Author Topic: I'd Like to Buy the World a Coke.... (Read 850 times)

midnight Target · « **on:** September 05, 2003, 12:32:38 PM »

And decorate it with Swastikas....

the story -

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Coca-Cola promotes drink with 'swastika' robots

A Coca-Cola promotion in Hong Kong featuring a robot adorned with 'swastikas' has been condemned.

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_775737.html

Mickey1992 · « **Reply #1 on:** September 05, 2003, 12:43:56 PM »

If you want one bad enough.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3144802727&category=4694

muckmaw · « **Reply #2 on:** September 05, 2003, 01:02:42 PM »

Anyone in the UK wanna set up a business?

Wait, you dont need me.

GRAB THEM SOMEBIATCHES AND SELL EM ON EBAY...just dont say Swastika..thats not allowed.

ccvi · « **Reply #3 on:** September 05, 2003, 01:05:20 PM »

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Originally posted by muckmaw
Anyone in the UK wanna set up a business?

Wait, you dont need me.

GRAB THEM SOMEBIATCHES AND SELL EM ON EBAY...just dont say Swastika..thats not allowed.

I thought the only place where swastikas are not allowed is germany.

Mickey1992 · « **Reply #4 on:** September 05, 2003, 01:08:26 PM »

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Originally posted by ccvi
I thought the only place where swastikas are not allowed is germany.

Ebay, the company, does not allow (among other things) the sale of any items with swastikas on them.

muckmaw · « **Reply #5 on:** September 05, 2003, 01:16:54 PM »

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Originally posted by muckmaw
Anyone in the UK wanna set up a business?

Wait, you dont need me.

GRAB THEM SOMEBIATCHES AND SELL EM ON EBAY...just dont say Swastika..thats not allowed.

I think I just said that....

Ebay will pull any auction if the get complaints from people in the community.

There are people who surf e-bay, voluntarily, and simply report anything they find that is deemed offensive. (No matter what country the seller is in).

Personally, I think it's a crock of ****. The swastika, though an ominous and hateful symbol now, is a part of the world's history, for better or worse. (Obviously, worse)

BTW, Did you guys know whats in the inside of the prop spinner of the Spirit of St. Louis? Inside the a spinner are the signatures and well wishes of the people who worked on the plane. Dead smack in the middle is a nice sized swastika. Why? The smithsonian said it was a symbol used to wish one Good Luck!

Mickey1992 · « **Reply #6 on:** September 05, 2003, 01:41:10 PM »

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Originally posted by muckmaw
The smithsonian said it was a symbol used to wish one Good Luck!

'Tis true. I have many old postcards pre 1915 with a swastika on them. The Boy Scouts even had a badge with a swastika on it in the 1920s.

Hortlund · « **Reply #7 on:** September 05, 2003, 01:45:19 PM »

Didnt a US division have a swastica as shoulder patch at the start of ww2?

SLCR · « **Reply #8 on:** September 05, 2003, 01:57:06 PM »

Being a "roadwarrior" I've noticed many things that would offend one culture but means something different to another. Swastikas are plastered all over the place in Tiawan. It's a good luck symbol just as a horseshoe, four leaf clover or a butchered rabbits foot is a good luck symbol in the states.

-Slicer

midnight Target · « **Reply #9 on:** September 05, 2003, 02:32:16 PM »

I thought the "good luck" swastika was a mirror image of the Nazi symbol, and originated with the Native Americans. Going from distant memory here, you can google if you like.

muckmaw · « **Reply #10 on:** September 05, 2003, 02:40:38 PM »

I don't remember if it was inverted, Midnight, but the one in the hub of the SoSL was attributed to the Native American symbol for good luck.

MJHerman · « **Reply #11 on:** September 05, 2003, 03:19:39 PM »

The swastika is a good luck, and I think in some places, religious symbol. As we all know, it was co-opted for certain purposes and is therefore forever tainted. I personally don't find the symbol itself offensive, but rather the context in which it is presented.

IIRC, there is a building in Sydney, Australia (the Chamber of Commerce (?) down by Circular Quay) where the floor or the walls at the front door has little tiny swastikas all over it.

Animal · « **Reply #12 on:** September 05, 2003, 03:24:31 PM »

Fools. That is a very ancient asian symbol that is still widely used today.

Those pathetic idiots make more harm to the jewish population than any true Nazi symbolism today.

MJHerman · « **Reply #13 on:** September 05, 2003, 03:30:20 PM »

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Originally posted by Animal
Fools. That is a very ancient asian symbol that is still widely used today.

Those pathetic idiots make more harm to the jewish population than any true Nazi symbolism today.

1. Which fools?
2. Which idiots?

Confused (as usual)

SlapShot · « **Reply #14 on:** September 05, 2003, 03:38:00 PM »

"BTW, Did you guys know whats in the inside of the prop spinner of the Spirit of St. Louis? Inside the a spinner are the signatures and well wishes of the people who worked on the plane. Dead smack in the middle is a nice sized swastika. Why? The smithsonian said it was a symbol used to wish one Good Luck!

There are swastikas and there is the NAZI swastika ... don't confuse the two.

Do a google search on swastika ... you will become enlightened.