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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Stork, post: 2582147, member: 71642&quot;]When I lived in Japan I quickly discovered that the swastika was the symbol used to mark the Buddhist temples on maps. The use very much predates the Nazi use of the symbol and most emphatically does not even remotely correlate with that ideology.&nbsp; One of my Jewish friends came for a visit with her son and they were quite taken aback the first time they saw the map...but quickly understood the lack of intent and historical usage. I mean, it was for the Buddhist temples after all!</p><p><br /></p><p>That said, I was pretty disgusted by the KKK memorabilia being sold by one guy at the local coin show. He said he didn&#039;t like it, but there was a market for it...it wasn&#039;t all numismatic.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I completely agree that one can collect and study without endorsing--how else can we learn?&nbsp; Just about any nation/ruler etc has a bloody or oppressive history of some sort.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>But the KKK stuff is just ick as it isn&#039;t exactly &#039;historical&#039; in the real world.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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