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Originally Posted by MrSelfDestruct
What about the common sense and courtesy of not eradicating everything that resembles a sacred symbol of numerous religions? People have gotten over the stigma surrounding the iron cross and now it's a major commercial logo for many.
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I think you'll find any company using a swastika for a logo would soon be out of business.
You know, this is the point that all the people bringing up "swastikas are symbols of X-religion": I don't think there are that many people claiming the Hindus or whoever uses the symbol should change it. It is recognized that it may play a role in their religion.
But this is a US government building that serves no religious purpose, so there's no comparison. Some idiot architect screwed up the design and now someone wants to fix it. Might be fair to do given the millions of Jewish taxpayers (let alone any Slavs or other people massacred by the Nazis).
I know it very au courant here at TFP to be "anti-politically correct" - but, IMO, this is not one of those times where that trend makes sense. It would be bizarre to think that keeping it as is would be better than changing it, given the deep and meaningful satisfaction it would give the Jews and others.
And, it's not like it's going to cost a mint to do either - 600K might be a lot to the average citizen, but it's sweet F-all to the trillion dollar US military.