America's War on Language

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In Viet Nam I had an Irish-American sergeant who said that during WWII Ireland did not ban the swastika because it was an ancient Irish symbol.
Bill Smith

 
A brilliant casuist disproved every false generalization.  He is justly known lately.  Moreover, no pompous quibbler really said that useful verities were xenophobic yet zealous.


On Friday, September 5, 2014 5:06 PM, Randy Alexander <strangeguitars at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
 


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On Sep 5, 2014 4:20 PM, "Benjamin Barrett" <gogaku at ix.netcom.com> wrote:

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> On Sep 5, 2014, at 7:09 AM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
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> > At 9/4/2014 11:29 PM, Benjamin Barrett wrote:
> >> On Sep 4, 2014, at 8:03 PM, W Brewer <brewerwa at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> >>> WG:  <<My friend, Hideo, . . . chose to go with a nice swastika.>>
> >>> WB:  Swastikas can be seen anywhere in Taiwan; they are identified =
> with
> >>> Buddhism. When first arriving in Taiwan, I saw packages of instant=3D
> > noodles
> >>> with swastika logos. I call the TKU student union <<Nazi =
> Headquarters>>,
> >>> because at the entrance is an elaborate fac,ade of hundreds of=3D
> > Hakenkreuze.
> >>> And of course as decorations on the ubiquitous shrines, temples, and
> >>> statuary therein.
> >>>    Hideo's classmates might have been drawing pictures of Jesus, =
> back
> >>> when it was okay to do so in school. But, ya never know. He mighta =
> had a
> >>> midget sub in his basement. Better safe than sorry. Assume he =
> didn't=3D
> > have
> >>> any bansai plants, that woulda clinched it.
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> >> Although there seems to be some cross-over,=3D20
> >> orientation is important. The right-handed=3D20
> >> swastika is the Nazi symbol. The left-handed swastika is Buddhist. BB
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> > Are you sure?  I wondered, and looked at the=3D20
> > Wikipedia article, which discusses "Geometry" and=3D20
> > says "Nazi=3D20
> > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ensign>ensigns had=3D20
> > a=3D20
> > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Through_and_through>through=3D20
> > and through image, so both versions were present,=3D20
> > one on each side, but the=3D20
> > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_flag#Nazi_Germany>Nazi=3D20
> > flag on land was right-facing on both sides and=3D20
> > at a 45=3DB0 rotation."  The swastika illustration it=3D20
> > calls "a=3D20
> > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbol>symbol of=3D20
> > auspiciousness in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism"=3D20
> > also is right-facing.  (The swastika on the Nazi=3D20
> > flag, however, is rotated 45 degrees; see "Flags of Germany".)
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> > Joel=3D20
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> I looked at this again briefly. It appears that there might be more than =
> just some cross-over, with Hinduism being right and Japanese Buddhism =
> being left. BB=
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