# Nazism Tombstone

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nazism-tombstone/73705>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 25, 2001, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nazism-tombstone/73705 "2001-07-25T03:42:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![FarmerOak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9c0ed/32.png) [@FarmerOak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FarmerOak)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2001, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nazism-tombstone/73705/21 "2001-07-26T03:49:32Z")

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The Master [Speaks](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_156.html).

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**Author:** ![red\_dragon60](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce73a5/32.png) [@red\_dragon60](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/red_dragon60)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2001, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nazism-tombstone/73705/22 "2001-07-26T04:32:19Z")

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As a Buddhist, you really pissed me off! Burn in our 8.4 million Hells!

Just kidding, enjoy your new-found knowledge.

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2001, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nazism-tombstone/73705/23 "2001-07-26T10:48:04Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Floater \*  
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> > Swastika is a sanskrit word derived from the roots “su” which means goodness, and “asti”, to be. Rotating in the correct, clockwise direction, the sacred symbol describes a wheel of positive force, the strength of life and perpetuation of relationships between fellow man. To reverse direction is negative.
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Am I right in believing what I heard that reversing the symbol reverses the meaning?

I find this odd because, although the Nazis were clearly bad, it was my understanding that they _thought_ their course of action was right and justified, in this case, why choose a symbol that means the opposite of ‘to be good’?

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**Author:** ![Spooky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Spooky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spooky)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2001, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nazism-tombstone/73705/24 "2001-07-26T10:59:38Z")

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Fascinating yet sad subject. Here’s an interesting site: [http://www.intelinet.org/swastika/index.html](http://www.intelinet.org/swastika/index.html)

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