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No comment needed, it explains itself.

http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3376/1262/1600/swastika_building2.jpg

Yup, all the time.

Is there supposed to be a link posted or are we talking about the designers of the Honda Element and the new Chrysler 300? Those cars really bring out my primal urges to smash stuff with a sledgehammer.

Must be the RED "X" they be talking about?

Must be the RED "X" they be talking about?

Get a new ISP, picture works for everyone else I've given it to, even more so considering it's an image hosted by Google.

Red X Pppphhhh!! I'ts an Earth-friendly pale blue box with a lil' question mark, if you're using a Mac.

That being said, the newest cars are horrible - bigger than ever, and UGLY to boot.

Don't turn around, uh-oh
Der Kommissar's in town, uh-oh
Don't turn around, uh-oh
Der Kommissar's in town, uh-oh
Don't turn around, uh oh
Der Kommissar's in town, uh oh

The sign of the swastika was/is not only used by the nazis man so it's not a big deal, perhaps it's a giant buddhist temple.....

note: I realize this is not really a buddhist temple.

Get a new ISP, picture works for everyone else I've given it to, even more so considering it's an image hosted by Google.


Better check again skippy

Doesnt work for me either. Maybe its because of firefox?

Works for me, I'm running Firefox

I also get a red x, but I've disabled unsigned activex. So some pictures don't show for me. I can live with it

I don't see anything! Am I going nuts?

Nothing but a red X here too. That's with RoadRunner ISP at home (both IE and in FF), and at work on our network in IE.

However.......a little trick I've learned in the past is to right click on pic and select properties to get the url for the image (copy it from properties window). Then past the url into the address bar of your browser to go straight to image and see it.

It worked for me when I did that.

Nothing but a red X here too. That's with RoadRunner ISP at home (both IE and in FF), and at work on our network in IE.

However.......a little trick I've learned in the past is to right click on pic and select properties to get the url for the image (copy it from properties window). Then past the url into the address bar of your browser to go straight to image and see it.

It worked for me when I did that.

See, I'm not even getting a red x! Nothing!!

- thought the same, but you have to click the link in the sig... you'll be taken to some idiot's web page that shows a google satellite map showing an aerial view of architecture that resembles a swastika...

See, I'm not even getting a red x! Nothing!!
Here is the image's URL.
http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3376/1262/1600/swastika_building2.jpg

i get the red x.... and the url denies me access...

what the crap's wrong with you?! you post stuff and don't want us to see it?! why?! are you insane?!
i suppose i'm just supposed to be satisfied with not seeing the picture! or is that the picture?! i know what you're thinking! you're thinking "i'm bored and like wasting peoples time"! well we don't have time for you to be wasting! don't you understand! now i'm doomed! doomed! all because of you and your horrible links! damn you! dman you to bloody hell, i say! aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!

That is what you are supposed to see.

http://www.bikeforums.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=34863&stc=1

If that is for real, where is it? Is that a school?

Notice that pattern gives more ability to have windows for light and ventilation facing outside than the other designs.

Honestly, the swastika's been around for thousands of years, it's pretty and functional - if it offends you don't ever take apart the vane pump in a Pace desoldering machine.

ERROR
The requested URL could not be retrieved

While trying to retrieve the URL: http://127.0.0.1:8000/blogger/3376/1262/1600/swastika_building2.jpg

The Url I visited was http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3376/1262/1600/swastika_building2.jpg

The following error was encountered:

* Access Denied.

Access control configuration prevents your request from being allowed at this time. Please contact your service provider if you feel this is incorrect.

Your cache administrator is root.

It's probably due to costs. Maybe it was designed and had approved planning permission before anyone noticed.
I don't see any big deal. The Swastika was some kind of Religious good luck sign, untill the Nazi's used it. But now everyone see's it as bad taste.
Same sort of thing with the Beasty Boys and VW emblems. It was always recognisable as the VolksWagon badge until some lame punk/hip-hop group odopted it :rolleyes:

Doesnt work for me either. Maybe its because of firefox?
Nope. I see it just fine

If that is for real, where is it? Is that a school?

Google must have a lot of free time then if you think they are doctoring the satellite maps.

http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=32.676773,-117.159137&spn=0.007726,0.010029&t=k&hl=en

Gathering from what a friend in Cali told, me its a building on some naval special warfare complex, in San Diego Bay.

I'll counter the Swastika with the Headquarters of Judiasm ;)

clicky google map (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Emigrant+Valley&ll=37.402589,-116.867999&s%20ll=30.062500,-98.107006&spn=0.007821,0.010664&sspn=26.500000,56.374565&a%20mp;t=k&hl=en), then click on "satellite" view.

OK it doesn't show for my browser, but I'm guessing a jewish star shaped .... something.

And as for symbols, let's not forget the Pentagon! Shaped like the old Chrysler symbol or.... or.... a sand dollar.

Alizee. :love:

And if you play Black Sabbath records backwards, Satanic messages will reach out and bring you to the dark side. And then ther was the time I saw Jerry Garcia's face in a slice of ham I cut when making a sandwich. No comment needed then either. I went right out and bought all the Grateful Dead albums I could find.

When was the building designed?

Swastikas didn't mean anything horrible until the late '30s.

It's a common symbol that has shown up in various cultures around the world.

To the Native American, it symbolizes the four directions, four winds, four mountains, four seasons and four crops.

I have a medallion from the San Diego Worlds Fair. It pictues a Native American chief with swastikas on his headband. Imagine...