This pic was taken at a store in Germany. Can you spot the horrible mistake?
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Ummmm…the swastika clothing rack??
These racks are everywhere, even in Canada. You just don’t see them from the top usually 🙂
I’ve worked in retail for a long time and you’ll see these in lots of stores 🙂
ha ha that’s hilarious in such a bad way.
oh my lol
That T-shirt even looks like it’s giving a fascist salute, lol.
Since the caption on the sign says “let your T-shirt Talk” and it has “that” Salute.. I would say it is a big mistake
The form of the rack …. old nazi sign
That sign is only a swastika if it is positioned at a 45 degree angle. The symbol is actually a thousand year old religious sign from Buddhism, Hinduism and other religions from the Asia, the Nazis just stole it and used it as something completely inappropriate. As a Buddhist, its extremely insulting when people post up the sign and just assume its an evil symbol, because it was never meant to be.
Read more about swastikas here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika
Opps I meant a Swastika in the Nazi sense
Wow, that is a bad mistake. I didn’t even notice it until someone pointed it out.
What does this have to do with Canadian deals? Isn’t that the purpose of this blog/site? Whoever is the administrator should take this off as it provides negative propaganda and has absolutely nothing to do with Canadian deals or bargains. Besides, these particular racks can be found in all western countries, even here in North America! I also agree with Sheila. The person who posted this, doesn’t even know the meaning of a “swastika”…
Boo Radley – get a life!
Chris, if you honestly have nothing better to do than to flame someone on the internet for making a post that is “OMG!!! OFF TOPIC!” then perhaps it is you who needs a life. Talk about mountains out of molehills…
Internets – Serious Business since 1969.
lol, buuuuuuuurn! Chris you got told
so guys, is that the mistake or are we missing something?
I kinda agree with Chris. Aside from having nothing to do with deals,I think you may be opening pandoras box. This feed might just be filled with arguments about nazis and such. Just not really neccessary. THats all.
I’m with chris on this one. Don’t see the big deal. A better topic is the diamond shape shreddies!
http://forum.smartcanucks.ca/63623-shreddies-stupidity-canada/
Yeah, it too is wasting my time, but to see how “not so smart” some ppl are is hilarious!!
lmao FunkyMunky that was hilarious.
I also agree with CHris and Pennywise. This kind of post is not why I subscribe to your RSS feed.
I agree as well, please take it off, as well as the other photo challenges, they don’t add anything to this site.
Khristopher, you’ve been an SC reader for years and you know I like writing off topic posts every now and then just for fun 🙂
It’s not totally off topic! The shirts are on sale. You just have to go to Germany to get them.
Title of post changed just in case it offended anyone
I can spot four mistakes.
1) If you look on the floor, on the left hand side, someone forgot to vacuum the night before.
2) Someone put a pair of white pants back in the colored pants section. Lazy workers.
3) The shirts don’t have sizeballs on the hangers. How am I supposed to quickly find my extra smedium?
4) The racks are too close together. How are people supposed to walk between them?
You’re all way off. The real mistake is that the retailer used the informal/familiar “Dein” rather than the formal “Ihren”. How rude.
lol richie. good eyes!!
white pants in the colour pants? so wrong. so wrong.
after careful observations for atleast 2 min ,i think the mistake is 3,99.coma is mistake.that should be like 3.99.but may be they do this way in germany.and i m not familiar with nazi sign as people stated above.
p.s this is Boo s personal site,so he can post what ever he likes i guess.people can ignore any specific post they dont like.
filza, the comma is normally in many languages, including French & German. I don’t know the reason some use commas and others use periods.
Anyways, re: the swaztika….I would never have noticed it.
The History of the Swastika
The swastika is an extremely powerful symbol. The Nazis used it to murder millions of people, but for centuries it had positive meanings. What is the history of the swastika? Does it now represent good or evil?
The Oldest Known Symbol
The swastika is an ancient symbol that has been used for over 3,000 years. (That even predates the ancient Egyptian symbol, the Ankh!) Artifacts such as pottery and coins from ancient Troy show that the swastika was a commonly used symbol as far back as 1000 BCE. During the following thousand years, the image of the swastika was used by many cultures around the world, including in China, Japan, India, and southern Europe. By the Middle Ages, the swastika was a well known, if not commonly used, symbol but was called by many different names:
* China – wan
* England – fylfot
* Germany – Hakenkreuz
* Greece – tetraskelion and gammadion
* India – swastika
Though it is not known for exactly how long, Native Americans also have long used the symbol of the swastika.
The Original Meaning
The word “swastika” comes from the Sanskrit svastika – “su” meaning “good,” “asti” meaning “to be,” and “ka” as a suffix.
Until the Nazis used this symbol, the swastika was used by many cultures throughout the past 3,000 years to represent life, sun, power, strength, and good luck.
Even in the early twentieth century, the swastika was still a symbol with positive connotations. For instance, the swastika was a common decoration that often adorned cigarette cases, postcards, coins, and buildings. During World War I, the swastika could even be found on the shoulder patches of the American 45th Division and on the Finnish air force until after World War II.
A Change in Meaning
In the 1800s, countries around Germany were growing much larger, forming empires; yet Germany was not a unified country until 1871. To counter the feeling of vulnerability and the stigma of youth, German nationalists in the mid-nineteenth century began to use the swastika, because it had ancient Aryan/Indian origins, to represent a long Germanic/Aryan history.
By the end of the nineteenth century, the swastika could be found on nationalist German volkisch periodicals and was the official emblem of the German Gymnasts’ League.
In the beginning of the twentieth century, the swastika was a common symbol of German nationalism and could be found in a multitude of places such as the emblem for the Wandervogel, a German youth movement; on Joerg Lanz von Liebenfels’ antisemitic periodical Ostara; on various Freikorps units; and as an emblem of the Thule Society.
Hitler and the Nazis
In 1920, Adolf Hitler decided that the Nazi Party needed its own insignia and flag. For Hitler, the new flag had to be “a symbol of our own struggle” as well as “highly effective as a poster.” (Mein Kampf, pg. 495)
On August 7, 1920, at the Salzburg Congress, this flag became the official emblem of the Nazi Party.
In Mein Kampf, Hitler described the Nazis’ new flag: “In red we see the social idea of the movement, in white the nationalistic idea, in the swastika the mission of the struggle for the victory of the Aryan man, and, by the same token, the victory of the idea of creative work, which as such always has been and always will be anti-Semitic.” (pg. 496-497)
Because of the Nazis’ flag, the swastika soon became a symbol of hate, antisemitism, violence, death, and murder.
What Does the Swastika Mean Now?
There is a great debate as to what the swastika means now. For 3,000 years, the swastika meant life and good luck. But because of the Nazis, it has also taken on a meaning of death and hate.
These conflicting meanings are causing problems in today’s society. For Buddhists and Hindus, the swastika is a very religious symbol that is commonly used. Chirag Badlani shares a story about one time when he went to make some photocopies of some Hindu Gods for his temple. While standing in line to pay for the photocopies, some people behind him in line noticed that one of the pictures had a swastika. They called him a Nazi.
Unfortunately, the Nazis were so effective at their use of the swastika emblem, that many do not even know any other meaning for the swastika. Can there be two completely opposite meanings for one symbol?
In ancient times, the direction of the swastika was interchangeable as can be seen on an ancient Chinese silk drawing.
Some cultures in the past had differentiated between the clockwise swastika and the counter-clockwise sauvastika. In these cultures the swastika symbolized health and life while the sauvastika took on a mystical meaning of bad-luck or misfortune.
But since the Nazis use of the swastika, some people are trying to differentiate the two meanings of the swastika by varying its direction – trying to make the clockwise, Nazi version of the swastika mean hate and death while the counter-clockwise version would hold the ancient meaning of the symbol, life and good-luck.
re: chris’ post
does he even realize that Boo is the admin?
now, i have to go back and see what all the controversy is about…
NOW THAT’S IRONY!
I kinda agree with everyone who thinks this post is very off topic – and posts like these are why i don’t subscribe to the site’s RSS feed. I don’t subscribe to personal blog feeds as a general rule, and this one kinda gets used that way….
Not sure about Germany, but in Russia, we use “,” as a decimal point, and never use “,” in 1,000.. not sure if Europe is the same?
and some people really need to take a chill pill and stop getting affended at something so ridiculously NOT affensive.
THE SIGN,THEY HAVE THOSE RACKS AT ZELLERS,THE BAY.
EVERYONE HAVE A GREAT VALINTINES DAY
Why are there so many serious people out there? All Boo and Jim are doing is putting some FUN and lightness into this website. I look forward to and enjoy the weekly caption challenge plus these interesting posts from Boo, as well. It’s only a bit of fun trivia and once in a while it does spark some contraversy. Thank goodness we live in a country where we can have free speech and have sites like this which envokes many emotions. By the way, it is also your right as a citizen in this country to boycott these blogs due to your philosophy or opinions. That way, the people who choose to read them and gain some insight or enjoyment out of them don’t have to read your negative, condenscending comments! I learned something today from this – there is actually a history pre-Nazi era for this sign that is actually a positive thing. Thanks Boo for creating such inspiration to others who responded back with informative answers!
By the way, sorry if I did offend some of you out there – there is just so much negative crap out there (media) that it is so nice to read a website that is safe, informative, light,and fun. Have a great weekend everyone and make sure that you all you give a hug to someone out there on Saturday….even Boo!!
At first glace I was going to say the mistake was the security tags on the shirts, they are only 3.99.
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