On Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 10:44 PM, Dmitry Boyarintsev <skalogryz.li...@gmail.com> wrote: > Swastika = Nazis, by default these days.
Ok, this must be a cultural difference then. I have talked and read about this symbol in context of historical use and current use in India, and the word "swastika" had no such negative meaning then. So big differences inside Europe. Now I read its usage is completely banned in Germany and in other middle European countries. Uhhh, such a pity. I hope it will change soon. The symbol is so basic and easy to draw and "obvious" that it surely is used for very long time. Oldest reported uses are from 10000 years ago but very likely it is older. Unfortunately popular symbols get negative associations sometimes. How long it takes to get rid of them? Now 75 years apparently is not enough. How about 100 years? Napoleon conquered the world some 200 years ago. That is long enough as nobody seems to have strong negative association with his actions although he was quite a butcher, too. Is there any way to speed up the process? This important symbol will be tainted and wasted, I must always think what is the "polically correct" way to deal with it. This sucks ... Juha -- _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
