11-12-2006, 12:35 AM
Wearing a swastika will give the general public you're a neo-Nazi. You could explain all you like, but the people seeing the photos later will simply think you're a neo-Nazi at heart. Hitler hijacked it, and our historical sensibilities mean zero to most people in the world at large.
Germany's an especially special case, and if the law says you can't show a swastika then that's how it is. Are Americans allowed to burn the Stars and Stripes to re-enact history? I dare say that in Germany the feelings evoked by raising the swastika would be rather similar to dousing the Stars and Stripes with petrol in a town square in Ohio and throwing a match on it.
The most important thing to note here is that it's the non-Germans saying it doesn't matter, but the Germans here are the ones that it has more impact on but are being argued with. :? roll:
Germany's an especially special case, and if the law says you can't show a swastika then that's how it is. Are Americans allowed to burn the Stars and Stripes to re-enact history? I dare say that in Germany the feelings evoked by raising the swastika would be rather similar to dousing the Stars and Stripes with petrol in a town square in Ohio and throwing a match on it.
The most important thing to note here is that it's the non-Germans saying it doesn't matter, but the Germans here are the ones that it has more impact on but are being argued with. :? roll:
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