Swastikas and Microsoft
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- Raind0g
http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/biz…
Interesting subject. The swastika existed thousands of years before the Third Reich, now tainted forever...
- Mimio0
It's a good move. The swatiska is now a symbol for hate and fascism.
- unfittoprint0
that's pretty stupid. Swastikas were already used by Spartans and Hindus thousand years ago, with very different meanings. And there are 2 types of them: progressive and regressive, depending of its direction [clockwise and counterclockwise]. Nazis used the latter wich may explain something...
Hopefully the next big Dictator will use the Smilex. Hate the fucker...
- mrdobolina0
There is a Nation of Islam symbol in that font set also, the crescent moon and star.
- meok0
Sad.
The Swastika is a symbol that has become associated with Nazi Germany. Its origins, however, lie in the culture of many ancient cultures, symbolizing good fortune. In Buddhism, it is a symbol of the Buddha's heart and mind, sometimes appearing on the Buddha's chest in sculptural representations.
- fusion410
"German dictator Adolf Hitler adopted the swastika as the symbol of the Nazi Party..."
Thanks CNN for keeping us posted.
- JazX0
I agree unfit, totally
- lnu0
What's Islam symbols got to do with anything?
- GreedoLives0
PC Nation™ wins another one.
- 34tm34t0
the day i landed in korea, i freaked,.
so many swastika everywhere
it took me like a day to realize it was the sign to locate all the buddist temples ehehhe
- D70
"German dictator Adolf Hitler adopted the swastika as the symbol of the Nazi Party because of its nationalist identification"
This makes no sense.
- JazX0
_|~-+ shit you can't draw it here
- krts0
There is a really good Steven Heller book on the subject of the "forever damned swastika". If you like that sort of thing.
- k0na_an0k0
hmm... and i'm still wondering how i got this one carved into my forehead.
- tfs__mag0
it could be that you are a buddhist temple kona....
- k0na_an0k0
no WONDER why people are always bowing to me. and here i thought it was because i'm so damn cool.
- unknown0
see plagiarism pays
hitler wins
- mrdobolina0
Inu, just saying. The symbol is used by the Nation of Islam, you know..like Farrakhan. Who has been labeled anti-semitic also.
- JazX0
you mean like that hoax with Morton Downey Jr. when we were young bucks in HS
- sherman0
one hell of a powerful logo.
- lnu0
yeah, but if you put the nike swoosh on every tank or bomber it would be an even more powerful logo. Know what I'm saying? If the logo stands for your worst nightmare then you wonm't have any problems remembering what it looks like.