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Re:Japanese toilet industry agrees to standardize complex bi... by piyush_soni on Thursday January 19, 2017 @05:27AM (#13434626)
It's not just Jains (it's almost all Hindus as well), and the original Swastika [1] really doesn't have anything other than a positive connotation. It's considered to be an auspicious symbol, something which brings luck, prosperity etc. Even now if we buy something big (like house/vehicle etc.), the first thing religious Hindus do is get the ceremony done for making it 'auspicious' (by a Hindu priest), and drawing Swastika on that property is an important part of it. The people in US, if you visit any famous Hindu temple there, you might observe a priest doing the same ceremony with someone's new flashy car.

The symbol is also used in almost any important life event in Hindu culture.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika

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Re:Japanese toilet industry agrees to standardize complex bi... by rangibaby on Thursday January 19, 2017 @06:39AM (#13434981)
You'd be surprised at how many times I have had to explain that it was for good luck and not some kind of evil logo
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Re:Japanese toilet industry agrees to standardize complex bi... by piyush_soni on Thursday January 19, 2017 @08:50AM (#13435709)
Even if they think Nazis' symbol is bad, ideally they should easily be able to see the difference between that and the Indian symbol which is almost always red, vertically upright, and with four dots.
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Re:Japanese toilet industry agrees to standardize complex bi... by virtuabhi on Thursday January 19, 2017 @08:13AM (#13435476)
Actually, we (Indians) say that Nazis lost the war because they rotated the Swastika symbol
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Re:Japanese toilet industry agrees to standardize complex bi... by newyankee on Thursday January 19, 2017 @12:12PM (#13437371)
kuch bhi, khudka anecdote country pe mat dal
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Re:Japanese toilet industry agrees to standardize complex bi... by Mtinie on Thursday January 19, 2017 @08:06AM (#13435429)
I know you probably meant that tongue-in-cheek, but the early German success wasn't luck, but the results of a hyper-focused industrial base and technically superior weapons (amongst other things).
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