Reply With QuoteCd. (06-26-2012)
Prior to 1942, kids in schools performed the Bellamy Salute. In 1942 it was replaced with the current method of placing your hand over your heart, given it's stark resemblance to a then common salute being used in Europe.
Cd. (06-26-2012)
didnt know that, thanks. of course it dates back further to ancient rome. (far as i know)
"...and from these walls laughter will run over the world and infect with courage the bent, laborious peon of antiquity." - 'Desolation Angels', Jack Kerouac
"...now you're really in the total animal soup of time..." - 'Howl', Allen Ginsberg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socratic_method
I remember watching re-runs of the old TV show "Dennis the Menace" There was a scene where the kids were playing with some old American Indian gizmos, like rattles, and dancing tools. On one of them was what looked like swastikas. The Indians used to have some sort of symbol that was either a swastika or a swastika in mirror image.
i know! its actually a very old symbol from hinduism.
wiki:check out this googlemaps picture of tokyo...The word "swastika" comes from the Sanskrit svastika - "su" meaning "good," "asti" meaning "to be," and "ka" as a suffix. The swastika literally means "to be good".
"...and from these walls laughter will run over the world and infect with courage the bent, laborious peon of antiquity." - 'Desolation Angels', Jack Kerouac
"...now you're really in the total animal soup of time..." - 'Howl', Allen Ginsberg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socratic_method
The swastika hitler used was the reverse of the original.
the incredible b (06-15-2012)
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