"Nick Maclaren" wrote
,
Miss Perspicacia Tick wrote:

Actually, Nick, correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't the original meaning
of
the symbol slightly sinister and that it was adopted by Hinduism as a
symbol
of peace? The reason Hitler adopted it as the symbol for the Nazis was
because of the ideals of the Aryans - i.e. they wanted to create a utopian
society and considrered themselves to be superior to the rest of mankind.

No. It has been used in this country for at least the past 700 years,
and is even older as a Christian symbol. I don't know how far back
it goes as a symbol in India and the Himalayas (it is not JUST a
Hindu symbol), but a lot further.

The term Aryan originally referred to a linguistic grouping, including
the people who spoke the Indo-European languages. I.e. most of Europe,
much of India (definitely including Hindus) but not the Finns, Basques
or Hungarians.

((snip))

It's always amused me when those idiots talk about the Aryan race, the
people they think look like true Aryans, the Scandinavians, never have been,
perhaps they should go to Northern India to see what real Aryans look like.
:-)

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Regards
Bob
In Runnymede, 17 miles West of London