Foot in mouth disease.....
 

There's not much I can add to that.

I'm amused.

The only words to explain what mustve been his response:

"uh... well... fuck."

The guy's a moron, but he's right. Having a paying job can make a person more free.

Too bad the Nazis took that phrase and now nobody else can use it. Just like the swastika, a symbol that's been around forever in many cultures.

I don't refrain from using it for it's intended purpose, despite the actions of others that were beyond by control.

Out of interest, what was its intended purpose?

The swastika? Good luck symbol.

The swastika was originally a Buddist symbol originating in China (the swastika valley to be more specific) which symbolized peace and harmony. In it's original form however it is the reverse of the symbol we normally associate with Nazi Germany. I guess someone in the party had a sick sense of humor when they decided to take the reverse of a symbol of peace and make it their symbol of war.

Free Speech?

Why is he a moron? Because he liked a phrase, but couldn't remember where he'd seen it? If that's true, then I must be dumb as dirt, because my answer to "Where did you get that?" is generally, "I dunno. I read it somewhere."

I can understand that Europeans and Jews in particular are sensitive to anything related to the Nazis, but the truth or falseness of a statement is not related to whether the Nazis ever used it. I'm sure the Nazis played soccer and drank beer. Should those activities be outlawed?

The Nazis were obsessed by the occult and mysticism.

The SS spent a great deal of time and resources in researching and creating social and scientific background in order to proof the superiority of the Aryan race but was also involved in occult practices.

The Thule mystical organisation was created by SS elite units. Even expeditions were sent to Tibet and the Andes and searches for the Holy Grail and Spear of Destiny. Probably it inspired Indy Jones?

Thats why Indy fights so many Nazis.

They still use the swastika in earnest here in Taiwan, its all over the place. There's this building downtown that has twenty-foot swastikas all over it.

Is it true that the slanted ones project a different message?

I believe that the slanted ones are thought to be in motion, and therefore more "active."

The swastika was not just found in the East. The Maya Indians of Mexico also used this symbol, as well as a cross. Other ancient civilizations of the western hemisphere, such as the Inca and Aztecs also had it, and it is one of the things which people like the Mormons like to drag out to "prove" that this continent was settled by people from the Biblical lands or China. I remember reading in a very old textbook that there are two universal symbols, found in every ancient culture no matter where it arose, and that was the swastika and the "hocker", a symbol resembling a frog or a man with arms and legs splayed.