Evil Swastica Navy Building...

PointsOfLight · 09-26-2007, 10:16 PM

http://www.switched.com/2007/09/26/g...ment-building/

oh lolz..

09-26-2007, 10:18 PM

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.

Ibby · 09-26-2007, 10:20 PM

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.

Clodfobble · 09-26-2007, 10:26 PM

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.

PointsOfLight · 09-26-2007, 10:26 PM

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.

09-26-2007, 10:27 PM

Disgusting.
I am disgusted.

PointsOfLight · 09-26-2007, 10:28 PM

Now that's something to freak out about.

Ibby · 09-26-2007, 10:31 PM

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.

PointsOfLight · 09-26-2007, 10:43 PM

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.

Crimson Ghost · 09-27-2007, 12:18 AM

There are quite a few buildings and other structures that utilize the same pattern. Google's full of them.

PointsOfLight · 09-27-2007, 12:35 AM

i give up trying to post threads...

lumberjim · 09-27-2007, 12:36 AM

points, you should understand that rkzenrage is a complete asshole, and you should disregard his judgmental tone. just FYI. kthxbye

manephelien · 09-27-2007, 01:06 AM

Jeez. A bit overkill, if you ask me.

09-27-2007, 01:09 AM

And a compliment coming from him.
I think it is a great thread, we need to know about this kind of lunacy and to discuss these attitudes.
Many people are under the mistaken belief that words and symbols can "harm" them, especially old ones with multiple meanings.
The discussion that one must choose what titles they accept and what images and words harm them is always a good one.

Bullitt · 09-27-2007, 01:31 AM

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Originally Posted by PointsOfLight

i give up trying to post threads...

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.

09-26-2007, 10:16 PM	#1
PointsOfLight learner of things Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 39	Evil Swastica Navy Building... http://www.switched.com/2007/09/26/g...ment-building/ oh lolz..

09-26-2007, 10:20 PM	#3
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	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. __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

09-26-2007, 10:31 PM	#8
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	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. __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

09-27-2007, 12:18 AM	#10
Crimson Ghost Larger than life and twice as ugly. Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,264	There are quite a few buildings and other structures that utilize the same pattern. Google's full of them. __________________ We must all go through a rite of passage. It must be physical, it must be painful, and it must leave a mark. I have no knowledge of the events which you are describing, and if I did have knowledge of them, I would be unable to discuss them with you now or at any future period. Don't waste your time always searching for those wasted years

09-27-2007, 12:36 AM	#12
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	points, you should understand that rkzenrage is a complete asshole, and you should disregard his judgmental tone. just FYI. kthxbye __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

09-26-2007, 10:18 PM	#2
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	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, 10:26 PM	#4
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	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.

09-26-2007, 10:27 PM	#6
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	Disgusting. I am disgusted.

09-26-2007, 10:28 PM	#7
PointsOfLight learner of things Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 39	Now that's something to freak out about.

09-26-2007, 10:43 PM	#9
PointsOfLight learner of things Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 39	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.

09-27-2007, 12:35 AM	#11
PointsOfLight learner of things Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 39	i give up trying to post threads...

09-27-2007, 01:06 AM	#13
manephelien Smooth Ruffian Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Hogwarts Posts: 47	Jeez. A bit overkill, if you ask me. __________________ Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus.

09-27-2007, 01:09 AM	#14
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	And a compliment coming from him. I think it is a great thread, we need to know about this kind of lunacy and to discuss these attitudes. Many people are under the mistaken belief that words and symbols can "harm" them, especially old ones with multiple meanings. The discussion that one must choose what titles they accept and what images and words harm them is always a good one.

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