109 etc. Riat 2010

[julian265]

Originally Posted by swiss

It's a Roman sign of authority, nothing more nothing less.

I'm not sure I understand your meaning behind "nothing more nothing less"*,
however the swastika was also in use before you-know-who used it.

*Do you mean that it was a pre-existing symbol and so doesn't need to be avoided? Or that it wasn't an analogy with an axe?

[Igo kyu]

The fasces may have originally been an ancient roman symbol, but when the Fascists chose it as their name, they pretty much took it over.

[WTE_Galway]

Its worth pointing out that the Soviet Red Star is also banned in quite a few countries including Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.

[swiss]

Originally Posted by julian265

I'm not sure I understand your meaning behind "nothing more nothing less"*,
however the swastika was also in use before you-know-who used it.

*Do you mean that it was a pre-existing symbol and so doesn't need to be avoided?

Bingo.

You can't just run away from history. If some ppl abuse it - well, the will use it anyway.
Banning whatever is wrong in general, it's a sign of capitulation of a society.

[AndyJWest]

Banning whatever is wrong in general, it's a sign of capitulation of a society.

Banning 'Whatever'? That isn't the question. Societies ban all sorts of things - child pornography, racial abuse, advocating support for terrorism... The bans don't stop such things occurring, but they do indicate a society's disapproval. As it happens, I think that banning political symbols in a historical context is often excessive, but given 20th century history, to ignore the power of such symbols entirely could be a mistake. As long as there are Neo-Nazis etc who use such symbols to spread their messages of hate, I can sympathise with those who would rather not see them at all.

[swiss]

"...whatever [sign]", i guess it got lost when i edited the post.

I can sympathise with those who would rather not see them at all.

And they magically vanish?