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Re:MS will ban Forza players who add the confederate flag to... by mkbkn on Friday July 03, 2020 @12:46AM (#23721081)
Swastika is used as a symbol of divinity and spirituality in Indian religions, including Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism.

I wonder why it'still considered "taboo" in the Western society in the information-age.

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Re:MS will ban Forza players who add the confederate flag to... by fomine3 on Friday July 03, 2020 @02:08AM (#23721445)
卍 is often used here in Japan for figure in maps meaning temple. I hope western world doesn't kill irrelevant figure.

I generally don't like the thought of cultural appropriation (IMO Anyone should be able to wear kimono) but I feel that forbidding something outside western country by western people is a bad cultural appropriation.

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Re:MS will ban Forza players who add the confederate flag to... by ric2b on Friday July 03, 2020 @03:41PM (#23726842)
Isn't it oriented in the reverse, though? It's not the same symbol.
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