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Actually the "Swastika" is a very old symbol in Sanskrit and in Theravada Buddhism it signifies both the heart and the "footprint" of the Buddha
Hitler basically stole the symbol and inverted it for his use.
Im most Buddhist countries it has NOTHING to do with Nazi germany
Last edited by mikesouth; 07-08-2013, 12:35 PM.Mike South
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Absolutely true - except the photo doesn't show a swastika - it says and shows Hitler - which has EVERYTHING to do with Nazi Germany. I'd like to understand the thought process behind naming their store Hitler.Actually the "Swastika" is a very old symbol in Sanskrit and in Theravada Buddhism it signifies both the heart and the "footprint" of the Buddha
Hitler basically stole the symbol and inverted it for his use.
Im most Buddhist countries it has NOTHING to do with Nazi germany
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And I found your response very interesting along with the great photo (I wasn't aware of the swastika's history - I thought it began in Germany). Just asking how does a Thai businessman wake up one day and say - you know what? Let's sell fried chicken and use Hitler's image for our name/logo. I'd love to know how that went. BTW, been to Thailand 5 times - Bangkok is one of my favorite places on earth.Comment
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The Thai culture and Buddhism in particular would not see these depictions as flattering but more "making him small"
I remember a big billboard on the freeway between bangkok and pattaya that had a picture of hitler doing a seig Heil with thai writing on it thats said "He Lives" a few miles down the road there was one that said the same thing with Michael jackson....It was advertising for a wax museum. Thai people get that westerners dont. Accept the fact that they have a very different culture than our judeo-christian ideology and the concept of politically correct is completely foreign to them.
I love Thailand and its libertarian ideology (moreso than ours anyway)Mike South
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thx for the swastika education, clearly i'm the ignorant one... to think, I thought I knew a bunch about Asia.
Although, I remember seeing a documentary stating Hitler got it from a Aryan sect in Austria in the 1920's.AsiaMoviePass My Best Rebilling SiteComment
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