Quote Originally Posted by KukriKhan
So the question is: when can a symbol, co-opted by some "evil" (read: war-losing) group, be safely used in the general population again, in art, literature, and common display?

10 years?
30 years?
a Generation?
2 generations?

Let's keep the discussion to that, please.
Each suituation is different. However the union jack kept flying when millions of Indians were being sluaghtered the French flag still flew when Algerians were being massacered. The point is history is written by the victors. Socitey decides what is good killing and bad killing the winners decide Kurki. Symbols dont all of sudden cleanse after a certian point becuase thats all they are is symbols. Trying to tag everything with good and evil doesn work.