15 hours ago, newbee2022 said:

How do you know 😂. A friend of your's?

Aren't you one of the human race? Or an Alien 👾?

In the top 5 for stupidest posts of the year.

Your award? A durian juice enema.

1 hour ago, Dionigi said:

People in the Uk. have their cars damaged for being SUV's or diesel powered. In the USA pictures posted on streets are defaced because it does not suit the ideology of some one else. When some one will argue with a young woman over a tattoo there are people who will deface images they dislike.

Meanwhile, an old car with a swastika emblem that's been seen parked somewhere off a main street in Pattaya is newsworthy for NOT being damaged by these easily offended virtue signallers.

I see.

13 hours ago, nexus7 said:

Interestingly, the hooks on the symbol on the famous Elephant Gate at Carlsberg Breweries in Copenhagen turn right like a Nazi Swastika. However, the symbol isn't angled at 45 degrees like a Nazi swastika and the statue was built in 1901, well before the rise of Nazism, so it isn't connected to Nazism.

Modern twentieth century use of the swastika predated the Nazis. It was incorporated into the symbol of the Theosophical Society. Theosophy was a widespread, influential movement. They're still around. Here is an old article of theirs on the swastika: https://www.theosophical.org/files/resources/articles/Swastika.pdf

Fatigue is real.

Thailand has wrecked tourism with their open border policy. What happened to visa changes? Nothing.

16 hours ago, Old John said:

Hakenkruez translates to hooked cross as noted above. Hitler did indeed adapt it from the eastern religions, but was careful to slant it... as noting forward looking/thinking momentum for his progressive "new society" the National Socialist Workers Party.

It translates literally to that but it is the word Germans used for the Swastika. Schliemann (who discovered Troy) used that term in his book written decades before Hitler was even born and there are numerous published examples of references to Swastikas being called Hakenkruez throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries. And Germans are hardly unique in having a word for the Swastika that sounds nothing like the how the word is pronounced in Sanskrit. Greeks call the Swastika "Gammadion" because it looks like four of the Greek letters "Gamma" shaped in to a cross. Many other European languages are the same story. Hakenkruez means Swastika. THAT is the correct English translation of the word.

Hitler was born during the golden era of German Anthropology when German scientists (without the aid of modern genetics) were correctly speculating that the Pontic Steppe was the homeland of the the proto Indo-European people (or so called "Aryans") and had figured out that this proto Indo-European people had brought the Vedas to Northern India. Hitler wasn't borrowing from the Swastika to make a new symbol. He was quite deliberately putting an actual Swastika in his flag. We know this from his own speeches: "You will find this Cross as a Hakenkreuz not only here, but also in India and Japan carved into the temple post. It is the Hakenkreuz of the communities once founded by Aryan culture".

And there is nothing to suggest he was "careful" to slant it. LIke I said before, there are plenty of examples of slanted Swastikas in pottery and temples in the archeological record. There was even a slanted Swastika of sorts in the monastery of Hitler's old hometown (though it is anyone's guess if he ever saw it or not). Hitler was an artist. The reason the Swastika is slanted on the flag is almost certainly just because that is by far the most aesthetically pleasing way to orientate a Swastika in the center of a flag.

On 7/1/2026 at 1:57 PM, Jingthing said:

Yeah that female is clearly very religious.

Is that a rational in your mind for the abuse she received?

No mention of the Finnish Air Force using the swastika symbol and only recently dropped it to appease NATO. In use since 1918.

The swastika "belongs" to many ancient cultures. I know it was used by the Iriquois and Navajo cultures in America, and I think it was used by the Maya. I'm pretty sure it's been found in Egypt, as well. It's a way to show a moving object when there's no artistic tradition for that. I was a kid during World War II, but I think this man was out of line. I doubt any of his family died in the Holocaust. Maybe he'd had a couple too many.

On 7/1/2026 at 6:27 PM, newbee2022 said:

Unfortunately you're wrong :

"Yes, it is generally forbidden in Germany to publicly display a swastika. Under Section 86a of the German Criminal Code (Strafgesetzbuch), using symbols of unconstitutional organizations in public, in a meeting, or in media is a crime.Violations can result in fines or up to three years in prison." AI

Google id your friend

That's not quite what I found using an AI Google search. It told me that while, "the Hakenkreuz (the Nazi swastika) is strictly banned in Germany, religious swastikas, which are used in Buddhism and Hinduism, are perfectly legal."

"I got this tattoo when I know nothing" - assuming it is not a bhuddist or indian sign, which is might well be, she would not be the first Thai lady to agree to be tattooed by some idiot farang who thinks it funny to mark them up and then disappear.

Keep trying , you are not quite there yet,

21 minutes ago, Bday Prang said:

I am delighted that you are happy "If someone will understand me" and "I will understand something"

Just in case you were asking, (it's actually not that clear, but as a native speaker I have made the assumption that you were asking). and therefore I will reply, Yes my life is easy

You got a bad and poor childhood? Sorry, I didn't know.

No harm intended

23 minutes ago, Priorexpat said:

In the top 5 for stupidest posts of the year.

Your award? A durian juice enema.

Says somebody who doesn't have anything to say, not even to tell ,hahaha😂😂😂

2 hours ago, GroveHillWanderer said:

That's not quite what I found using an AI Google search. It told me that while, "the Hakenkreuz (the Nazi swastika) is strictly banned in Germany, religious swastikas, which are used in Buddhism and Hinduism, are perfectly legal."

As this bloke is referring to Hitler, the meaning of swastika doesn't match any religious context

Again the guy is very lucky she didn't have a few Thai guys around her. There are no fair fights in Thailand.

4 minutes ago, DonniePeverley said:

Again the guy is very lucky she didn't have a few Thai guys around her. There are no fair fights in Thailand.

Wow - you managed to squeeze a Thai bash out of this story….

… impressive commitment to being a dash bonkers !!!

3 hours ago, boldface said:

"I got this tattoo when I know nothing" - assuming it is not a bhuddist or indian sign, which is might well be, she would not be the first Thai lady to agree to be tattooed by some idiot farang who thinks it funny to mark them up and then disappear.

Of the first white person to get a sweet and sour chicken Chinese tattoo.

On 7/3/2026 at 8:15 PM, newbee2022 said:

As this bloke is referring to Hitler, the meaning of swastika doesn't match any religious context

I wasn't replying to anyone referring to the bloke in the OP, I was replying to someone who said displaying the swastika is banned in Germany. It isn't (depending on context).

Mixed feelings about this article and event. First I don't know if it was a Swastika or the reversed one meaning something else. Second, if it was a Swastika I don't know if she knew what it stood for.

I pretty much find it hard to back the guy complaining. I mean there are people representing stuff every day that others find despicable. And it isn't his country. Yeah, he should STFU and let it go. Different story if he sees a parade of people wearing full on SS Storm Troopers uniforms calling for genocide of Jews.

2 hours ago, jimmybcool said:

First I don't know if it was a Swastika or the reversed one meaning something else.

A screenshot of the girl's tattoo was posted earlier in this thread. It is an Asian "good luck" swastika.

2 hours ago, jimmybcool said:

Second, if it was a Swastika I don't know if she knew what it stood for.

Thais are generally unaware of the meaning of the Nazi hakenkruez, but some associate it with Germany. The hakenkruez is seen by young Thais more as a fashion statement than a symbol for an ideology.

The Thai school system doesn't teach much about WW2 and nothing about the Holocaust. Very few Thais are aware of Jews and Judaism, even those in daily contact with Israeli tourists. Thais know Israelis come from a country in the Middle East, but are vague about the religion there.

1 hour ago, Evil Penevil said:

The Thai school system doesn't teach much about WW2 and nothing about the Holocaust. Very few Thais are aware of Jews and Judaism, even those in daily contact with Israeli tourists. Thais know Israelis come from a country in the Middle East, but are vague about the religion there.

thais understand little of the west

3 hours ago, Evil Penevil said:

The Thai school system doesn't teach much about WW2 and nothing about the Holocaust.

I wonder how many people in the west know about the Killing Fields? Are the Killing Fields taught in the West?

3 hours ago, Geoff914 said:

I wonder how many people in the west know about the Killing Fields? Are the Killing Fields taught in the West?

Fair comment. I don't think it is much covered in many USA schools. If so hardly in the detail of the Nazi genocide. Heck, nowadays I doubt the average high school graduate in the US is aware of how evil Mao's revolution was.

14 minutes ago, jimmybcool said:

Fair comment. I don't think it is much covered in many USA schools. If so hardly in the detail of the Nazi genocide. Heck, nowadays I doubt the average high school graduate in the US is aware of how evil Mao's revolution was.

Various estimates for the numbers killed in the cultural revolution the highest being 7.7 million. Add the 20 million that the Japanese killed in WW2 and up to 3.5 million in the civil war. I bet they don't teach that in Israel. Or any where else come to that.

2 hours ago, Geoff914 said:

I wonder how many people in the west know about the Killing Fields?

A lot of people in the West have at least heard of the Cambodian Genocide thanks to "The Killing Fields" movie. It received widespread publicity as well as critical acclaim, receiving seven Academy Award nominations and winning three of them.

However, beyond hearing genocide occurred in Cambodia, it's doubtful many people in the West know anything about it.

2 hours ago, Geoff914 said:

Are the Killing Fields taught in the West?

The U.S. educational system is decentralized, with each of the 50 states having its own regulations and cirricula. Within each state, the local school districts are independent of each other and have a lot of freedom to decide what is and isn't taught. Only 14 states require courses in World History, but all states have it as an elective subject.

Advanced Placement courses are standard across the U.S. and the Cambodian Genocide is included.

https://fiveable.me/ap-world/key-terms/cambodian-genocide

Below is an excerpt on the Cambodian Genocide from a World History high school textbook.

"The Khmer Rouge seized private property and forced city dwellers to relocate to the countryside. The population was made to labor in work camps and on collective farms, and some died as a result of disease and starvation. Those who were unable to work were killed. The Khmer Rouge also carried out a deliberate campaign of extermination against professionals, intellectuals (which could mean anyone who wore glasses), Christians, Muslims, Buddhist monks, and people of Chinese, Thai, and Vietnamese ancestry. By the time the killing ended with the invasion ofCambodia by Vietnam in 1978, some three million people, approximately one-quarterCambodia’s population, had died."

https://openstax.org/books/world-history-volume-2/pages/14-4-global-tensions-and-decolonization?query=Cambodia&target=%7B%22type%22%3A%22search%22%2C%22index%22%3A0%7D#para-00042

"The Killing Fields" movie is often shown in U.S. high schools to illustrate the horrors of genocide. In the past, survivors of the Cambodian Genocide or family members of victims sometimes spoke to high school classes to make the concept of genocide more. I don't think that happens much these days concerning Cambodia.

It's going to be hilarious watching all of these people interact with each other throughout this century. In Thailand the only real taboos involve Thai nationality, the Royal Family and Buddhism. A lot of countries, unlike the modern West, give absolutely zero fcks for the opinions or feelings of out-groups and quite honestly I like that. I'm not sure how these non-White Westerners are going to take that with their entitlement, but it could be a source of entertainment.

On 7/1/2026 at 2:50 PM, kwilco said:

Why do racists spend so much time arguing that things they say and do aren't racist? - there is stupid, stupider and then racist.

So I see some self-declared racists... behaving as predicted

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