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Originally posted by John D Harris:
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Originally posted by shamrock_uk:
In an bit of a twist, UK Hindu's are lobbying the government to oppose the ban, due to the swastika's roots as a Hindu good luck charm. They hope to raise awareness of the fact it is their second most holy symbol, arguing that banning the swastika would be like banning crosses because the KKK burned them.
Full (and interesting) story here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4188141.stm
I guess this illustrates the dangers of issuing draconian laws in a democracy...the issue is always too complicated.
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It was also a symbol for many American Indian tribes, in fact the USA Boy Scouts used it as badge(honoring the American Indian tribes) before WWII, they removed it, and there was flak here for doing so. [/QUOTE]It was also used on the unit patch of the 45th division of the US Army before World War II. In 1939 it was replaced with a different native american symbol, a gold thunderbird.