[universalgrl]

The swaztika is the worlds oldest known symbol about 5000 years, it was thought of as a symbol of life, luck etc. It has appeared on almost every continent, both in straight arm and curved arm configurations, facing right or left, at a 45 degree angle or straight up and down in many different cultures inculding asian, hindu still in use, chinese, north american indian and can be seen in old silent westerns, european, middle east inculding jewish and was the symbol of the american 45th infantry division until the earlly 1930's and was dropped for the thunderbird symbol because of the rise of the third reich.
It was the nazi's 12 year use of the swaztika that has become symbolic with death, destruction and the muder of 6 million jews and countless others inculding the mentally ill, members of the glbt community, sexual deviants, thieves, and political dissidants.