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When will it be acceptable to use the swastika again?
Will it ever or will it always represent the Nazis?
9 Answers
- FitzLv 79 years agoFavorite Answer
When the Nazis are ANCIENT history. I wouldn't hold your breath.
Symbols do eventually re-emerge even if they hold negative connotations, but not until history forgets those connotations.
- Anonymous9 years ago
The swastika was not originally a Nazi symbol and is still used in some Asian cultures.
The earliest archaeological evidence of swastika-shaped ornaments dates back to the Indus Valley Civilization of Ancient India as well as Classical Antiquity. Swastikas have also been used in various other ancient civilizations around the world. It remains widely used in Indian religions, specifically in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism, primarily as a tantric symbol to evoke shakti or the sacred symbol of auspiciousness. The word "swastika" comes from the Sanskrit svastika - "su" meaning "good," "asti" meaning "to be," and "ka" as a suffix. The swastika literally means "to be good".
- Vegan_MomLv 79 years ago
As far as I'm concerned-- YES. It will ALWAYS represent he Nazis.
Hopefully, it will be acceptable to use the swastika again an eternity after Hell freezes over.
- Anonymous9 years ago
Probably not until Germany is deemed to be an "ancient, long-dead civilization" will it be considered acceptable to use the Swastika again.
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- Anonymous9 years ago
2145 maybe. Provided no other group of fascists purloinn it in the meantime, the Nazis will be 200 years in the past by then.
- Christian SinnerLv 79 years ago
It's a Hindu symbol first. Madame Blavatsky brought it into Germany, if I remember right.
- 9 years ago
Given the hate groups who have commandeered the cross to symbolize their hate, I wonder why the cross is still acceptable ...
- Antie PantieLv 79 years ago
Who knows...
There is a pro-life movie out called 180 and in the opening sequences, a bunch of college students are asked who Adolf Hitler is, and a lot of them didn't know.