Off Topic Symbol Ignorance

So there was shall we say an issue with the border on my sig.

This to be exact.
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This is not a swastika of Nazi use, it was a symbol nothing to do with the Nazis.

For those that may be offended by that, I'd like to point out this.
Israel Bethlehem. This, like my symbol is nothing to do with a Nazi Swastika in any imaginable way. It is exactly the same as seen in Israel

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Also this
Stone from the second temple in Israel western wall compound

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Israel: Umm el Kanatir synagogue

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Umm el Kanatir / Golan Heights. Built 6th century AD.

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Hopefully that misunderstanding is now settled for whomever had an issue, complaining about my sig was an implication and I didn't appreciate that. Even sadder that someone hadn't had the stones to say something, probably for fear of looking stupid, and chose the sly censorship route as if their being offended gave them extra rights

 

I knew someone would pull you up on it. It was in one of the Indiana Jones films, wasn't it?

Seriously, Sis, did you do it for a bite?

 

If just one or something, and my quote had a pretty much anti bigotry post in it too, which is the opposite of what a swastika represents, you'd think they'd have noticed that.

I had it for ages, and no one seemed to notice, because I didn't really consider it, it's part of finnish culture, on airforce medals her grandad had from WWII

So it's not really a nazi thing here tbh cos it was used here in the army from around 1915 or something. and is a lapland symbol where the Sami (true finns) are for god knows how long.

 

Though my anti bigotry quote was about Muslims so that wouldn't count for some, ironic given the implication of the complaint

 

Israel: Huldah Gates
Monday 02 January 2012 - 05:09:56

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Ceiling art at the Huldah Gates. These are the two sets of now-blocked gates in the Southern Wall of the Temple Mount, situated in Jerusalem's Old City.

Exact same symbol as mine. If the complainers weren't ignorant of stuff they should know.. they might not have complained

 

Israel: Beit She'an baths
Monday 02 January 2012 - 05:08:26

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Roman baths in Beit She'an. The city is mentioned in ancient texts as early as the 15th century BC. It was taken over and refounded by the Romans in 63 BCE.

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Israel: Belvoir Fortress
Monday 02 January 2012 - 05:06:48

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The Crusader fortress of Belvoir, located on a hill of the Naphtali plateau, 20 km. south of the Sea of Galilee and about 500 meters above the Jordan Valley. Built in 12th century. In Hebrew it is known as Kohav Hayarden, meaning – Star of the Jordan which preserves the name of Kohav – a Jewish village which existed nearby during the Roman and Byzantine periods.

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Israel: Sepulchre church
Monday 02 January 2012 - 05:10:19

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The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, also called the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre, or the Church of the Resurrection, in Jerusalem. Built in 333 AD.

Israel: Church of the Nativity
Monday 02 January 2012 - 05:11:42

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Mosaic floor inside the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. Construction completed in 339 CE.

and this is only one religion, I could post pages more of these for other religions and cultures.

 

Can't let ignorance and stupidity erase history.
I rest my case

 

Point made.
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