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2004-02-13 -Short Attention Span Theater-

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Posted by tipper 2004-02-13 10:30:23 AM|| || Front Page|| [11129 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Microsoft is anti Nazi
Don't try telling that to the Macintosh User's Group unless you really want to see a jihad.

Posted by Steve 2004-2-13 10:39:36 AM|| 2004-2-13 10:39:36 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Bah. I remember a few years ago when some Wingdings font turned "NYC" to a skull and a Star of David, so of course there was a flap that this "intentionally" demonstrated Microsoft promoted death to all Jews in NYC. *yawn*

I'm sure you could have typed in "Poughkeepsie" and, if sufficiently baked with some of Saddam's stash, translated the result to find out where Jimmy Hoffa is, how the '86 World Series was fixed, and how the oil companies are suppressing 100+ MPG carburetors.

Posted by Dar 2004-2-13 10:46:14 AM|| 2004-2-13 10:46:14 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 I thought that the font was Far Eastern. In Taiwan and Vietnam, the Buddhist temples are plastered with swastikas. My hosts tell me that they are good luck symbols. It's an interesting case in cultural conflict. What do you do when when culture's good luck symbol is another culture's symbol of hatred and genocide? Plus one use is a couple of thousands or years old while the other dates back only a few decades.

Posted by 11A5S 2004-2-13 11:13:33 AM|| 2004-2-13 11:13:33 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 The swastika is also an American Indian symbol as well--at least, a Lakota symbol, IIRC, for the sun. The Alex Johnson hotel in Rapid City, SD, has several swastikas imbedded in the tile and lobby decor from when it was built in the 20's. I'm sure the staff has addressed many questions and complaints in that regard since the mid-30's.

In any case, it's pretty much a universal symbol.

Posted by Dar 2004-2-13 11:23:09 AM|| 2004-2-13 11:23:09 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 One important note is that the Buddhist symbols are backwards from the swastika, so should not really be too confusing to everybody except the easily outraged...

Posted by Carl in N.H 2004-2-13 11:53:24 AM|| 2004-2-13 11:53:24 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 IIRC, the Lakota and Far East symbols are backward from the NAZI symbol, with the arms bending left instead of right. Of course, most people don't pay enough attention to see that...

Posted by Old Patriot 2004-2-13 12:02:14 PM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm] 2004-2-13 12:02:14 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Which way is Hindu and Lakota and which way is ro'Hitler's version?

Posted by Steve from Relto 2004-2-13 12:03:54 PM|| 2004-2-13 12:03:54 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 The Nazi swastika has arms that radiate clockwise from the "+" center (think of a windmill with streamers on the end as it rotates counter-clockwise). I haven't seen that the Hindu or Lakota symbols are necessarily the opposite all the time, though.

Posted by Dar 2004-2-13 12:16:10 PM|| 2004-2-13 12:16:10 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 one way's said to be "male" and the other way "female", as i've seen it expounded upon in various esoteric texts.

makes you wonder which gender's reputation Hitler trashed. Funny thing was, even Europeans were using it as a good luck symbol up until the Nazis figured it would bring their party luck as well...

Posted by Querent 2004-2-13 1:10:43 PM|| 2004-2-13 1:10:43 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 I saw the symbol in Nam at Monasterys. I thought it weird to see but it is a religious symbol. The Dimmycrats, even as we speak, are probably looking at holding an investigation because of this flap, especially since the Whitehouse uses Microsoft Products..

Posted by dataman1 2004-2-13 2:38:56 PM|| 2004-2-13 2:38:56 PM|| Front Page Top

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