Google Earth reveals swastika water feature

[SUBMAN1]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07...arth_swastika/

Belgian town scrambles to dismantle fountain

By Jan Libbenga
Published Friday 28th July 2006 13:25 GMT



Google Earth aficionados have created a bonfire in the quiet town of Maasmechelen in Belgium, very close to the border with the Netherlands, by revealing that the fountain at the city council office looks like a swastika from the air.


The fountain has spouted happily for over 27 years, but now the mayor says he will replace it, fearing the town will otherwise be doomed.





Seventy-two year old designer Robert Tachelet says he is "not a nazi, and I'm proud of the fountain. The Germans don't have the monopoly on the swastika, it is an ancient symbol of the Sun god".


He's right of course. In Europe by the early 20th century the swastika was widely used and regarded as a symbol of good luck and auspiciousness - it's just that its most enthusiasitic and best known proponents were the Nazis.


In 1979, when Tachelet presented his work to the previous Mayor, the resemblance of the swastika was not a issue. According to Belgian daily Het Laatste Nieuws (The Lastest News) the fountain will now take the shape of a shamrock.


The hunt for swastikas will most likely continue. Last year, a Swastika Junction was discovered in Florida, and Google Earth aficionados are still looking for a swastika house near Dublin which once belonged to the Germans.


Google Earth users can examine the evidence for themselves here. ®

[STEED]

Well what can I say...........

[scandium]

Political correctness gone insane.

[August]

This thread reminded me of this:

http://www.heathenworld.com/swastika/trees.html

[STEED]

Originally Posted by August

This thread reminded me of this:

http://www.heathenworld.com/swastika/trees.html

Were they chopped down? :hmm:

[August]

Originally Posted by STEED

Were they chopped down? :hmm:

IIRC yes, at least enough of them to eliminate the shape.

[Oberon]

Perhaps if we dig up all these locations we'll find the remains of Hitler? Then we can send him into a black hole or the sun or something

[Drebbel]

Originally Posted by scandium

Political correctness gone insane.

The swastika is hated by many people, it is also offensive to many people. So why not change it.

And I am sure the local goverment is also afraid it might be a popular spot to get visited by Nazis

[TteFAboB]

Remember the other article about the Policical Correctness? People eavesdropping each other?

Well, there you go. It seems the swastika isn't tilted though, the edges are parallel to the "walls" of the "structure".

But it should be easy to find out if the designer was a Nazi or not. I suppose someone will research into it.

[JJ]

Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

.... The hunt for swastikas will most likely continue. Last year, a Swastika Junction was discovered in Florida ...

One must have pretty vivid imagination to see a swastika in there, haha.

[Kapitan]

First of all why bring me into this?

secondly where the heck have you been JJ its been too long!

[JJ]

Originally Posted by Kapitan

secondly where the heck have you been JJ its been too long!

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[Kapitan]

LOL JJ i like it

[Rockstar]

So space aliens have gone from making crop circles to things that look like swastikas, what the big deal?

[SUBMAN1]

Originally Posted by JJ

One must have pretty vivid imagination to see a swastika in there, haha.

I totally agree. The evil politically correct machine is moving on, crushing all in its path!

-S