Everything posted by Fermion
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Misconceptions about the Swastika
You learn something new everyday! I didn't know the buddhists used a different type of swastika. It is indeed a mirrored version of the hindu one. In the image, the top right is hindu swastika, bottom left the buddhist one, and the bottom right the nazi one It's not that even the hindus were the originators of the symbol. Archaeological evidence suggests that it was being used in 13000 BC, long before the Hindu religion came into being.. It was considered a good luck charm in 1900s, which is probably part of the reason why the Nazis adopted it. In fact, I saw many logos of societies of the time that used the swastika in creative ways. I will post them when I find them. As for the Nazis stealing the icon, here is a great answer by someone on quora The Nazi swastika's resemblance to Hindu symbol is no accident. The Nazis had substantially twisted Hindu ideals to suit their needs. The word "Aryan" that Nazis were so fond of is from the Sanskrit word "Arya" meaning supreme, pure -- to denote a class of people. While in Hindu sense it is used in more positive contexts (suave, refined, scholarly), for the Nazis the word meant the supreme race. Heinrich Himmler, the dreaded head of the SS, called himself a Kshatriya (the second highest caste), performed yoga exercises and carried the Bhagvat Gita. He was delusional in assuming himself as the Arjuna (the hero of Mahabharata). He assumed that he was leading a just war. See: Nazi leader Heinrich Himmler a fan of yoga - Telegraph One of the key thought leaders in the Nazi group -- Savitri Devi (actually a French woman with the original name Maximiani Portas) -- claimed Hitler to be an avatar of Hindu god Vishnu. According to Hindu mythology the last avatar of Vishnu -- Kalki -- would destroy the world and take the good people to start a new cycle. For the Nazis, Hitler was the Kalki. As Savitri Devi thought herself as a thinker, she called herself a Brahmin (top caste in Hindu system) and married one. It was she who connected the India's rebel leader Netaji Bose to the Axis powers (especially Japan). (For his part, Bose married an Austrian - Emilie Schenkl and the couple was treated very well by the Germans.) Hindus were/are not interested in any of these crazy comparisons of Nazi leaders with Hindu gods and for the most part unaware of what Hitler did after he wrote his autobiography. There are no holocaust deniers, however some fringe Hindu groups are still fond of Hitler & his boys (Hitler's "Mein Kampf" was always among the best sellers in the bookshops), while also believing Israel is the ultimate model for India & Jews as the model for Hindus. Oh, the irony! Balaji's answer-Quora
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Ban the Person Above You
Banned for not having guerrilla camps or barracks or any military wonders despite being engaged in two wars.
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Ancient Islamic tradition revived - Slave market reopens in Lybia!
I hate biased headlines, especially ones such as this one. This has nothing to do with the religion and everything to do with the chaotic economic and security situation in the area. It's sad that instead of focusing on the root cause of the problem as listed in the article itself (bad conditions in their own country, due to which they have to flee their homes) and the unstable conditions in the middle east due to, in part, progressive nations, we are still slinging mud at a religion followed by nearly 1/4th of the world's population.
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Returning app
o.o Thanks sbg! :D I'm afraid I won't be able to do much since the sems are just around the corner. Thanks for the hurrah tho! Thank you! Hi and welcome back
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Returning app
Nation name: Fermion Ruler Name: Fermion Nation link: http://www.cybernations.net/nation_drill_display.asp?Nation_ID=585857
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I'm here! Banned because holy smokes you've got a lot of posts.
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Insane lies about the person above
Not many know this, but Voldemort did have a body after getting beaten by a green eyed toddler. When roaming muggle US (because, really, Britain got too bloody gloomy, even for him), he hit brewer, who was browsing iron forums. Angry, he tried to hex brewers into leaving the alliance. The resulting brawl did not end in him having to flee, having been beaten into a bloodless pulp, short one nose. Oh no, that was all that wretched Potter boy's fault. He never had a body after that accident to begin with.
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Banned because they're actually a happy starfish. Hi Patrick!
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Banned for changing your color from the lively academy orange to grim milcom red
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**Word Association**
mother tongue
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Corrupt A Wish
Granted. Now they wake the kids up at 4:30 I wish I had a box of chocolates
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did they distribute awards for the pink senate war? is it over yet? is this thread over yet? yes it is
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Banned for fighting as the champion of the dastardly and evil house of eieio, instead of the great and noble house of oioioi.
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Count to XC before an IRON Councilor Posts
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Point/post thread (2.0)
CC - 2022 R2V- 1482 Argus - 694 LS - 604 King Cankles - 171 murphpk - 163 Rhizo - 155 Brewersalliance - 144 Theophilos - 143 RR - 138 Hertt - 113 dagonslayer51 - 111 AngelCruzdelaSant - 87 Fermion - 79 welder - 49 George Jarvis - 46 MK - 46 Lachiton - 21 Ferastical - 20 Mazuurek - 19 Jarcine1221 - 18 Balacenia - 16 captainjf - 16 spike2 - 14 myrrdin Emrys - 13 MorganFreeman - 13 Yamuna - 13 theWanderer - 11 legoboyvdlp - 9 JayMillz - 6 Leche06 - 6 Odbody - 5 Rolento - 4 Atliis - 4 Sithon - 3 Kaziocore - 3 Mandarijn - 3 sukmaindra9 - 3 1ceCream - 3 Whitebeard - 2 SaveStation - 2 Robert2424 - 1 Omahen - 1 RedGeneral - 1 Shanks - 1
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Welcome back, Fermion!
I'm just here to talk with friends, not to play again Though thank you. To take over the counting thread, ofc
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Count to XC before an IRON Councilor Posts
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Ban the Person Above You
Banned for joining the most labor intensive squad
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Ban the Person Above You
Banned because as the academy headmaster, you should bring in much needed reforms, like a change in the color of the text of the academy mask. Bold Orange? Academy got the short end of the stick there xD
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Insane lies about the person above
Being a bad boy has been immensely profitable for brewers. He has opened a chain of thermal power production units in developing countries and receives free coal from Santa for being a bad bad boi. Some say that to accumulate that much badness, he has an army of minions who ring on the doorbells of pensioners, chuck a pizza on their rooftops, and run away.