From: Gary Wiltshire 

On Tue, 23 May 2000 07:49:51 -0700, "Gregg Strom/BRYX Int'l"
 wrote:

>
Richard W. Blalock> wrote in message
>news:7etkiss0sq7lncp7oo2hcd27vdpm4enfd1{at}4ax.com...
>> On Mon, 22 May 2000 22:57:00 -0400, Gary Wiltshire
gary_wiltshire{at}compuserve.com> 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
>
Honestly, Gregg, you're bucking for the Clinton Parsing Award.  "Those
people" are simply those people who have used the swastika as a
religious or luck symbol.  Hint:  swastika ain't a German word.

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