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Originally Posted by MMM
Generally it is just ignorance. Those symbols mean so much for those fought or were oppressed by the Nazis, even some 60 years later, but for countries that weren't as directly affected the symbols can literally become fashionable. It doesn't mean they are Nazis.
One of my favorite pics I have from Japan is of a 10-year-old kid wearing a "A friend with weed is a friend indeed" t-shirt with a big marijuana symbol. And this was at school.
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I think it is similar to the skull and cross bones idea. A kind of "badass" thing. But, if you were to put words behind it of what the swazstika means in Thai saying "Thai people are a stupid and inferior race to whites", they'd probably burn them on bon fires along with all the other books they burn. So yes, it is ignorance, given Thais semi think they are superior race and culture.
I've also seen things written in English I know Thai people could not understand... some really make me crack up.