On Wed, 23 Jan 2002 04:42:30 -0600, JTK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>Ridiculous?!?!  NOT AT ALL!!  The red star is blatantly not commie, the
>swastika is blatantly not Nazi!  Or are we going to pick and choose
>which evils we advertise, Erik?  Can't have it both ways and dodge the
>label of "hypocrite".

Yes, we can.  When one symbol is basically ubiquitous, and the other has
historically been used for very few things, yes, we can definitely pick and
choose without being hypocritical.

>>  The swastika is a symbol
>> that's not "more recognized" per se, but IS more strongly associated with a
>> specific ideal.  Stars are pretty ubiquitous,
>
>Not red stars.  Not red stars lifted directly off the side of Stalin-era
>Soviet fighter aircraft.

Or a Heiniken beer bottle.  Or any number of other non-communist things.

My comparison to cheerleading and football still stands, IMHO.

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