What on Earth was Doyusha thinking?

[Harry P.]

You might be surprised at how widespread the swastika was before the German military ever used it...

[Daddyfink]

Maybe its old outdated stock, just newly found in an abandoned train car somewhere.

Sadly, no, they are very current and real

Uncle Hitler Approved

[Daddyfink]

You might be surprised at how widespread the swastika was before the German military ever used it...

[Mark]

Sadly, no, they are very current and real

Uncle Hitler Approved

"I'm your ice cream man...stop me when I'm passin' by..."

"Hitler Ice Cream cones...you'll not see a better ice cream cone..."

"Not see...Nazi...get it?" 

I'm here all week, folks... try the veal, and don't forget to tip your waitress...

[aurfalien]

Interesting posts.

Many many years/tears ago, I read a book in the library about how the left facing sauwastika was used as a religious symbol.  The 3rd Reich used its right facing varient.

So I looked it up just now, here is a little something from Wikipedia;

The left-facing variant is favoured in Bön and Gurung Dharma; it is called yungdrung in Bon and Gurung Yantra in Gurung Dharma. Both the right-facing and left-facing variants are employed in Hinduism and Buddhism; however, the left-facing is more commonly used in Buddhism than Hinduism and the right-facing is more commonly used in Hinduism than Buddhism.^[4]

In Buddhism the left-facing sauwastika imprinted on the chest, feet, palms of Buddha and also the first of the 65 auspicious symbols on the footprint of the Buddha.^[5][6] In Hinduism the left-facing sauwastika is associated with esoteric tantric practices and often stands for Goddess Kali.^[7][8]

Ref link; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sauwastika

Edited January 5, 2016 by aurfalien

[Mike999]

Los Angeles TIMES article, April 1994:

Clashing Symbols : Swastikas on Gates of Valley Buddhist Temple Are Signs of Peace, but to Many They Are a Painful Reminder of the Holocaust

http://articles.latimes.com/1994-04-27/local/me-50918_1_buddhist-temple