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Article #850Re: Where do swastikas come from, mommy?
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Date: Tue, 11 Jan 1994 22:44
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 1994 22:44
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ja...@csugrad.cs.vt.edu (Jacob Rose) writes: >dou...@gaul.csd.uwo.ca (Russ Doucet) writes: >>BTW the other swastika, the one in the game is representative of some i dian >>tribe somewhere which is wherer the nazis actually got the idea from to >>make their own from but my details on this aspect are sketchy. >Actually, the clockwise swastika, the one used by the Nazis, and still i use >by other fools who represent similar views, was an old tribal Germanic s mbol >for good luck. Fortunately for civilization, it didn't work for the Naz s. :) >jacob rose.............................................jaker@csugrad.cs. t.edu >e v o l u t i o n i s b e a u t i f u l >224 payne hall virginia tech blacksburg virginia 24060-0008.......703/23 -5955 And the swastika the other way is used by Hindus as a sign for good luck also.
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