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09-26-2007, 10:16 PM | #1 |
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Evil Swastica Navy Building...
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09-26-2007, 10:18 PM | #2 |
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So?
It is Apollo's sign, Buddhist symbol, Hopi sign, Hindu symbol, was Yale's sports team's symbol... people need to get over it. Freaking-out over symbols and words is what gives them power over you. |
09-26-2007, 10:20 PM | #3 |
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actually there are a LOT of buildings in Taipei with swastikas on them or with a swastika design.
It was a buddhist/hindu luck symbol for thousands of years before one german madman went and ruined it for everyone, you know.
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09-26-2007, 10:26 PM | #4 |
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Isn't there a difference in the signs? The one for peace is reversed from the one that the Nazis used right? Or maybe I'm wrong.
And I wasn't freaking out...I just found it funny. |
09-27-2007, 03:31 AM | #5 | |
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Quote:
As a sign of trouble and doom, it'd be hard to beat a sun-symbol, black, going backwards.
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09-26-2007, 10:26 PM | #6 |
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Nonetheless, enough uproar has been going on that the Navy has already said they will be spending $600,000 to alter the building's appearance from the air. Your tax dollars at work, baby.
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09-26-2007, 10:27 PM | #7 |
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Disgusting.
I am disgusted. |
09-26-2007, 10:28 PM | #8 |
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Now that's something to freak out about.
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09-26-2007, 10:31 PM | #9 |
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it certainly seems like a very functional building design to me.
so fuckin' what if it looks vaguely like a simple geometric figure that was once used as a symbol for a country that had leaders that thought things that we dont agree with? Get over yourselves, america.
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09-26-2007, 10:43 PM | #10 |
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I'd like to point out, for my own sake, that I put the "Evil" in Evil Swastica Navy Building as means of sarcasm and I do not actually believe that the building is evil.
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09-27-2007, 12:18 AM | #11 |
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There are quite a few buildings and other structures that utilize the same pattern. Google's full of them.
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09-27-2007, 12:35 AM | #12 |
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i give up trying to post threads...
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09-27-2007, 01:31 AM | #13 |
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Don't, that's what makes a forum survive and thrive; new threads. I'm sure I've made an ass of myself on here before but that doesn't stop me from participating. This is quite a unique community, don't give up on it just yet.
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09-27-2007, 02:07 AM | #14 |
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Thanks for the support
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09-27-2007, 12:36 AM | #15 |
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points, you should understand that rkzenrage is a complete asshole, and you should disregard his judgmental tone. just FYI. kthxbye
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