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12/29/2004 09:42:31 PM · #1 |
Here is a baby blanket we recently received as a gift for our new baby daughter. I was walking by it tonight and it hit me like a ton of bricks. Anyone else see what I see?
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12/29/2004 09:45:19 PM · #2 |
Yeah, it's very pretty ... if you're a Nazi Skinhead :P
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12/29/2004 09:45:38 PM · #3 |
WHOOPS! I hope she didn't mean that to look like what it looks like!
-Terry
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12/29/2004 09:45:59 PM · #4 |
Yup - wonder if it was just a design that wasn't realized while being made. Sometimes when things are too close they aren't fully seen...
A Swastika - Holy Moly!
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12/29/2004 09:51:41 PM · #5 |
Im sure it wasnt intended as a Nazi symbol but rather for luck
"The Swastika" is the oldest cross and emblem in the world. It forms a combination of four "L's" standing for Luck, Light, Love and Life. It has been found in ancient Rome, excavations in Grecian cities, on Buddhist idols, on Chinese coins dated 315 B.C., and our own Southwest Indians use it as an amulet
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12/29/2004 09:52:54 PM · #6 |
| It's also a pinwheel pattern used in quilting... that's probably what it was meant to be since it's a baby quilt. Just my opinion though. |
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12/29/2004 09:58:28 PM · #7 |
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12/29/2004 09:58:54 PM · #8 |
| Smokeditor is right, the nazi symbol is turned slightly and the one on the baby blanket is really a good luck symbol. It's funny that this came up tonight because I was just watching the news earlier and they were talking about a post office nearby that has a floor inlaid with swastikas from before WWII and people were talking about taking them out because some people take offense, not knowing they're different from the nazi symbol. Or it could be a pinwheel pattern, either way I'm sure she didn't mean any harm, it's a very sweet blanket overall :) |
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12/29/2004 10:06:15 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by smokeditor:
Im sure it wasnt intended as a Nazi symbol but rather for luck
"The Swastika" is the oldest cross and emblem in the world. It forms a combination of four "L's" standing for Luck, Light, Love and Life. It has been found in ancient Rome, excavations in Grecian cities, on Buddhist idols, on Chinese coins dated 315 B.C., and our own Southwest Indians use it as an amulet |
Nice to see that someone other than myself here at DPC knows this kind of stuff... Hitler sure ruined that symbol for everybody.
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12/29/2004 10:37:09 PM · #10 |
Now that is odd. I don't see how someone could do it as a mistake though. It just stands out too muich and looks too obvious. How weird though.
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12/29/2004 10:38:14 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by toddhead:
Here is a baby blanket we recently received as a gift for our new baby daughter. I was walking by it tonight and it hit me like a ton of bricks. Anyone else see what I see?
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Where's Waldo? :)
I give up, what do you see? |
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12/29/2004 11:13:18 PM · #12 |
That's not a swastika, it's a good luck symbol.
edit: Boy I'm dense....I musta missed that part.
Message edited by author 2004-12-29 23:13:56.
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12/30/2004 12:01:43 AM · #13 |
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12/30/2004 01:09:35 AM · #14 |
In India, this symbol the way it is drawn on the blanket is used as a very auspicious symbol in decorations for all sorts of occasions like religious ceremonies and weddings and so on. I was always told that the Hitler one
was a mirror image of this, that is, with the topmost horizontal bar turned left and not right like in this one. |
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