Swastika
(Is It Really Evil?)
The Swastika is the most ancient symbol in human history. It used to mean good luck as a positive sign. Indeed the very plus sign (+), as well as the Cross used in Christianity, are derived from the Swastika. It was only after WWII that it was considered to be an evil symbol, and that was only in the West.
A surgical knife in the hands of a killer, who uses it to kill, does not make the knife evil! This logic applies to all things in the universe, including the Swastika. Hitler used this symbol for the Nazis. The Swastika itself has nothing to do with his actions.
Therefore, the Swastika should be declared independent from Hitler and what happened in WWII. Indeed there are people who already have declared this independence in a treaty called: Declaration of Independence for the Swastika. Basically this declaration says:
We declare the Swastika to be innocent of the crimes perpetrated in its name under Nazi banners. Five years of war cannot be allowed to wipe out five thousand years of sacred history. We declare that the Swastika has an independent life.
(Friend of the Swastika)
The Swastika Book
There is a very useful book about the Swastika published by the Smithsonian Institute in the beginning of the nineteenth century (1896). The book is called, what else? The Swastika by Thomas Wilson. We originally found this book in
So read this book, and see that indeed the Swastika is independent from any cruel act which has been done in its name:
Higher Quality PDF Version (digitized in the public domain by The Internet Archive)
Lower Quality PDF Version (digitized by the Mission in the 1990s)
Webpage eBook Version by Project Gutenberg
Note: Since the book is a part of a larger report, it starts at page 763.
More proof:
Shirts with Swastika on them (Jackie Onassis Kennedy)
Video compilation of Swastikas in Lithuanian/Sarmatian history