Swastika apology

I am sorry for posting that swastika. Please note that I do not support
the Nazis and in fact I am not German or even Caucasian. It was just
a historical symbol.
I should have added something to the original posting instead of just
drawing it but that's not the point now. Let's forget it and go back to
having fun.

-- 
Robert Chao
Oakland, California

Robert Chao (rch...@netcom.com) wrote:
: I am sorry for posting that swastika. Please note that I do not support
: the Nazis and in fact I am not German or even Caucasian. It was just
: a historical symbol.
: I should have added something to the original posting instead of just
: drawing it but that's not the point now. Let's forget it and go back to
: having fun.

: -- 
: Robert Chao
: Oakland, California

As much as I don't support the Nazis, I can not agree with your apology.
By doing this, you did not stand up for your right to post whatever kind
of asci-pic you want.  You do not see people bitching about the nude ascis,
why then should a swastika be flamed?  The Nazis were able to take control
because an entire nation did not stand up for themselves ... do not be just
as bad as that nation.

Thought Police

In article <2bqek5$pm...@hydrogen.smallworld.co.uk> nei...@Smallworld.co.uk (Neil "YoYo" Pawson) writes:
>Sheesh, this is getting silly! 11 posts on the swastika and not even
>a single OBASCII in then!  Come on people, use the group for its
>intended purpose or lose it!
>
>OBASCII (not by me though, I aint no artist - I just like it)

No kidding.  Never thought I'd need a KILLFILE for _this_ newsgroup...

ObQuestion: Can you use a smiley to complete a parentheses set?  Like below-

ObAscii (not by me either :)

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gen...@goya.its.rpi.edu (Thought Police) writes:

>Robert Chao (rch...@netcom.com) wrote:
>: I am sorry for posting that swastika. Please note that I do not support
>: the Nazis and in fact I am not German or even Caucasian. It was just
>: a historical symbol.
>: I should have added something to the original posting instead of just
>: drawing it but that's not the point now. Let's forget it and go back to
>: having fun.

>: -- 
>: Robert Chao
>: Oakland, California

>As much as I don't support the Nazis, I can not agree with your apology.
>By doing this, you did not stand up for your right to post whatever kind
>of asci-pic you want.  You do not see people bitching about the nude ascis,
>why then should a swastika be flamed?  The Nazis were able to take control
>because an entire nation did not stand up for themselves ... do not be just
>as bad as that nation.

>Thought Police

I have no problem with the post of the swastika, but just the discussion and
such that happened as a result of it.  Hey, if it's ascii art of _any_ kind
fine, (you can see it once and be done with it if you don't like it) but
take the other stuff somewhere else.
	Bryan McCabe

Robert Chao (rch...@netcom.com) wrote:
>: I am sorry for posting that swastika. Please note that I do not support
>: the Nazis and in fact I am not German or even Caucasian. It was just
>: a historical symbol.
>: I should have added something to the original posting instead of just
>: drawing it but that's not the point now. Let's forget it and go back to
>: having fun.

If i am not wrong, the Nazi swastika is not the same as the eastern
buddhist/hindu swastika. The arms are pointing the other way around.

nazi:      _
	|_|_
	 _| |
	 

asian:   _
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	| |_

-b y tang
		   

Buddhist banners use both clockwise and anti-clockwise swastikas.
I thought that the nazi swastika stood on a corner rather than on 
a 'flat'...
Anyway, I remember being most surprised seeing swastikas in a 
Buddhist shrine room.  Whatever it used to mean I'm sure it'll
be a long time (if ever) before the swastika symbol can be
'rehabilitated' from it's nazi associations.

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    \   this looks truly awful, but you know what I mean ...

All the best,

  'o-Dzin
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