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14 November 2005

from MeFi's archives: hama7's swastika
posted by matteo 14 November | 05:04
Kipling and the swastika
posted by matteo 14 November | 05:06
Well, just because the nazi's appropriated something doesn't mean it should live in infamy forever. IMO.
posted by delmoi 14 November | 10:32
Good luck with that!
posted by nyterrant 14 November | 10:39
The Iron Cross seems to have recovered from the Nazi association. Bikers and the guys in Motorhead seem to like them, anyway. But, correct me if I'm wrong, that was a pre-Third Reich German thing as well.
posted by jonmc 14 November | 10:39
that exhibit in your last link was wonderful--really excellent. I've had big discussions at mefi about this before, but if anyone is to reclaim their own symbol, they're welcome to it. It's not for us who were persecuted under banners and uniforms and people wearing it to reclaim--it was never ours--just used against us.
posted by amberglow 14 November | 12:16
Firemen never gave up the Maltese (Iron) Cross (which existed hundreds of years before Germany did), nor did the German armed forces.

I'm not sure about agreeing that the pain of the Holocaust allows one group to take a symbol away from another group, that had nothing to do with their suffering. I think the living matter more than the dead, in any case.
posted by stilicho 14 November | 17:22
c'mon, its a traditional Canadian symbol
posted by rumple 14 November | 19:02
You guys inspired me, I'm gonna go crochet myself a big ol' swastika yarmulke!
posted by Edible Energy 14 November | 22:23
...also from Canada is Manwoman, who involved in an effort to reclaim the swastika from infamy. He's tattooed with them - a big one on his back and his arms are symmetrically tattoed.
posted by Zack_Replica 15 November | 05:51
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