And you thought we won WWII...

[patrickbateman]

The word swastika is derived from the Sanskrit svastika (in Devanagari, स्वस्ति&#2325, meaning any lucky or auspicious object, and in particular a mark made on persons and things to denote good luck. It is composed of su- (cognate with Greek ευ-), meaning "good, well" and asti a verbal abstract to the root as "to be"; svasti thus means "well-being". The suffix -ka forms a diminutive, and svastika might thus be translated literally as "little thing associated with well-being", corresponding roughly to "lucky charm", or "thing that is auspicious".[3] The suffix -tika also literally means mark; therefore a sometimes alternate name for swastika in India is shubhtika (literally good mark). The word first appears in the Classical Sanskrit (in the Ramayana and Mahabharata epics).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastik

 

[Superman4ever]

Oh my, damn the education system for teaching me lies

They dooped all of us...

 

[Mic]

Stop *****ing anyway. The swasticka has been used for thousands of years. Its been used in religions and everything. Its a sign of peace and harmony. Theres buddhas with swastickas and everything.

 

[patrickbateman]

Stop *****ing anyway. The swasticka has been used for thousands of years. Its been used in religions and everything. Its a sign of peace and harmony. Theres buddhas with swastickas and everything.

 

[Mr.Webs]

That's either sad...or hilarious. Don't know which one to pick.

 

[rigel7soldiers]

Stop *****ing anyway. The swasticka has been used for thousands of years. Its been used in religions and everything. Its a sign of peace and harmony. Theres buddhas with swastickas and everything.

Actually, that's a Manji, which faces left, not right like a swastika typically does. Symbolizes the Dharma Wheel on the Eightfold Path of Enlightenment. It's not called a swastika because of the negative stuff associated the term.

the Manji is also a prevalent symbol in Japan. It's all in the wikipedia article.

 

[Arkady Rossovich]

Europe is poised to take over the United States.

 

[Superman4ever]

Stop *****ing anyway. The swasticka has been used for thousands of years. Its been used in religions and everything. Its a sign of peace and harmony. Theres buddhas with swastickas and everything.

Oy vey and everything! No ones *****ing except you....and pat!

But since the Nazis use of the swastika, some people are trying to differentiate the two meanings of the swastika by varying its direction - trying to make the clockwise, Nazi version of the swastika mean hate and death while the counter-clockwise version would hold the ancient meaning of the symbol, life and good-luck.

http://history1900s.about.com/cs/swastika/a/swastikahistory.htm

Nazi:

Nazi Building:

Hindu:

There's a difference between them...

Adolf Hitler adopted the left-handed symbol. During his campaign, 6 millions Jews died in his hand during WWII. Hence, the icon caused confusion to many Europeans and Jews to think it was a similiar icon used by the Eastern faiths (Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism).

The right hand ( clockwise)Swastika used by these religions which practice ahimsa ( non-violence) since ancient time. It should never be mistaken as the left-hand (counterclockwise) Swastika .

http://web.singnet.com.sg/~sidneys/Swastika.htm

Once again,

Peaceful...

Nazi...

Should I do that in slow-mo or are ya good to go?