From: "Gregg Strom/BRYX Int'l" 


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> On Mon, 22 May 2000 22:57:00 -0400, Gary Wiltshire
>  wrote:
>
> >The Nazi's stole it.  There are still millions of people in Asia who
> >still consider it a good luck, or even, religious symbol.
>
> Well I have no problem with those people using it. I know what it
> means to me (as perhaps the African-Americans see the battle flag) but
> I would not begin to tell them their symbol only represent the Nazis.

"those people using it", "them"... it seems that you've
fallen into the (accidental) trap of homogenizing "those people".
 Would you object if a subset of "those people" used it as a
symbol for hate and discrimination?

In other words, does the use to which the symbol is put make a difference
to your attitudes towards the group using it in a certain manner?

gs

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