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I just explained to a fellow whom is 69 years old what the swastika on my wrist was all about. It feels good to educate anyone about such a wonderful symbol. :-) |
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| the swastika has been a symbol of love for a lot longer than it has been a symbol of hate... |
[Jul. 28th, 2010|08:42 pm] |
Swastika no longer viewed as Nazi symbol
Swastika Is Deemed ‘Universal’ Hate Symbol
i'm getting fed up with the anti-swastika league and their ignorant, one-sided, "victim" mentality, so i have decided to do something about it, and i encourage others to do likewise. send this letter, or one like it, to the anti-defamation league in protest of the recent decision to label the swastika as a "generalized symbol of hate":
It is racist, and against the very principles upon which the Anti-Defamation League is founded, to say that the swastika, a symbol that is over 10,000 years old, one of mankind's oldest symbols, is a "generalized symbol of hate" when every culture and every people on the planet - including Jews - have used the swastika as a symbol of love, peace and auspiciousness, and the only deviation from that has been within the past 80 years.
Admittedly, there are still people for whom the holocaust is still very present, and there are certain ignorant people who use the swastika incorrectly, even today, but that does not negate the fact that, for 10,000 years, and even today, the swastika and the shatkona - otherwise known as the Star of David - as a combined symbol, represent the Hindu God Ganesha, Deity of Removing Obstacles - http://snurl.com/zxse2
I would recommend that you read web sites such as http://snurl.com/zxs4b - Save The Swastika - which "has no connections to any racist propaganda" for a more balanced view of the swastika.
Regardless of whether or not you view the swastika as a "generalized symbol of hate", I am going to view it as a symbolic representation of my God, Ganesha, and I am going to continue to speak out against anybody who would say that the swastika means anything else.
Namaste |
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[Jan. 5th, 2010|08:33 am] |
 someone grafittied my car!
i was at Hale's Palladium this evening for the last performance of Aladdin and The Magic Lamp. i parked there and went in around 1:30 pm, and when i walked out of the palladium at around 6:00 pm, there it was. the paint was dry, which, in my mind, means that the guy must have done it around between the time that i left it, and 4:00 or thereabouts.
i asked around and i learned that the guy who tags things with "SEEDR1" is around 30 years old, and was a student at cornish until he was expelled because of a conflict with one of the instructors (big surprise). he is known for his "photo-realistic" grafitti art, but he also tags (which is likely one of the sources for the conflict with the instructors at cornish), and he was probably drunk when he did it (big surprise).
i don’t know who he is -- yet -- but i’m already closing in on his identity, and it hasn’t even been 6 hours yet. i'm pissed at this guy, because his drunken tag is going to cost me time and money to cover up, but also because tagging a car -- any car -- is really a lame, juvenile thing to do. if i ever find him, i don’t know what i would do, but i do know that i'm probably going to file a police report regarding it whether i find out his identity, or not, and if it's possible to get reimbursed for it, by whatever means, from him, it would be an awesome thing.
 i'm going to get better pictures in the morning, when the light is better, but i really don’t understand why he did it… to my car doesn't matter, i would wonder the same thing about such a tag on any car. the guy must have known that it wouldn't last long, nobody would see it, and — especially because of the fact that it was on an art car to begin with -- it is going to be covered up immediately, before i drive anywhere other than directly home.
and if the guy is an artist himself, what was going through his mind as he spray-painted his tag on my piece of artwork? how would he feel if i spray-painted a tag on one of his pieces of artwork? maybe, because of the fact that his artwork is mostly grafitti to begin with, he wouldn’t mind so much, but i would be willing to bet that if he created a work of art that wasn't grafitti, and someone spray-painted on it, he would be offended at the very least, so why would he expect any less from me?
i'm not really surprised that someone grafittied my car, but what i am surprised about is why it has taken this long. i've been driving ganesha the car for 5 years, and this is the first time anyone has done anything nasty to it… and really, thinking about it, it isn't really that nasty, except in a vile, putrid, disgusting sort of way. and the guy managed to paint on one of the few places on the car where i won't have to repaint the actual artwork on the car in order to cover it up, so apart from being really lame and annoying, it's not that bad.
i am writing in I, Anonymous about it, though, because i know a lot of people read it, and very likely the guy who did it will either find out about it personally, or from one of his friends. PLEASE NOTE: a lot of the comments at I, Anonymous are extremely negative and tasteless. please go there and help support me. thanks.
and, by the way… the guy who tags SEEDR1 is an worse than an asshole. he's an anal polyp and he deserves to be removed from society's colon immediately. the guy i caught in the act of trying to rip a bumper sticker off of my car apologised and admitted that he was being an asshole, and he got forgiven by me, because he stood up, admitted what he was doing, and that he was an asshole. this guy is worse, and he is not getting forgiven. die in hell, scum! |
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| this is the state of emerika, not iran... |
[Dec. 22nd, 2009|01:56 pm] |
i was accosted at the coffee stand down the hill from my house today. as i was conversing with the barista (who burned my mocha, again) this incredibly fat woman (really, she was wider than she was tall. i don't know how she was walking) came up and said "you have a swastika on your car!"
Incredibly Fat Woman: you have a swastika on your car!
me: yes, i have a swastika on my car.
IFW: that's offensive, my husband is black.
me: i'm sorry you feel that way, but the swastika and the shatkona, the six pointed star design you see on the roof, is a symbol of Ganesha, the Hindu God of Removing Obstacles, and has been for ten thousand years! the nazi symbol you're thinking of hasn't even been around for 100 years...
IFW: i don't know where you think you are, but this is the state of emerika, not iran...
me: yes, and in America we have the freedom to worship the way we want, and display symbols that may be offensive to others. this is my way of getting back at the nazis who abused the swastika, by blatantly using it as a symbol of peace and goodwill.
IFW: ... >:-(
me: (as i'm driving away) how can a symbol be guilty for the acts of a madman?
i suppose i shouldn't be surprised by things like this any longer, but this really affects me on a very deep level. what she said, "this is the state of emerika, not iran", as though America is not "The Land of The Free", but instead the land of the intolerant bigots who refuse to accept the chance that there might be someone who thinks differently than they do... i'm tempted to go back and see if i can make friends with this woman and her husband, just to show them that the swastika is not to be feared... but i fear that if i show my face (or my car) around that particular coffee stand again, that i'll probably be killed...
merry xmas... :-| |
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[Dec. 8th, 2009|02:35 pm] |
http://www.little-swastika.com/en/swastikas.html
^posted this on facebook and here is what i got:
JP:
Yeah, and the confederate flag is a symbol of freedom. No matter which way you cut it, its been branded as a rasist symbol, therefor it deserves to not be displayed as a sign of tolerance and respect.
IM:
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.....are you kidding me?
IM:
i hope you are kidding because i really don't even wanna start with this. in fact, im not going to. that was a really silly statement.. the facts are out there, not too far away though.. so i suggest you check them out.
IM:
gah. the confederate flag is like, a totally different concept in itself. im pretty sure it was created to be just what it is. the swastika was BORROWED and raped of its meaning.
IM:
and its not a sign of tolerance and respect.. its a sign of gamma, luck, and peace. it deserves tolerance and respect, not to be displayed as a sign that represents those things. you said it yourself its been branded, and that's unfortunate cuz its real meaning is older, better established, more direct, and alot more powerful than what the nazis wanted it to be in their usage (and that praise i just gave it is an understatement) and it shouldn't be 'put away' because they decided to shit on it.
JP:
no im not kidding.
how is that statement silly?
its true, you don't wear a swastika, or a confederate flag (unless you're in the south) for that same reason. its clearly a racist symbol. If i wore a shirt with a huga swasika, and above it was the font "Good Luck Charm," i wouldint last very long in modern society. Which is why its respectful, and tolerant to not wear it. It has nothing to do with the symbol, its the respect.
And you're correct, its roots are much deeper than the third reich, but the situation and moor of the matter, is its much stronger than the "history" of the symbol.
and i take it M***** is not a jewish name?
IM:
M***** is Greek. but that has nothing to with it.
by agreeing that the swastika is offensive, you're letting the third reich win. it's not their symbol and people should be aware of this.
and it is NOT TOLERANT to NOT wear it. what are you being tolerant of by not wearing it? that makes no sense. if you were being tolerant, wearing it would be no... See More problem. because you would be tOlerating the swastika, as you should, instead of being ignorant. you shouldn't TOLERATE the MISCONCEPTION of the symbol. if a new group of offensives started using buddha as their symbol, would that mean we should no longer tolerate buddha, because some assholes starting using him for their shit? symbol = an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance.. ACQUIRED.. based on or subject to individual discretion or preference...
Things are what they are>and what they are is different to each person>therefore>if you want to be TOLERANT>tolerate people and give them the benefit of the doubt that they're not using a symbol in an asshole type of way>and if you're saying its more about the respect.. well can you please clarify what you're asking us to respect? should we be respecting the nazi corruption of the symbol? or should we educate ourselves and Respect the ACCURATE meaning of the symbol? HMMMMM
i think by asking me about my last name, you're assuming i would forget to respect anyone who has been closely affected by the holocaust.. cmon, seriously? i have a heart. tough as it might sound, we need to overcome our boundaries and fears and not be eternally sensitive. lets restore the swastika to what it really is. i think everyone should want that. to unspoil the spoiled. its a step closer to freeing the deceived. all in all, i live by this statement: JUSTICE WILL PREVAIL. there is a manifestation that the true in everything is like the sweet smell of mint chocolate cake.. and you can't hide this chocolate cake under a pile of tissues because you'll still smell it. what you're trying to do is hide it in a dumpster.. but why? why do that, when we can eat the cake and let it bring us happiness?
IM:
i mean why hide the swastika away, when it is really a beautiful thing and it is meant to be employed in a positive way?
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