swastikas have been ruined by the obvious dark past of one type of swastika. > >The _original_ type was for an indian tribe of North America. >The second was for the Nazis in Germany. > >The difference between the two is that the "tips" are bent different ways. >I don't remember which way for each, but one's to the right, one's to the >left, obviously. > >Just wanted to make it clear that the swastika is a symbol of goodness >when written one way, and a symbol of darkness when written another. >Unfortunately, most don't know the difference, but that's life. > >I know somebody mentioned it as a good luck symbol, so I would probably >believe that it could be true. To all who are frantic over this request, >calm down. The person could be a jerk or not. Don't prejudge. (But I >stay away from swastikas because I know that most people wouldn't know >the difference and would jump down my throat. I don't need that.) > > DJ The "good" swastika is the one whick is "pointing" in a clockwise direction..in a "natural" direction. The Nazi swastika has the ends pointing in the oposite direction... -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Parson University of Texas at Brownsville Internet Development Academic Computing Email: mpa...@utb.edu Phone: 210-982-0280 IRC: Roloc Using Commodores since 1984 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,60081b16c6ce3862 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-04-16 13:56:39 PST Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Path: gmd.de!nntp.gmd.de!Germany.EU.net!EU.net!uunet!mnemosyne.cs.du.edu!nyx10!mparson From: mpa...@nyx10.cs.du.edu (Roloc) Subject: Re: REQUEST: Swastika Message-ID: <199...@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> X-Disclaimer: Nyx is a public access Unix system run by the University of Denver for the Denver community. The University has neither control over nor responsibility for the opinions of users. Sender: use...@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu (netnews admin account) Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix at U. of Denver Math/CS dept. References: <2oi2b4$c4...@usenet.rpi.edu> Date: Sat, 16 Apr 94 20:56:39 GMT Lines: 37
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