Did you really think that was a good idea? XD

Lesigh, no they're not.

This is precisely what we were discussing in another thread. Swastiskas themselves are most certainly NOT offensive neither are they vulgar, they are a symbol of good fortune used for thousands of years in mysticism, and an important part of hinduism.

But they are forever marred by their association with offensive vulgar persons.

The sad part though, is that going by what german posters said, Germany itself seems to be the country most intent on not letting go of that association and allowing the swastika to recover its original meaning.

I'm sorry, but that's not the connotation they have anymore. Swastikas are created/displayed to send a certain message, and it's not good fortune.

What matters is the context, and swastikas are never used in a good one.

I indeed often forget that a lot of people would rather let evil and terrorists win by letting them define our world. I'm dumb like that.

I will frame this.

No Swastikas

Remember when you banned a game in Australia because the Australian government didn't like it but let everyone else in the world have it? And got rid of swastikas on the world wide forums because the German government didn't like it?

Me neither. It's great being consistent hey. ^ ^

And incidentally that's the problem with your perspective; it's hard to keep track of and tends to change when offered a big enough incentive.

That... is just... I don't even...

You know what? No! I won't even try. Why waste breath or typing strikes in this case?

Quick search result

"For the Hindus and Buddhists in India and other Asian countries, the swastika was an important symbol for many thousands of years and, to this day, the symbol can still be seen in abundance - on temples, buses, taxis, and on the cover of books. It was also used in Ancient Greece and can be found in the remains of the ancient city of Troy, which existed 4,000 years ago. The ancient Druids and the Celts also used the symbol, reflected in many artefacts that have been discovered. It was used by Nordic tribes and even early Christians used the Swastika as one of their symbols, including the Teutonic Knights, a German medieval military order, which became a purely religious Catholic Order.

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A Sanskrit scholar P. R. Sarkar in 1979 said that the deeper meaning of the word is ‘Permanent Victory’. He also said that as any symbol it can have positive and negative meaning depending on how it is drawn. So in Hinduism, the right-hand swastika is a symbol of the God Vishnu and the Sun, while the left-hand swastika is a symbol of Kali and Magic. The double meaning of symbols is common in ancient traditions, like for example the symbol of the pentagram (five pointed star), which is viewed as negative when pointing downwards, and positive when pointing upwards.

The earliest swastika ever found was uncovered in Mezine, Ukraine, carved on an ivory figurine, which dates an incredible 12,000 years, and one of the earliest cultures that are known to have used the Swastika was a Neolithic culture in Southern Europe, in the area that is now Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, known as the Vinca Culture, which dates back around 8,000 years.

In Buddhism, the swastika is a symbol of good fortune, prosperity, abundance and eternity. It is directly related to Buddha and can be found carved on statues on the soles of his feet and on his heart. It is said that it contains Buddha’s mind.

On the walls of the Christian catacombs in Rome, the symbol of the Swastika appears next to the words “ZOTIKO ZOTIKO” which means “Life of Life”. It can also be found on the window openings of the mysterious Lalibela Rock churches of Ethiopia, and in various other churches around the world.

In Nordic Myths, Odin is represented passing through space as a whirling disk or swastika looking down through all worlds. In North America, the swastika was used by the Navajos. In Ancient Greece, Pythagoras used the Swastika under the name ‘Tetraktys’ and it was a symbol linking heaven and earth, with the right arm pointing to heaven and its left arm pointing to Earth. It has been used by the Phoenicians as a symbol of the Sun and it was a sacred symbol used by the priestesses."

Oh I didn't know it wasn't only Germany who's being all weird about it. I learned something!

Ah right, you are defending your freedom to post nazi swastikas everywhere for no reason, even if they're a worldwide terrible symbol... well done... lol XD

So between GOG's launch and today (and yesterday in the HM2 case) it wasn't a different ball game?

(Nice to see how one gets the blues involved though. Ask questions on topic, make connections to other events, bring back quite recent speeches of the higher ups, nothing. Have a swastika as an avatar, somebody pops in. Good to know.)

You have just offended a bloody lot of buddhists and hindus in the world.

Go and see Asia, it's always nice to get to know new things.

Well the problem for me here, as a German, is certainly not someone choosing a Swastika as avatar, but more the region locking of games.

And those who are privy (ahem, may I giggle?) choose to stay quiet and let you deal with the fallout of their actions and decisions. Yet you still have their backs... Heh.