To: dangus
I think you're kidding, but the 2nd character on the 6th row is the legitimate swaztika. The 14th character on the 5th row is the Nazi swaztika (the "crooked cross"). Notice how it's on an angle, subverting the "grounded" symbolism of the ancient swaztika. Actually those are both 'Nazi' style swastikas. The Buddhist version is reversed and points the other direction.
15 posted on
02/11/2004 12:10:00 PM PST by
killjoy
To: killjoy
Actually, according the article link posted by IYAS9YAS above the Nazi's didn't seem to discrimate between clockwise and counter-clockwise swastikas. Thought the "14th character on the 5th row" is more common they both appear on authentic Nazi parephenalia. The 45 degree angle appears significant but a tilted version also appears outside naziism. so it would appear that the only way to tell a nazi swastika from any other (authoritativley) would be by the context in which it is used.
17 posted on
02/11/2004 12:16:18 PM PST by
VulgarWit
(There's little common about sense.)
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