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In article <CJDMD...@ruacad.ac.runet.edu> dmci...@ruacad.ac.runet.edu
 (David Michael Mcintyre) writes:
>   Actually, the swastika (with the arms going the opposite way from the
>   Nazis'--you're right) is a very, very old symbol of good luck.

Actually, it's just a very old symbol, used by quite a few cultures
for different things, with the arms going one way or the other.  It
turns up a lot in Native American art, and, as has been previously
posted, in assorted European and Asian cultures.  I've long-since
forgotten the particular justification used by the Nazis for adopting
this common and (formerly) innocuous symbol; something Nordic, I
believe, intended as a symbol of divine approval of the "Aryan" plan
for world domination.

  A good book on cultural anthropology would probably be the best
place to get a solid answer on the "broken cross" question.
--
J Greely (jgr...@synopsys.com)