Thailand Not Pc

[vidman 2]

This is my actual sweeping brush in Condo!

 

Only in Thailand would you get away with it!!!!!!!

 

 

[mykl 72]

If a store in the US tried to carry something like that they would have multiple lawsuits the day after they put it out on display.

[Rick1079 0]

If a store in the US tried to carry something like that they would have multiple lawsuits the day after they put it out on display.

 

Same in Oz.

[Arno 0]

A year or so ago they used to have street stalls at the start of Walking Street selling German war helmets and flags with Nazi swastikas on them along with the tourist posters, T-shirts and other souvenirs.

 

Call it third world naivety but I doubt whether they knew the significance of what they were selling.

[bratpack 91]

I think the swaztika in Thailand means soemthing to do with budhism too

[mykl 72]

I think the swaztika in Thailand means soemthing to do with budhism too

 

It does. I am not sure of its meaning but I see it on Buddhist temples all over Korea. Because of the association with the Nazi's it is banned in many places but it was around many hundreds of years before Adolph shit in his first diaper.

 

[Ergodyne 19]

I think the swaztika in Thailand means soemthing to do with budhism too

I was shocked to see a bar girl proudly displaying a small tattoo of one, and having commented on it, was told that it was Buddhist in origin and predates Hitlers adaptation of the symbol.

[rightsaid 44]

Always have a laugh when people see a symbol in a different country and automatically assume that they have the exclusive right to it.

 

For information on the Swaztika and Buddhism read here:

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swaztika#Buddhism

[bratpack 91]

There was a bar called save the golly in the new plaza,pattaya,until it changed the name to Pussy bar due to a change of ownership.

 

Even got a shirt with the gollywog on,can you imagine wearing that in the uk with the pc brigade.Suppose some people will make a big issue of this but i thought it was very funny even if i was black.

[davethailand 91]

A year or so ago they used to have street stalls at the start of Walking Street selling German war helmets and flags with Nazi swastikas on them along with the tourist posters, T-shirts and other souvenirs.

 

Call it third world naivety but I doubt whether they knew the significance of what they were selling.

Still do.

[Sailfast 503]

Always have a laugh when people see a symbol in a different country and automatically assume that they have the exclusive right to it.

 

For information on the Swaztika and Buddhism read here:

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swaztika#Buddhism

 

 

 

At the risk of turning this into a history threadfuck, I'm pretty sure the symbol predates Buddhism through Hinduism. Considering it's a pretty simple line drawing, it probably goes back further than we will ever be able to prove.

[voracious 31]

Also some excellent background here:

 

http://history1900s.about.com/cs/swastika/...tikahistory.htm

 

It's a bit less technical and an easier read if you're just looking for an overview.

[The Gunslinger 3]

It does. I am not sure of its meaning but I see it on Buddhist temples all over Korea. Because of the association with the Nazi's it is banned in many places but it was around many hundreds of years before Adolph shit in his first diaper.

 

I dont think Adolf ever wore diapers, that may have been part of his problem.

Edited March 31, 2009 by The Gunslinger

[joekicker 53]

FYI the Buddhist swastika is backwards to the Nazi one. It is NOT used in the mainstream Theravada Buddhism in Thailand, and the swastika is very, very rare.

 

But it is used in other places as close as Vietnam, which has a different form of Buddhism.

 

What is wrong with selling German helmets and Hitlerian swastikas etc??? Just because Germany and a few other countries ban it doesn't mean everyone should. You're sounding very American with that sort of xrap.

 

 

 

i thought it was very funny even if i was black.

 

Was that why you changed? What are you now?

[fosse 1]

toothpaste used to be called darkie

[ServiceMan78 0]

ignorance is bliss sometimes for some people. for the rest of us, better to look things up than to assume anything. if that makes any sense at all.