Ming and the Nazi Flag

[Monday Monday]

Does anyone remember as recently as the 80s, there used to be a chimney stack somewhere in dublin with a big swastika painted on top of it. It was an advert for the swastika laundry. Where was that? Were the owners forced to take it down eventually? Sure must have looked odd to tourists.

Was in Nurnberg recently on business and did a tour of the cellars.
Nurnberg is famous these days because of its associations with the Nazis be it through the rallies or the trials.
Before the 20th century Nurnberg was most famous for its beer brewing - hence the extensive beer cellars which run all under the city.

The medieval Brewers had their own symbol which they had used for hundreds of years to denote their trade and you can see it on many of the old buildings all around the old town.

what was it...

This



Ironic or what.

[John Biffo]

Now I had the upmost respect for the guy but this video showed a Nazi flag in presumably his home! Check it out : 5:15 into the video! Is there a nazi in parliament?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7ImFojSSI4


That kind of tells me the kind of person you are pal.


Maybe there was more to this

[MrD011]

whats the difference. All the Ministers fly a similiar flag in their dail offices .

[mr_anderson]

Was in Nurnberg recently on business and did a tour of the cellars.
Nurnberg is famous these days because of its associations with the Nazis be it through the rallies or the trials.
Before the 20th century Nurnberg was most famous for its beer brewing - hence the extensive beer cellars which run all under the city.

The medieval Brewers had their own symbol which they had used for hundreds of years to denote their trade and you can see it on many of the old buildings all around the old town.

what was it...

This



Ironic or what.

As a beer and ale lover, that sounds like an interesting tour.
Care to say how you sign up ?
Were there tastings ?

[goolast]

This is the trouble you have with Independent people as TDs.

People need to support main streets political parties, I thank god for Fine Gael, a wonderful party of the people.

[ruserious]

This is the trouble you have with Independent people as TDs.

People need to support main streets political parties, I thank god for Fine Gael, a wonderful party of the people.

[james5001]

I wonder if he's being sarcastic?!

[ruserious]

I wonder if he's being sarcastic?!

He sounds like HBAP et all what with their robotic spiel. Could be genuine. If so, move over Oggy...

[Nemesiscorporation]

Maybe it was this kind of swastika. A Hindu/Buddhist symbol of peace, harmony, love, and one that was in use for centuries - perhaps millennia - before Hitler and his supporters expropriated it for their own evil purposes. It would be difficult to find an Indian motor vehicle without a swastika painted on it. I'd guess Ming is more that way inclined than leaning towards fascism. Indians continue to use the symbol and, rightly, feel no sense of guilt or shame at what the German nazis did. Just as no one who reveres the Star of David should automatically associate it with the crimes of the zionazi terrorist rogue entity that currently occupies Palestine.

Until the former altar boy known as Adolf Hitler came along, the Swastika was a symbol of peace, welcoming and good fortune over the entire Indo-European language area.

The Swastika has been used to represent peace and welcome for at least six thousand years, possibly longer. The earliest useage of the swastika appears to have been in Ukraine about 8000 years ago. The symbol also appears to have been in widespread use in the Vinca society that covered the Balkan region 6000 years ago.

The Swastika by 1000AD had spread from Spain to Japan, from Finland to India. The Swastika was commonplace on the entire Eurasian continent.

In Spain and parts of Portual it is still common to see older homes that were built before Hitler was even born with a Swastika carved into the door sill. Any property over 200 years old that is still in good condition, has a the Swastika over on the door sill, as a symbol of welcome.

The Swastika has been found on Celtic shields all over the pre-roman Celtic world, as well as all over the pre-roman Germanic world, pre roman Dacia and pre-roman Balkans region.

The Swastika is a connection to our pre-roman and pre-christian European world. It took an ex altar boy on a genocidal rampage to blacken a universal symbol of peace.


A swastika in Seoul


Swastika on the Elephants at the Carlsberg factory from the 19th century. The Swastika is common on burial artifacts going back 3000 years in Denmark.


Swastika from Oseberg Viking Ship.


Angloa Saxon Swastika

[Jordan]

I highly doubt he had a flag in his home