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Originally Posted by mmmmbacon
It truly transcends the boundary of any one culture. Which is why this effort by the Hindus is not just insensitive to the rest of the world, but doomed to failure. It's not their symbol anymore.
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But the whole point is that they are trying to change the world's idea of what the symbol is. It may be hard, but it isn't impossible.
Reminds me of U2 saying on Rattle and Hum that they were stealing "Helter Skelter" back from Manson, who stole it from the Beatles.
When I was a kid in the 70's we would "xerox" things at the library if we needed them for a book report. Now I "photocopy" things at work. I never made a consious effort to switch the words I use to describe that action. It was a successful campaign by Xerox, adopted by much of society, that got me to think differently.
If Xerox can get me to change my language, maybe these guys can get me to think about that symbol differently.