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Boots recalled tiny swastikas on soles

1911a1-fan1911a1-fan Member Posts: 51,193 ✭✭
edited January 2017 in General Discussion
LOL


http://fox2now.com/2017/01/12/boots-recalled-after-customer-discovers-tiny-swastikas-on-soles/



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  • select-fireselect-fire Member Posts: 69,514 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I seen some yesterday online that had large cat tracks on the soles. Love to get a pair of those for the woods.
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  • AzAfshinAzAfshin Member Posts: 2,985 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    [:D][:D]
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  • spasmcreekspasmcreek Member Posts: 37,717 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    this symbol goes back for thousands of years symbolizing good luck and other positive themes ...so with the current political correctness, i guess its use for a few years by the nazis condemns it to perditon ....????
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  • Henry0ReillyHenry0Reilly Member Posts: 10,892 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    When I was in jr high I did some doodles on a notebook playing with that design. I was thinking of it as a water wheel on a mill. My parents freaked out.

    They freaked out over other insignificant things, too. I had green cap that I loved to wear; they thought I was identifying with Castro. I bought a Doors album [really cheap from the clearance bin at KMart] because there was one top 40 song on it I liked; they almost panicked.
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  • Don McManusDon McManus Member Posts: 23,689 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    A lot of manhole covers in India are adorned with swastikas.
    Freedom and a submissive populace cannot co-exist.

    Brad Steele
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  • select-fireselect-fire Member Posts: 69,514 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by forgemonkey
    quote:Originally posted by spasmcreek
    this symbol goes back for thousands of years symbolizing good luck and other positive themes ...so with the current political correctness, i guess its use for a few years by the nazis condemns it to perditon ....????



    Yep,,,,,,,,the Native Americans and Cowboys used the symbol for decoration,,,,,,,,I have several old pieces of horse tack with adorned with such,,,,

    Saddle is not mine,,,,,,,,,

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  • DBMJR1DBMJR1 Member Posts: 1,854 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Louisiana State Capitol Building is adorned with them.

    They were a very popular architectural decoration, until the mid 40's.

    https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&rlz=1C1CHZL_enUS691US691&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=swastika

    The word swastika comes from the Sanskrit svastika, which means "good fortune" or "well-being." The motif (a hooked cross) appears to have first been used in Neolithic Eurasia, perhaps representing the movement of the sun through the sky. To this day it is a sacred symbol in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Odinism.
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  • LesWVaLesWVa Member Posts: 10,490 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Does not bother me.

    I never could stand Vibram soled boots to begin with.
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  • spasmcreekspasmcreek Member Posts: 37,717 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    boots would probably make a liberal go BLIND
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  • andrewsw16andrewsw16 Member Posts: 10,728 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    There was even a US army division whose shoulder patch was a swastika until the 30's. I think it was out of Oklahoma but can't remember for sure. For some strange reason they felt compelled to change it during the 30's. Ya think? [:D] I'd hate to have been a US soldier in WWII wearing a swastika. [;)]
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  • texaswildmantexaswildman Member Posts: 2,215 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I've seen wellheads on oil wells in S TX from fields drilled in the 30's that were made from German steel. They had swastikas above the flange....
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  • wpageabcwpageabc Member Posts: 8,760 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    It has been a popular image for thousands of years. Some religious and other good luck symbols.
    "What is truth?'
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  • auctionplugauctionplug Member Posts: 1,399 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by spasmcreek
    boots would probably make a liberal go BLIND



    Why do you think I'm going to buy a pair [even if they dont fit] [;)]




    Then again; liberals are already blind to the truth. [8D]
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  • WarbirdsWarbirds Member Posts: 16,933 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by wpageabc
    It has been a popular image for thousands of years. Some religious and other good luck symbols.


    Hitler kinda ruined it, and his little mustache has been about outlawed as well.
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  • rambo rebelrambo rebel Member Posts: 4,028
    edited November -1
    did they come with white laces?[}:)][:o)][:p]
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  • gearheaddadgearheaddad Member Posts: 15,091 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Warbirds
    quote:Originally posted by wpageabc
    It has been a popular image for thousands of years. Some religious and other good luck symbols.


    Hitler kinda ruined it, and his little mustache has been about outlawed as well.

    Along with the name, Adolph.[;)]
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  • spasmcreekspasmcreek Member Posts: 37,717 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    political correctness replaces commonsense directness, using expedience to address, leaving everything a self serving mess
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  • Spider7115Spider7115 Member Posts: 29,704 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I remember when our local amusement park had machines that dispensed "Good Luck" coins with swastikas on them.

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  • Spider7115Spider7115 Member Posts: 29,704 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    In the late 1920's and early 1930's, the Boy Scout Medal of Merit also bore the swastika as a symbol of peace and unity.

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  • reload999reload999 Member Posts: 3,080 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    If some folks found the boots offensive I wonder what they'd think of this 2 Reichs Mark coin:
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  • patt7638patt7638 Member Posts: 369 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Andrew is right. It was the emblem of the 45th division which was mainly recruited from Oklahoma.
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  • BikerBobBikerBob Member Posts: 2,745 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The symbol goes back at least 11,000 years in India. Now some azzclowns use it for say what 10 years? Or some 10/11000 or roughly .09% of the time and we can't have it on boots?

    Sack up!
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  • BrookwoodBrookwood Member, Moderator Posts: 13,771 ******
    edited November -1
    I also notice that the Nazi's always tilted their swastikas off center as they were well known for being that way!

    Strange how an age old design can be made into a forbidden symbol.

    Thankfully, the good old Eagle didn't get its feathers tarnished as well.
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  • minitruck83minitruck83 Member Posts: 5,369
    edited November -1
    If you look at the boot sole, you'll find it could only be considered a swastica by someone looking to be offended.
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  • gunnut505gunnut505 Member Posts: 10,290 ✭
    edited November -1
    I was checking out the little plastic screw heads around the sole, too bad they don't show in the wet bootprint. Wonder who the Chinese designer was?
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  • bambihunterbambihunter Member Posts: 10,788 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Following up about the Oklahoma 45th Infantry posts above, if you are ever going through Oklahoma City, the 45th Infantry Museum is just off I-35 and is well worth stopping by. It is easy to spend several hours there even though it is not very big of a museum. There are vintage machinery, artillery, and planes outside as well. Inside of course is about the 45th infantry and also has a nicely done section on the Holocaust.

    http://45thdivisionmuseum.com/

    Hours, location, and map:
    http://45thdivisionmuseum.com/Museum

    If you would like to just read about their emblem/logo change:
    http://45thdivisionmuseum.com/Swastika
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