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Quoted TextYes the swastika is in the past but in some countries they don't let the past die. Here in the U.S. I've seen the flags with the swastika being proudly carried by white supremacists during rallies and the confederate flag, which goes back even further in history, is still a rallying cry in the south. Here in the Pac Northwest people proudly fly the number 12 flag which really offends many Bronco and Green Bay fans (I hear about it constantly from family members who live in Wisconsin and Colorado). We have become a world of over sensitivity where people over react to very minor things. The swastika and confederate flag are not minor but a decal on a modelling site was way over blown by an effing moron. If we remove everything that offends everybody than this world is going to be a real boring place. So save your indignation for something that truly deserves it like people who over react to very minor things.
Scarred, please clue me in on why the #12 flag would offend anyone? I haven't heard about that, but then I don't follow sports much.
You have never seen a die hard Bronco fan lose it like many did after Superbowl 48. By brother was at the game and said that by half time a lot of the orange was gone from the stadium. He walked by their seats and collected a lot of souvenirs from the empty abandoned seats. I know what he paid to go to the superbowl and if I had paid that much (more than $10k for 2 days in New York and tickets) I'd have stayed and watched the entire game for the whole superbowl experience. Many Seahawk fans, fans only when the team wins, sport the number 12 flag on there vehicles ranging in size from a 4 or 5 inch one on their antenna to ones almost the size of of their cars. Up here the number 12 seen as often as the stars and bars is down south. Since I live near a military base there are people from all over the country based here and I seen cars with Colorado plates cut off those flying the 12, I've seen drivers lean out their windows and curse and spit at cars with the 12 and I watched one guy in a parking lot bend the crap out of somebodies antenna trying to get the 12 flag off it. Some of it is good natured my team is better than your team type of stuff but some of it was over reaction and got out of hand. Those are the type of folks who would over react to a stupid little isis decal meant for modellers.
