12-17-2013, 02:16 PM
(09-01-2012, 03:20 PM)Ben Johnson Wrote: The use of the Swastika in Hinduism predates the Nazis by thousands of years so the Jews can pretty much screw off but with the name Hitler they might have a point.
The Finns whose use of the Swastika predates the Nazis still use it. The emblem of the 45th Division was a Swastika. Making a very common symbol verboten because Nazi Germany used it is silly.
I am back after a long time....
Now, as a German let me say this: The swastika is a religious symbol widely used in Asia both in Hinduism and Buddhism. I have seen it so many times there. It has been misused by the German Nazis, but they have never been the experts to make "good" use of it.
Using the name "Hitler" for a business in India is perhaps idiotic and attests to a business owner with a bit of a weird taste, to say the least.
What should really bother me is the people whose feelings may be hurt by this. I have some Jewish friends, and I would not like to see their feelings hurt by this. I would stand up and speak out against such a thing.