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I thought Soviet/Commie symbols weren't offensive because all the killing they did/do is actually aimed at a "good thing", ya know...

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quote:
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I can see how this might be offensive - but no more so than displaying Soviet symbols. To me, in fact, Soviet symbols would be much more offensive.




More russophobic spew from David Floyd....What else is new?

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If you change your desktop to the Win98 preset called 'Black Thatch,' you'll see that the design is based on a swastika.

And no-one thought Bill Gates was a Nazi!!
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quote:
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Oh cool, Russian Commie-Nazis

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Vilnius, Lithuania
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quote:
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During the Holocaust, gays were often forced to wear the upside-down, pink triangle to distinguish them from other camp inmates.


I'm going to hell for seeing the pun in this sentence.
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Explain the pun.
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We were all half-expecting a visit from General Tojo or some other Imperial Japanese leader.


That would be the other flag, that is, the Imperial Japanese war flag (the one with beams radiating outwards from the centre).
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quote:
 Originally posted by GePap
The guys in this store are dense, but as far as Hong Kong goes, the swastika is not a universally offensive symbol: very popular with Native Americans, Hindus, and other parts of the East.


Locally, the Buddhist symbol is customarily the mirror image of the German swastika. I had this discussion with Locutus somewhere else before.

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Ding, dong, HK is Chinese...


True that, but there are idiots everywhere.

A year or two back, a Chinese actress actually was stupid enough to wear the Imperial Japan flag as a dress. A massive uproar ensued, and she pretty much sank without a trance.
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In Korea, they have an Adolf Hitler bar
http://www.pusanweb.com/feature/hitlerbar/

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This just in:

German National Socialist Worker's Party uses ANCIENT BUDDHIST SYMBOLS, unaware that they were not coined by Aryans and therefore might cause offence!
 
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