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Thanks for posting that clarification and information Eric.
The Hitler/Nazi period in Germany is very unfortunate as many symbols and salutes were copied from previous ages and cultures. These are now seen as distasteful without full understanding of their origin or history.
The swasti is typical of this.
http://history1900s.about.com/cs/swastika/a/swastikahistory.htm
It's well known the nazis pinched the swastika. In fact the swastika was significant part of Roman culture & art.
That said, the Romans were just as evil as nazis, but no one mentions that. Nice historically interesting Romans. Considerate people leaving us all those ruins for baldrik & his wire haired oratorically inarticulate old fart friend to make a living from with those TV programs, and interesting Romans for leaving pots of gold coins for thieving gits to discover 2,000 years later.
And while I think of it, the Romans were just as cowardly as the nazis.....Roman method of fighting was to poke their swords from between shields, rather than come out from behind the shield and fight like a man.
For me paradox with nazi glorification is seeing Tony Robinson drooling all over an amphitheatre, and failing to mention it was the place where women especially pregnant ones, and children were eaten alive by wolves, mutilated to death etc.
Romans, Nazis......one & the same filth under the same swastika banner.