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In article <1992Oct15.130756.29222@spectrum.xerox.com>, Sprague.Wbst311@Xerox.Com writes:
> 	A model is just that.  I am building a minature version of an
> actaul thing that existed!  It is NOT political statement of any kind,
> and it is NOT meant to offend anyone.  

As a modeling magazine editor, I once made the mistake of running a
"germanic" sport design with a swastika as part of the decoration.
In other words, NOT a historic scale model, but a fantasy-type model.
The purpose of the swastika was to place the model in the obvious
historical milieu.  Well, after the mail I received, I'll never do
it again.  It's just not worth the grief.

> 	As to Political Correctness, I am not a fan either.  I feel
> that you should avoid saying or doing something because you KNOW
> it's wrong, and you CARE about not hurting someone.  You should not
> feel you have to behave in a certain way, because it is politically
> correct.

Indeed, the scolding I received seemed designed to produce guilt, 
rather than to educate me.  

> 	Chuckle, for that matter, the swastika symbol is a lot older
> than the Nazis.  Off the top of my head, I don't remember where it
> origionally came from, but I think it was some sort of religious
> symbol at one time.

The Navajo Indians, I'm pretty sure.  Though to me it seems more likely
that the Nazis adopted it from some independent chain of descent, given
the success that the Navajo "code speakers" enjoyed against the Germans 
during WWII.
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