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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sallent, post: 2505709, member: 76194&quot;]I&#039;m not surprised at the ignorance. I read an article 3 years ago from an Israeli newspaper advocating a global swastika ban. Their stance was that it doesn&#039;t matter whether the symbol has religious and cultural significance going back 5,000-6,000 years for Indians and other Asian cultures that has absolutely nothing to do with Hitler and Nazism. The writer argued that the mere fact that some westerners found it offensive, and that it was used by Hitler to oppress the Jews, was enough to impose a ban on every culture using it. Never mind that it would amount to imposing our western culture on others by force and destroying their traditions.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve even been accused of being a NAZI in high school because I used to collect WWII stamps and other memorabilia, and I had some German stamps with Hitler and the Swastika. I showed my entire collection to some people at school and the same people I showed my collection to didn&#039;t seem to mind that I had memorabilia with Joseph Stalin on it though. I guess the fact that Stalin murdered or tortured about as many people as Hitler (and probably more) is not offensive, but the Swastika is...go figure that one. And never mind the fact that I don&#039;t believe in that ideology and was just collecting historical memorabilia from all sides of the conflict...they wanted to be outraged and found an excuse to do so.</p><p><br /></p><p>I honestly don&#039;t care anymore. I collect ancient and medieval coinage, and I wouldn&#039;t pass on an ancient or medieval coin because of a swastika symbol, and I could care less what the PC outrage brigade has to say about it. I know why I would collect it, and it has nothing to do with NAZISM or belief in that ideology, and everything to do with history, and that is good enough for me. I honestly can&#039;t be bothered by the incessant demands that I be automatically be offended at this historical symbol or any other historical symbol regardless of it&#039;s cultural, religious, or historical context.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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