Old 09-18-2010, 03:31 PM
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Quilting Nonnie
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This comment about the block looking like a swastika has been made previously about this FW block on this board and I feel to comment.

Respectfully, the shape of a swastika is different, being joined in the center. Also the swastika is just a shape, around long before Hitler adopted it. It has been around since the Neolithic period.

The swastika is a shape from sanskrit meaning lucky or good fortune.

I am totally repulsed by the Nazi party, its beliefs and actions. Unfortunately they chose a shape that we now all associate with their barbaric cruelty.

Let me just say that there are many shapes used for many ideologies, i.e. Russian's sickle, Christianity cross, Jewish star, etc. How people feel about using those symbols in their lives varies.

Again, let me repeat. The shape in Basket Weave is NOT a swastika. It is more like rail fence.

If it offends you, then don't make the block. I feel differently because it's NOT the swastika shape. I don't think we should be putting political ideologies and our feelings about them (bad or good) on other people's work.
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