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> Wikipedia swastika
Lir
post Thu 1st June 2006, 4:59pm
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It's right there in the middle of everything, one just needs to know what they are looking at. It's not always an evil symbol, but as far as I know, nobody has used it in recent times who doesn't have a long history with the symbol and who didn't use it as a symbol of nationalism.

Reversing the direction for some people redeems the meaning. Whatever, there are others set in the other direction if one looks for them. Let it mean what one presumes. They are there.


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post Thu 1st June 2006, 5:21pm
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For Heaven's sake, today's the 1st of June not the 1st of April.
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post Thu 1st June 2006, 5:47pm
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OMG the whole globe is covered in hidden swastikas! unsure.gif

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post Thu 1st June 2006, 6:19pm
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Look at the shaded grey missing piece near the top...... looks like the German Eagle used in there insignia's to me. And its "half" a piece of a full piece. Look at the rest of the pieces. See it?


The symbol below it.... Omega.. The end..... Another Nazi reference that Hitler used.
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post Thu 1st June 2006, 7:45pm
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This is as much a stretch as many Wikipedia articles.

On second thought, maybe this should be a Wikipedia article.
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post Thu 1st June 2006, 7:45pm
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QUOTE(Hushthis @ Thu 1st June 2006, 12:34pm) *

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Look at the shaded grey missing piece near the top...... looks like the German Eagle used in there insignia's to me. And its "half" a piece of a full piece. Look at the rest of the pieces. See it?


The symbol below it.... Omega.. The end..... Another Nazi reference that Hitler used.



interesting.

Half of the German Eagle also conforms to the missing area above the gray shaded half piece. I'm not saying anybody intended this and i'm not saying they didn't. Memes are strange things.

Maybe we could inventory the meanings of the other symbols on there as well.
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BTW Omega was first used as the code name for the "Final Solution" before it became public knowledge hidden within the propagandists.

As for the other symbol's the one right below the Omega one is the Chinese character's for "finished". The rest of the characters I can lookup this weekend after my pissy ass mood is better. But I am sure they will all have some connection to the words "finished" and "end" and can be backed up by verifiable sources within the Nazi Party and Hitler. I seem to remember 2 other symbols on that globe that look very familar.


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post Thu 1st June 2006, 7:52pm
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QUOTE(Hushthis @ Thu 1st June 2006, 7:46pm) *

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This is as much a stretch as many Wikipedia articles.


I'm being perfectly clear -- this is what happened when I stretched the lines at the center of Wikipedia's logo.


So it's literally a stretch.
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post Thu 1st June 2006, 9:09pm
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It is kinda funny.
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post Thu 1st June 2006, 10:32pm
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on a positive note biggrin.gif the swastika seems to be inverted, so maybe it means an end of to nazism? happy.gif
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post Fri 2nd June 2006, 5:59am
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Oh I get it. You are talking about the jigsaw puzzle. In Wikipedia's jigsaw puzzle, you can make out an inverted swastika.

In my personal opinion, this is random, and is just what jigsaw puzzles look like usually.

However, if you personally believe it means more, then go for it.
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post Fri 2nd June 2006, 8:15am
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And don't forget - in the lower right there's a capital J on its side. That's a clear reference to the Jews.

Why is my 300th post devoted to such a daft topic?
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post Fri 2nd June 2006, 9:33am
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silly, but funny
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