Finland uses the Swastika

[lsemmens]

One of history's most reviled images is still in use in Finland!

[VroomVroom]

dont travel through indonesia then , the swastika symbol is everywhere , used as a good prosperity marker long before the Nazis ever used it.

A swastika doesnt offend me one bit anyway , I even used it to ward off some evil Jews in my workplace!!

[porkop]

hitler adopted it so it was around before he was. it appears in many cultures, some as a religious symbol, but we only associate it with hilter.

[Mr 672A]

I even used it to ward off some evil Jews in my workplace!!

You have to work with them to see what most of them are like. Most jews treat us as inferiority race. Dont take a jewish person to court as they lie through their teeth even if you have video's/photo's showing different. Its ok for them to lie to us as you are not a jew.

[bob_m_54]

The Swastik doesn't offend me either, it's only a symbol that's been around for thousands of years. It's only the racist nationalistic wankers who decided to adopt the symbol, or a derivative of it, that offend me.

[trash]

Yep, see swastikas in Bali, Indonesia and East Timor where Hindu and Buddhist temples are.

My personal favourite is the Russians were using it not five years before the Nazis started.

1917 Russian banknotes all have it one them often central with the Tsarist eagle.

I'm not sure why they used it, it obviously had some meaning probably christian religious, but I've not been able to get a sensible answer from anybody.
I've got a large collection of Russian notes and coins. It's not on any other of their banknotes either before or after. Only 1917.

[coalminer]

I was led to believe it was the sign of the harvest

[allover]

Roman garrisons used the swastika too, which goes to prove they were Nazis as well

[bob_m_54]