but using the swatiska ( and the slastika ) precisely when you criticize it is also forbidden?? that's where the problem stands... forbidding things just _attract_ people to it...
second, if skinheads offer me some beers, it's ok... they're all like wasted children you know...
it's not OT, the subject can change to ... "the Pope likes swatikas (utf-8) in Pd-extended 0.42.5"
ciao, sevy
João Pais wrote:
considering the conotations to that symbol in recent history, it's a bit naive to say that it's related to budhism etc anymore. at least not to anyone who isn't a budhist.
try going to germany and walking around with a t-shirt with that. the least that can happen to you is to go to jail. if you go to a neighborhood where a group of punks is chilling, you might not make it alive. (except in some cities in the east, then they'll offer you beer and shave your hair)
I wonder what buddhists and hindus do in Germany. Its a common symbol in Buddhism and Hinduism: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika
Banning symbols is a silly thing to do, IMHO. The swastika was not the problem, it was what people did. Bans just make people believe they are doing something useful instead of actually working on the problem.
Guess we should switch to pd-ot...
.hc
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