US Navy Building in the shape of a Swastika?

Bing Maps ^ | 7-13-12

[foundedonpurpose]

I saw a picture of this on my wife's Facebook page and thought it was BS. So I checked it out with a birds eye view of the island, via bing. WTF is wrong with this picture? Outside of everything that is good!

[real saxophonist]

Yeah, and the local courthouse, built in 1913, has swastika patterns in its ceiling.

If I cared enough, I'd post the 'Aliens' guy with the caption 'Nazis?'.

[I see my hands]

You're welcome.

Now here's something else to thank me for: advice. To wit, if you can't do something then don't do it.

[DManA]

This has been bouncing around the internet since there’s been an internet. It’s shaped like a swastika. So what?

[Average Al]

A dollar sign would have worked too. ;-)

[cripplecreek]

If I cared enough, I'd post the 'Aliens' guy with the caption 'Nazis?'.

ARIANS!?!

[Leaning Right]

It’s shaped like a swastika. So what?

Symbolism is very important! Tear down the building, whatever the cost!

And here's another thing. There are two private swimming pools near where I live. They are close together. From the air, they look just like Tojo's glasses! Remove those swimming pools, whatever the cost!

/s

[foundedonpurpose]

Isn’t Jane Fonda still helping out the North Vietnamese?

[x]

This comes up every few years here. There's also been a story about an Iranian airport building with a star of David on the roof and an Alabama retirement home with a swastika shape. I understand the Navy is trying to change the Coronado building's appearance so that it looks less like a Nazi symbol.

I don't know if I'd want to live in the retirement home, it even looks a little konzentrazionslagerisch:

[cripplecreek]

I’m still hung up on the black Jew question.

Are they called “Hebros” or not?

[Deb]

She stopped helping the Viet Cong when she started helping Ted Turner to the bathroom.

[real saxophonist]

Arex Zones approves.

[RaceBannon]

actually, old news, I remember hearing this in the late 70’s from sailors who were USS Okinawa and Belleau Wood

[SampleMan]

Sometimes a symbol vaguely reminiscent of a swastika is just a symbol vaguely reminiscent of a swastika.

[foundedonpurpose]

“To wit, if you can’t do something then don’t do it.”

Thanks for the advice, I’ll pass this time. It would remove too much adventure, learning, and surprise from life. I do know when to call in a pro...

[Foolsgold]

On the Colorado River Near Yuma, Click

[fish hawk]

Or, it could be the Native American pattern used on baskets and pottery depicting “good luck”. Depends on your prejudices and imagination.

[LucianOfSamasota]

Swastika

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The swastika (Sanskrit: स्वस्तिक) is an equilateral cross with four arms bent at right angles, in either a right-facing (卐) form or its mirrored, left-facing (卍) form. Earliest archaeological evidence of swastika-shaped ornaments dates back to the Indus Valley Civilization of Ancient India as well as Classical Antiquity. Swastikas have also been used in various other ancient civilizations around the world. It remains widely used in Indian religions, specifically in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism, primarily as a tantric symbol to evoke shakti or the sacred symbol of auspiciousness. The word "swastika" comes from the Sanskrit svastika - "su" meaning "good," "asti" meaning "to be," and "ka" as a suffix. The swastika literally means "to be good".

In East Asia, when written left-facing (Chinese: 卍; Wade–Giles: wan), the swastika is a Chinese character, its entry on Kangxi Dictionary, published in 1716, defined it as "synonym of myriad, used mostly in Buddhist classic texts"[1], by extension, the word later evolved to represent eternity and Buddhism.

Following a brief surge of popularity in Western culture, a right-facing, diagonally rotated swastika was adopted as a symbol of the Nazi Party of Germany in 1920. The Nazis used the swastika as a symbol of the Aryan race. After Adolf Hitler’s rise to power in the 1930s, a right-facing and rotated swastika was incorporated into the Nazi party flag, which was made the state flag of Germany during Nazism. Hence, the swastika has become strongly associated with Nazism and related ideologies such as fascism and white supremacism in the Western world and is now largely stigmatized there. Notably, it has been outlawed in Germany if used as a symbol of Nazism. Many modern political extremists and Neo-Nazi groups such as the Russian National Unity use stylized swastikas or similar symbols.

In the East however, as a religious symbol of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism, the swastika continues to be quite commonly used.

[Tucker39]

Who was the architect? Besides looking like it was designed by someone on der Fuhrer’s staff, it strikes me as a dumb design. Most military settings like that are designed around a quadrangle setting.

This swastika layout makes the whole installation appear disjointed and unorganized. When the men fall out for formation they’d be running around like a proverbial chinese firedrill to get into formation. For an apartment or condo complex, O.K., to give some separation and privacy to the individual residents. But for a military billet?

[Twinkie]

Not to worry. The Concrete Eating Monster has made a good start eating into those swastikas. Soon they’ll be gone.

[Chode]

so what? efficient design is now banned???