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Originally Posted by phelan
the currently viewing underneath.
and no it's not a swastika, it's kanji -_-;;
off to a 3 hour meeting! brb
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Damn, people will never understand will they? The "swaztika" was used for hundreds of years before Hitler and his Nazis were ever around. The swaztika itself has been a symbol of peace, friendship and even wealth depending upon what culture used it. Some of those cultures being; India, China, Japan, Egypt and even the Myans. It didn't become a symbol of hatred and segregation until Hitler turned the symbol around (like a mirrored image) and branded the Nazis with it. The symbolism of turning it around is exactly what it seems. It's meant to be the exact opposite of it's original meaning.
So the way Phelan has it in his user title is the original "swaztika" and doesn't mean what everyone thought it meant when they first saw it.