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    Posted: 11-Jan-2012 at 15:12

Swastika earrings latest example of anti-Semitism in N.Y. and N.J., politicans and advocates say

By Joshua Rhett Miller

Published January 11, 2012

| FoxNews.com

NEW YORK –  The sale of swastika earrings at a Brooklyn jewelry store is the latest example of anti-Semitism in New York and New Jersey, politicians and advocates told FoxNews.com.

Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer demanded that the store -- Bejeweled on Manhattan Avenue in the Greenpoint section of Brooklyn -- immediately remove the earrings.



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  Quote Centrix Vigilis Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 11-Jan-2012 at 15:19
Typical.
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  Quote Nick1986 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 11-Jan-2012 at 20:20

I wouldn't be surprised if these became the next big fad for emo kids
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  Quote lirelou Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 11-Jan-2012 at 23:59
I assume that these are indeed meant to be German swastikas based upon their color. However in Asia, it is possible to see swastika jewelry worn by Buddhists, usually a gold swastika amulet around the neck, though more prefer an actual image of the Buddha. The swastika was a Buddhist symbol long before Germany was a nation, and you can see its motif in many Buddhist temples decorations and grill work. Even the Seoul subway system has a fair amount of it.
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  Quote red clay Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 12-Jan-2012 at 08:45
The Hopi and Navajo also consider the swatika a sacred symbol.
 
I find this a little crazy.  I had students who had a swastika tatooed on their necks etc.  And they are getting twisted over earrings?
This isn't something new folks. 
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  Quote Cyrus Shahmiri Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 12-Jan-2012 at 09:08
Swastika was used as symbol long before Buddha and Buddhism by Aryan people, for example this famous Gold Rhyton from the north of Iran was built hundreds years before Buddha:
 
 
 
And this Golden necklace of three Swastikas which was also found in the north of Iran dates back to 3000 years ago:
 
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  Quote medenaywe Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 12-Jan-2012 at 09:18
Symbol on Lioness's body and sign above are not the same:horizontal sign has opposite position.Differences are same as between Cattle and inside!
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  Quote Cyrus Shahmiri Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 13-Jan-2012 at 03:46
Originally posted by medenaywe

Symbol on Lioness's body and sign above are not the same:horizontal sign has opposite position.Differences are same as between Cattle and inside!
 
You can reverse the necklace and they will be the same! Wink
 
 
Of course ancient Aryan Swastikas were usually opposite to the direction of Indian ones.
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