Do you know?

[The Reverend Bob]

Deliberate destruction is vandalism, destruction in the name of sensibilities is terrorism

View attachment 31281

If a church wants to renovate who are you to tell them they can't. Let us say I owned this marvel of architecture built by the famous Greene brothers:

And wanted to tear it down, to build a new house. Who are you to tell me I can't?

 

[74x12]

Do you know the true meaning of the swastika?

Origins in veneration of the sun apparently.

 

[Darkforbid]

Did you say that or did you copy and paste it?

We still haven't covered RF rules on
Quotations Citations and References

It's from the OUP tell you what I'll take a walk that way tomorrow it's on Walton Street do you want me to send the 'usage approval bill' (or whatever they're calling it) directly to you or through this site?

 

[ChristineM]

If a church wants to renovate who are you to tell them they can't. Let us say I owned this marvel of architecture built by the famous Greene brothers:

And wanted to tear it down, to build a new house. Who are you to tell me I can't?

Compare if to



And


And


Beautiful buildings with swastikas as a part

Or what would you replace floors like these with?

 

[ChristineM]

It's from the OUP tell you what I'll take a walk that way tomorrow it's on Walton Street do you want me to send the 'usage approval bill' (or whatever they're calling it) directly to you or through this site?

 

[The Reverend Bob]

Compare if to

View attachment 31282

And

View attachment 31283
And
View attachment 31284

Beautiful buildings with swastikas as a part

Or what would you replace floors like these with?

View attachment 31285

View attachment 31286

If a church chooses to renovate and get rid of their Nazi symbols then so let them. It is nobodies business but the church

 

[ChristineM]

If a church chooses to renovate and get rid of their Nazi symbols then so let them. It is nobodies business but the church

They are not necessarily nazi symbols, long before that they were religious symbols.

And of course planning regulations and preservation orders carry far more legal weight than sensibilities.

Oh and to some extent, the nazi symbol was religious


Gott mit uns = god with us

 

[SomeRandom]

If a church chooses to renovate and get rid of their Nazi symbols then so let them. It is nobodies business but the church

The swastika predates the Nazis by like a few thousand years. It is in reality a universal symbol, likely derived from the patterns found in weaving. Even Jewish tribes used the swastika. I think there’s even a movement of Jewish folk who want to reclaim the Swastika.
It is very sacred and holy to certain religions to this day. And we will absolutely not bow to ignorance and hate. It’s our ancient symbol used to represent peace and we will use it if we want. It’s the age of information, ignorance is not a good enough excuse to tear down ancient artwork or religious buildings.
(Oh and to hell with Nazis. Bunch of fascist ********.)

 

[The Reverend Bob]

They are not necessarily nazi symbols, long before that they were religious symbols.

And of course planning regulations and preservation orders carry far more legal weight than sensibilities.

Oh and to some extent, the nazi symbol was religious

View attachment 31288
Gott mit uns = god with us

Well the Nazis ruined lots of things for people. You don't see many people running around with toothbrush mustaches anymore.

 

[Stanyon]

It's an offensive symbol to most people

And a sacred symbol to many others

 

[The Reverend Bob]

And a sacred symbol to many others

So is the penis. But putting a penis on public display will get you arrested

 

[Stanyon]

So is the penis. But putting a penis on public display will get you arrested

In Japan they have a penis festival every year, this has nothing to do with the Swastka unless you made a Swastika out of penises.

 

[The Reverend Bob]

In Japan they have a penis festival every year, this has nothing to do with the Swastka unless you made a Swastika out of penises.

Both are considered offensive in certain cultures

 

[Unguru]

I don't care what Hindus say, it's a Nazi symbol full-stop. You can't give it special treatment when everything around us is appropriated to different meanings. Once the Nazis used it, it ceased to be a Hindu symbol as far as I'm concerned, just like the appropriation of other things in our current culture.

 

[Stanyon]

I fully endorse the reclamation of the Swastika, it is a beautiful symbol of life and the forces of nature forever moving onward.

 

[dybmh]

In Japan they have a penis festival every year, this has nothing to do with the Swastka unless you made a Swastika out of penises.

And because of this... somewhere...

... a Buddha is smiling...

 

[Milton Platt]

Do you know the true meaning of the swastika?

Why is one meaning true and another meaning not true? words take the definitions that are imbued by the people using them.

 

[ChristineM]

Well the Nazis ruined lots of things for people. You don't see many people running around with toothbrush mustaches anymore.

Yes we know this but it makes no difference to the facts

 

[SomeRandom]

I don't care what Hindus say, it's a Nazi symbol full-stop. You can't give it special treatment when everything around us is appropriated to different meanings. Once the Nazis used it, it ceased to be a Hindu symbol as far as I'm concerned, just like the appropriation of other things in our current culture.

Actually I have seen toothbrush moustaches. Fun fact, Charlie Chaplin used his own iconic toothbrush moustache to counter the Nazi propaganda during the 30s. (It makes sense in context.)
Besides the Nazi swastika is tilted the wrong way, anyway. A Dharmic Swastika is not. Hell my cousin is legally named Swastika (meaning auspiciousness.)
We will not kowtow to the hate and fear of the Nazis.

 

[stvdv]

So is the penis. But putting a penis on public display will get you arrested

Is that a fact?

Spoiler: Watch at your own risk