The wrong signals to send to young visitors.

I agree with you John, except the "most" part in your email. If you
meant most in the sense of who is talking, may be you are correct, but
in the sense of majority (given the Hindu and Buddhist population
around the world "most" people perceive the Swastika as good.

The absence of proselytism in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and other
variants makes the followers keep their affairs to themselves. This
has the undesired side effect that when a part of the world starts to
see their symbol as evil, they do not step up to drive the ignorance
away.

Sad.
Deep

"John T" wrote in message ews.com...
"Deep Darr" wrote in message
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Swastika is used by many cultures and religions in the world. It has
been used by Hindus and Buddhists way before the Nazis adopted it.

Even Native Americans...

It is a deeply revered symbol of progress & continuity of life.
Associating it with evil is only a sign of ignorance.

True. It's a shame that such symbols are perverted by those adopting them
for their own ends, but we have to live with the fact that "perception is
reality" and most people "perceive" the swastika as a symbol of evil. There
are other very visible examples of this...misperception.