h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Apologies Xanatic - my attention was drawn to the news story of Turkey bombing Iraq (after noting possible increasing tensions between Turkey and Greece) and then for fairness added in other bombings that the BBC reported. Of course one country bombing another country is an everyday phenomenon and is often not reported.

One of the issues between Greece and Turkey is oil and gas exploration around Cyprus http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15037774

I suppose there is a similar (but different) situation regarding the oil and gas explorations around the Falkland Islands.

Oops. USMC upset Jewish lobby

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57374598/marine-ss-photo-riles-major-u.s-jewish-group/

"The Marines mistakenly believed the "SS" in the shape of white lightning bolts on the blue flag were a nod to sniper scouts"

I... what? How can anyone be that stupid?

>> How can anyone be that stupid? <<

Oh I dunno, maybe someone with an artistic sensibility
who could see, even feel, the dynamic and spiritually
uplifting symbolism of a lightning bolt. The twinned
lightning bolt is like doubling the effect. The P-38
Lightning was a twin-tailed fighter aircraft. Should
all record of it be erased so as not to offend?

http://www.tattoosinflight.com/content/GotYourBackP38LightningBackpieceTattoo_12B1B/lockheed_p38_lightning_airplane_tattoo_croci_3.jpg

Obviously, stupid isn't the question; but one would have
to be relatively ignorant or careless of just how badly
the Jewish community wants to tell us what we can and
cannot believe, say or display these days.


~jwf~

And of course Chevrolet has been using the SS
designation for years.

http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&newwindow=1&q=SS%20Chevy&gs_sm=13&gs_upl=4831l32583l0l40212l25l22l0l1l1l0l483l6732l1.3.3.8.6l21l0&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=mG45T86yBsfr0gHhqITdAg&biw=853&bih=474&sei=nm45T7erBabJ0QGl6PC9Ag


~jwf~

I'm not sure I have any issues with the US Marines using SS on their flags and logos. I would probably object if they used a butterfly or perhaps a flower as a logo.

I think you're both kind of missing the point. It's not just 'SS' in general that's the issue, it's the use of that particular 'SS'... a pair of stylised lightning bolts which resemble oblique Norse runes... the insignia of the Schutzstaffel.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schutzstaffel#SS_units_and_branches

Read that, and then try to tell me that modern use of that symbol by a modern military unit is in any way defensible. THEY RAN THE ING CONCENTRATION CAMPS.

"The P-38 Lightning was a twin-tailed fighter aircraft. Should all record of it be erased so as not to offend? "

What? Just... what? What the has that to do with the use of Shutzstaffel lightning bolts. That question is exactly the same kind of massively flawed logic that leads to Daily Mail readers claiming that the "PC brigade" will try to ban people from ordering black coffee.

I am really rather cross right now.

And the swastika is plastered all over Indian temples
and a lot of your Nordic `ruins`. And lots of other places.

I fail to see why either symbol should be considered un-holy
or be outlawed just because they were used by the Nazis.

Next thing you`ll be telling me that ignorance is no
defense if I`m charged with Holocaust Denial.


-jwf-

In regard to your issue with `black coffee`
perhaps you`d like to help me add to the list
of other `black` non-issues I`ve listed here:

A87740337



-jwf-

What about bands like Kiss? http://www.digindigin.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/band_Logo15.jpg

>> try to tell me that modern use of that symbol
by a modern military unit is in any way defensible. <<

Same could easily be said of the Cross.


Onward Cristian soldiers...


-jwf-

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162...photo-riles-major-u.s-jewish-group/


When I look at the image - I see a group of armed to the teeth young men carrying huge machine guns ... in the background are some symbols of their allegiance, which for me is consistent with the foreground imagery.

Sean Penn, who used to be famous, comments on something he hasn't got a clue about.

http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/1130571--sean-penn-backs-argentina-in-falkland-islands-dispute?bn=1

A 24 year old man, after been thrown out a bar for smoking on the premises, returns with a chain saw and threatens everyone in the bar. He received a three year jail sentence, and so should get out in a year and a half ... to be continued (?).
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-17015278

Okay fine, you win. Because ancient societies and an inexplicably popular band used the symbols it's completely okay for a unit of Marines to do so.

Argentina is an "immigrant" nation - a European colony that gained independence. Their claim on the Falklands is a form of expansionism.
http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Americas/Argentina-ETHNIC-GROUPS.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16984742

"Braille is spreading, but who's using it?"

Blind people, presumably...

My above comment was in response to SWL's Sean Penn news story (#12855)