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Originally Posted by jon boy
i just bought a packet of instant noodles that have a swastika on the packet!
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Awesome.
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Originally Posted by pbradley
My family also has a lot of Native American baskets with swastikas.
Quite the ubiquitous symbol.
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The swastika is an extremely powerful symbol. The Nazis used it to murder millions of people, but for centuries it had positive meanings. The swastika is an ancient symbol that has been used for over 3,000 years. The word "swastika" comes from the Sanskrit
svastika - "su" meaning "good," "asti" meaning "to be," and "ka" as a suffix.
ETC:
http://history1900s.about.com/cs/swa...ikahistory.htm