reply to post by McC556
I get what you're saying, but disagree, and here's why.
The symbol was used by the Nazis. It is also used by the Scout Snipers.
The swastika was used by the Nazis. It is also used in Buddhism, Hinduism, so on and so on.
The skull and crossbones was heavily used by the Nazis. It is also used today by the US military, it's on t-shirts and about a million other
places.
The cross (yep, like the one used in religions) was heavily used by the Nazis. It's everywhere today. Why wasn't it too vilified like the "SS" shape,
or the Swastika?
If you held up a card of a Swastika in front of a person (even a non 45 degree angled one), and asked them what it reminded them of, there's a pretty
good chance they would say Nazis. Meanwhile, on the back of the card, out of sight of the viewer, the word "Eternity" could be written (or something
else from another culture), which is what the Buddhists use the symbol to represent.
Now, It was that viewers own decision to associate the symbol with the Nazis. It was not the fault of the person showing them that symbol.
The same holds true with the SS. It stands for scout sniper in this case. If the viewer of that symbol chooses to associate it with Nazis, that's of
their own doing.
The viewer of the symbol can immediately jump to the easiest conclusion, which is that a swastika (or the SS) is a Nazi symbol, or they can
rationalize it (which I would be expecting more people in this day and age to do) and see the correlation between Scout Sniper and "SS". Lightning
bolt shaped S's.. Lightning bolt = incredibly fast and sudden and out of nowhere... A shot from a sniper hitting you.. quick, abrupt.. out of
nowhere.. like lightning..
Jumping immediately to silly conclusions is what led to the witch hunts.
"Our crops died, and the last person nearby was that woman! She's a witch!"
...Or, those people could have done their research, taken a little time to figure out why their crops dried, and probably came to a different, more
reasonable conclusion. (assuming they were actually able to tell why crops died in a factual manner at that time.)
That's whats happening here.
"A SS IN THE SHAPE OF DOUBLE SIG RUNES! NAZI! KICK THEM OUT OF THE SERVICE SO THAT THEY LOSE THEIR LIVELIHOODS AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE PUBLICLY
SHAMED!"
Now before anyone calls me on it, yes, i'm aware that the witch hunts are NOT the same thing as what is going on in this topic. So don't ask me why I
call you illiterate if you DO call me on it.
The point i'm making is that people are immediately saying it's a Nazi symbol because it was at one time used by the Nazis. Just like the many people
would immediately associate the swastika with Nazis because it was used by Nazis at one point. The fact is, the swastika is still used today in many
cultures, and has nothing to do with Nazis. Just like the SS is used today by the Scout Snipers, and has nothing to do with the Nazis, and if people
could try to understand WHY the scout snipers are using it, they might not have to make such a big deal about it.
I'm as offended by the Nazis and their ideals as the next guy, but I'm not offended by the symbols they used. Why others are, I can only guess.
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edit on 13-2-2012 by Qemyst because: (no reason given)
what the hell where they thinking they knew god damb well what that means they can act like that but i cant jion the military because i stole a car
fifteen years ago it was a stupid young lamebrain idea but these are grwon marines who know what that means sorry now im just babling
