From: bumens@dingens.org   
      
   The Azz Man!  wrote:   
   > Wasn't the swastika a rotated version of a religious symbol, from an Indian   
   > ethnic group called Aryans, and the so-called "Aryan Race" was based on the   
   > idea of Indo-European languages, making the Aryans the supposed origin of   
   > the white race?   
      
   It's a little bit different. The swastica was a very common symbol for   
   fortune for a long time in many countries and used by many peoples. You   
   can find swasticas i.e. in China, in Japan, in India, in Tibet, in   
   Greece. It's even older than the Indogermans are, i.e. you can find   
   swasticas with the VinÄ   
   a culture:   
      
      
      
   The Aryans were a people living in Iran and India. The Nazi ideology   
   misinterpreted history and derived (and created) a story of an "Aryan   
   race" (as you're stating), while there never was such a race.   
      
   Yours,   
   VB.   
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