digitalis
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Post by digitalis on Mar 26, 2009 22:40:27 GMT -5
A true Swastika is like Icarus stated it is a Buddhist symbol for Good Luck and is still used, but only if you are a Highest Yoga Tantra Practitioner. I have read that during the 1920-30's Germany had expeditions to Tibet, where they studied the religion and the people. Then they took some quintessential parts of the practice and some very Holy parts and twisted it into evil. Hitler was trying to create a "perfect, pure" society and called it Aryan, in Buddhist terms Arya means Noble, which is one of a Buddha's titles.
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WeWantFun
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Post by WeWantFun on Mar 28, 2009 23:34:10 GMT -5
i found this out in a report i did in the 7th or 6th grade lmao and i also found out Hitler started to hate the jews when his mom died of cancer and the doctor was jewish. Hitler was also pissed because he didn't get into art school. yup yup... poor little Adolf... Thats made me think of this for some reason  |
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yellowfishstick
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Post by yellowfishstick on Mar 30, 2009 13:21:30 GMT -5
The reason why people nowadays feel that the swastika is a symbol of oppression, is because it was adopted by an oppressive facist regime. This completely changed the meaning of the symbol. Yes the symbol is also a decorative Buhdist and Hindu symbol, but not many people realise this, even if people did it would still be seen as the Nazi symbol because thats what it has more recently been used as. You raise a good point though.
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Post by spartawarrior on Apr 1, 2009 17:02:22 GMT -5
i found this out in a report i did in the 7th or 6th grade lmao and i also found out Hitler started to hate the jews when his mom died of cancer and the doctor was jewish. Hitler was also pissed because he didn't get into art school. yup yup... poor little Adolf... His best friend was also killed in WW1. His best friend was killed right next to him.That must be crushing. |
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criana
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Post by criana on Apr 1, 2009 18:04:03 GMT -5
It's understandable where your coming from with the fact that the swastikas meaning wasn't suppose to be that of the Nazi's. However, since it played such a huge role in symbolism during World War II that no matter what it'll have negative connotations. I personally think that it will always be a symbol of dark times.
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BOPPeed
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Post by BOPPeed on Apr 3, 2009 21:11:49 GMT -5
I think that it should be a reminder to those horrible events that happened.
I think that people should look at that symbol in a respectful manner. They should realize that those events happened and that pretending that they never did isn't going to help anyone.
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