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Mister Ed

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2. It's remarkable that the symbol was common to both Asian and Indigenous American cultures.

Reply to OAITW r.2.0 (Reply #1)

Mon Dec 5, 2022, 04:31 AM

Dec 2022

I remember a time when my 6th-grade class took a field trip to the museum. At one point, we saw an exhibit of pre-Columbian native artifacts, some of which were decorated with swastikas. The museum tour guide pointed those out, and explained that they had nothing to do with Naziism, having predated the Nazis by a thousand years or more.

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My dad took me to the Springfield. MA armory in the late 60s. OAITW r.2.0 Dec 2022 #1

It's remarkable that the symbol was common to both Asian and Indigenous American cultures. Mister Ed Dec 2022 #2

The historical aspects aside, the Nazis ruined it for the future. Chainfire Dec 2022 #3

During the Second Sino-Japanese War geardaddy Dec 2022 #4