^ btw, the swastika is also a symbol for love and peace :) in Buddhism, and is commonly found in Buddhist festivals in PRC-China, ROC-Taiwan, Koreas, and Japan.
^ btw, the swastika is also a symbol for love and peace :) in Buddhism, and is commonly found in Buddhist festivals in PRC-China, ROC-Taiwan, Koreas, and Japan.
To add an entirely constructive contribution to the cross-discussion...
I'm actually working on a petition to be sent to the German Ministry of Internal affairs, pleading for the internet being searched on any pages containing the symbol x - yeah, x, and blocking access to those pages from german IPs, or alternatively trying to get a trojan and that server and f...ing take it down, woohoo (yes, Mr. Schäuble knows what I am talking about).
I mean, really, I'm not someone who is nitpicking about such things, but look at the X. Actually nobody needs it, and when you take a look at it and imagine some tiny serifs at the edges of the crosses arms, or maybe a little rotation... you know what I mean.
I'm almost entirely sure that these symbol is or will be used as some sort of distinctive mark by neonazis, who think that they will be safe under the cover of the legal X, but ha, they didn't reckon on me. I tend to look suspiciously on people bearing that symbol on their shirts - those people seem to be innumerous, with words on their shirts like Sexmachine or XXL, displaying their ideology in such a shameless manner. I swear, next time I'll see someone like that, I won't hesitate to handle them as they deserve.
I could give uncountable more examples. I've been recently told about XXX pages in the internet that I should not visit - surely to avoid ideological manipulation - or a film named xXx, featuring some sort of Übermensch as protagonist.
So, ban the x, for showing those bastards we won't tolerate the open showing of their ideology.
*Sarcasm off*
Seriously, I am pretty happy that the swastika isn't included in EB. Yes, I know that this symbol has been used for many centuries without any negative meaning, but, you know, it does rise some ungood feeling when seeing it, especially for some idiots keep on using it - and I mean the ones that use it in the meaning it was used 1933-45. This is just not a topic that can be discussed all rational, but one has to keep an eye on the connotations that symbols bring along.
But regarding some of the postings made above, albeit if meant serious or not, it tempted me to just quarry out such a satirical post.
So move along people, there's nothing to see here.
Yours sincerely,
your jocular Ariovistus
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