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The swastika is an ancient symbol that has been used for over 3,000 years. (That even predates the ancient Egyptian symbol, the Ankh!) Artifacts such as pottery and coins from ancient Troy show that the swastika was a commonly used symbol as far back as 1000 BCE.
So the swasti predates the Romans and indeed is found in sanskrit writings in India that are approx 2000BC.
I think casting judgement on people in history is a difficult and open to error by the judges.
History is frequently not accurately recorded or twisted to suit the victors.
Since we seem to have concluded that the the salute was not a Nazi one and Blackfox is happy that the thread is closed I will comply with his request and close/lock this thread.
Discussion in another new thread can always be started especially in this Everything Else section.
However please be careful about statements as sometimes it is possible to offend other members especially when making sweeping generalisations.
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