06-05-2008, 07:33 PM
I think its pretty pointless to avoid swastikas on reenactment gear, if it had otherwise been historically appropriate for a given impression. That doesn't mean one should thoughtless strive for it, but I can hardly imagine and definitly don't know anybody in my acquaintance, who would seriously believe were was a Nazi-connection to reenactment gear, that is obviously 2000 years "out of fashion" . ... AFAIK for educational reason its use is allowed - even here. I can't even understand the argument, that people would feel bad, just for seeing it. As if nobody here would know what a swastika looks like. Every year hundreds of war movies and documentaries show you.
It would farther be a good opportunity to claim back a symbol and - more important - its power from people who misused it. If one day people will have forgotten what's happened, the cause is surely not some reenactors who decided to display swastika.
It would farther be a good opportunity to claim back a symbol and - more important - its power from people who misused it. If one day people will have forgotten what's happened, the cause is surely not some reenactors who decided to display swastika.
[size=85:2j3qgc52]- Carsten -[/size]