犹太人are smart, you should know that, by asking people on that street

It's one of the bigger stores on the whole street. If you walk north from Chang an jie look for a McDonalds on the right hand side. It's just south of that.

There's another one across the street and a bit north. Both quite easy to find if you keep your eyes peeled.

what religion are you franz?

Didn't you quit already? :roll:

the swastika is also a symbol used in Induism and Buddhism.

so, or no religious symbols are allowed, or even the swastika is allowed.

i PMed admin to hear his verdict.

Popes and rabbis are ok, they're inderectly a religious symbol/icon/representant.

I wouldn't mind if he uses a rabbi as his avatar.
But using the star of David is a different matter, especially considering what's happening nowadays in Palestine and Lebanon to muslims and christians, I do feel offended by that symbol.

So the question is : is ANY religious symbol allowed in avatars, or not ?

I like double standards - I wonder if they come with extra ketchup and relish as well? :roll:

Also, while i realize that you are fully just trying to stir up sh!t around here, and actually don't give two hoots about that avatar, i wanted to pull you up on another point.

How the heck can a person of a certain religion, be less offensive than that religions symbol?

The symbol, as with the Star of David, represents an idea, a belief. It neither condones nor endorses acts undertaken under its banner. Millions of people around the world follow those religious beliefs, without propagating or encouraging acts of violence or hate.

People, as in religious leaders, spokes people, church leaders etc, are often the ones who interpret and instigate acts, through their own person interpretation of the texts and teachings that have been handed down through that religions history.

As with any sector in society, it is the people who are responsible for the acts committed, not the flag they are flying or the religion/philosophy under which they perpetrate such acts.

I think his avatar is fine.

Then again, i'm 'Daoist', so.....

I don't give a damn what they are doing. They are not on this board taking a stand for something i disagree with.

I'm just pointing out that the guy made a mistake. Which for someone on as high a horse as him, I really think he should be aware of.

So why don't you STFU first, Mr. Idiot?

why should i STFU first when you're espousing offensive religious beliefs to the largest religion in the world? :roll:

so what would you find disagreement with? the counterclockwise swastika? so why are you so religiously intolerant and such a bigot?

WTF? 'Espousing offensive religious beliefs'? To what have i been 'religiously intolerant' and bigoted?

Franz Whatshisface was telling another poster to change his avatar, because he found it offensive.

I was saying I disagreed with his opinion on the matter.

of course you disagree, because the IDF hadn't bombed your homes or thrown phosphorous on your friends or relatives.

but try for once to realize there are millions of people in the middle east
who are VICTIMS of the israeli warmongers.

the Star of David is israel's national flag, it's the symbol of judaism, it's painted in any soldier's jacket, in any tank, in any rifle, in any warboat, in any jetfighter.

therefore, may we like it or not, it goes well beyong religion, as it today represents an invading army killing civilians and forcing palestinians to starvate, no more no less than in a giant open air concentration camp, why else do you think they thrown down the wall bordering with egypt to buy food and water ?

not even the nazis reached these new highs, in the '40s enemies were just grouped and shooted, here we're talking of 40 years of civil war continued violations of any international threaties, Geneva declaration, and basic human rights.

i've all the rights to find that star highly offensive, and if TBJ doesn't take action it means TBJ supports the barbarian genocide of palestinians in Gaza.

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Firstly, i don't believe my comments constituted a 'rant'. As i said, i believed Franz was mistaken in his opinion about the Buddhist use of the Swastika. Based on what others have said over the last few posts, i'm now reading up more about it on a few other sites. It appears that both clockwise and anti-clockwise have been used by a variety of faiths, though the exact origins and definition of both are uncertain and still open to debate.

And i never said that the Swastika shouldn't be used. Howver, i would say that sybolicly and more evidentially, the context in which they are used, is greatly different. The Nazi Swastika was solely used by Hitler to represent a new era, an army of death and destruction (despite its positive origins). On the other hand, as far as I am aware (please point me in the right direction if i'm wrong) the Star of David has only recently been flown under the banner of war and violence, but has a longer history and not so 'one sided' interpretation, as the Nazi Swastika.

I called you Mr. Idiot, based on your screen name, not my opinion of what you said.

Jewish swastika???? You're blowing my mind man!