Merlyn_LeRoy 72 Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 Yeah, but Buddhists and nazis both use swastikas. Link to post Share on other sites
Trevorum 24 Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 So did Scouting until the late 30s Link to post Share on other sites
Scoutfish 16 Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 Funny thing about the swastika: It was around for centuries before Hitler was born. There are two different swastikas( not even the original name) - left hand and right hand. I cannot even begin to know what every single group used them for, but for some, they were religious symbols, for the greeks they were signs of good luck and for the oldest of the oldest Chinese,they were astrological symbols. But then one freakin evil idiot used them as his banner while going on a world wide crusade to remove, drive out and destroy all who do not think like him (Hmmmm?) and the symbol gets permanantly associated with only that guy. Link to post Share on other sites
Merlyn_LeRoy 72 Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 It's worse than that -- men don't even wear toothbrush mustaches anymore, unless they're imitating Hitler (or Chaplin or Oliver Hardy). Link to post Share on other sites
CA_Scouter 11 Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 *mini hijack* I saw a documentary a while back which mentioned ( among other things ) that there was an uncle or some male blood relation of Hitler that refused to have children so the name would die out. *now returning you to your regularly scheduled thread* Link to post Share on other sites
Gonzo1 10 Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 Is it just me or has Yann disappeared? Link to post Share on other sites
acco40 95 Posted April 17, 2010 Share Posted April 17, 2010 Look at the popularity of the name Adolf pre & post WWII. Link to post Share on other sites
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