Thanks for your post, Robert. This is exactly the point I was making
-The narrow-minded and shallow thinking of the European culture.

For just this example, the Nazis adopted the Swastika in the 20th
century while it has been a symbol of "good," not bad, for at least 3
millennia on this planet.

For the inquisitive minds, just do a search on "Swastika" on google
and you'll find more depth than the street knowledge of "bad stuff".
You'll still be just scratching the surface of the good heritage of
old civilization that gave the world a lot of invaluable things like
meditation, yoga and more.

Peace,
Deep.



Robert Perkins wrote in message . ..
On Mon, 24 Nov 2003 23:37:26 GMT, "John T" wrote:

Good catch. I was using the term (admittedly narrowly) in reference to
Americans and Europeans - most of whom seem to link the swastika with
nothing but Nazi Germany.

The Nazi context is the only context I'd seen the swastika in for the
first 25 years of my life. If there are other contexts, they're not
widely known in the U.S.

Rob