Re: not nice symbol

In article <CG3...@news.iastate.edu> cro...@iastate.edu (Chrisrode) writes:
> In article <rch...@netcom.com> rch...@netcom.com (Robert Chao) writes:

[effectively correct Swastika deleted]

> You're a dumbass.

*Sigh*  Obviously a compliment, as you could only HOPE to attain the same
heights.  Who's the dumbass who didn't bother to actually look to make sure
his flame was legit (Like any ever are)

> If you meant to draw a nazi swastika, the extensions actually point
> counter-clockwise.

The way to remember it is that the SS was Nazi.  Thus the two parts of
the Nazi swastika are two crossed S's:  (The Nazis rotate theirs, tho)

  /
  \/\
 \/\
   /

> ... The way you have it drawn, I believe it's a
> peace symbol of some native group of people.

-----8<-----8<----- Word: swastika -----8<-----8<-----
swas-ti-ka \'swaHs-t-ke also swaH-'steE-\ n
[Skt svastika, fr. svasti welfare, fr. su- well + asti he is; akin to OE is;
fr. its being regarded as a good luck symbol]
(1854)
1: a symbol or ornament in the form of a Greek cross with the ends of the arms
extended at right angles all in the same rotry direction
2: a swastika used as a symbol of anti-Semitism or of Nazism
----->8----->8----- akitsaws :droW ----->8----->8-----

Ancient Greeks (the great-grandfathers of all science) are "some native
group of people" -- Interesting

Also, either way is a "correct" swastika, according to a picture in one
of the dictionaries I have downstairs.

> How ironic.

Not really.  Did Hitler actually think he was evil?  Doubtful.  Why WOULDN'T
the Nazis choose a symbol of good luck to rally their people?

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