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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 658155, member: 15309&quot;]Goldstone,</p><p><br /></p><p>While I understand your feelings on the subject, I think they are a little misguided.&nbsp;&nbsp; The swastika has been a symbol for thousands of years and long pre-dates Hitler and Nazi Germany.&nbsp; Not only was it a symbol of good luck that was often paired with the American flag, soldiers of the 45th infantry in WWI actually wore a swastika patch.&nbsp; Please read the following link about the swastika.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://rexcurry.net/45th-infantry-division-swastika-sooner-soldiers.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://rexcurry.net/45th-infantry-division-swastika-sooner-soldiers.html" rel="nofollow">http://rexcurry.net/45th-infantry-division-swastika-sooner-soldiers.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>To reject coins that bear a swastika is to let Hitler win.&nbsp; We can&#039;t ignore history.&nbsp; We would all be better off by trying understand why Hitler and Germany followed the path they did in order to prevent it from ever happening again.&nbsp; And trust me, mankind has been committing horrible atrocities against their fellow man since the beginning.&nbsp; It will happen again.&nbsp; It is not a matter of if, but when.</p><p><br /></p><p>With regards to the neo-nazis, well I wouldn&#039;t worry about them.&nbsp; They are a bunch of two bit thugs that believe in ethnic superiority and are only smart enough to understand that the Nazi flag and swastika stirs up feelings of fear and hatred.&nbsp; I would be very surpised if any of them have any clue about WWII history including Adoph Hitler and his beliefs.&nbsp; And if any of them have ever read &quot;Mein Kampf&quot;, I would be absolutely amazed.</p><p><br /></p><p>According to Bill Maher on HBO, 24% of the American public does not know which country we fought against to gain our independence in the Revolutionary War.&nbsp; That stat is to show how uneducated we are as a society.&nbsp; If the coins or WWII can help educate any of our youth about World History during that time including the horrors of the holocaust, it is a blessing and not something that should be shunned.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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