Mediocrates
05-25-2010, 04:27 AM
A bit puzzled. Is Lithuania now a Hindu nation?
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/137650
The Nazi swastika is apparently not considered illegal in the Lithuanian city of Klaipeda, despite former assumptions that the symbol was not to be displayed nationwide, a common legislative ruling in Eastern Europe.
A local court has ruled the sign is a centuries-old symbol that depicts the sun. The judge in the case, which lasted three months, justified his ruling by adding that the symbol is found on numerous historic artifacts.
The case involved four men who brandished swastikas at the city's national Independence Day parade.
“It is not a Nazi attribute, but a valuable symbol of the Baltic culture, an ancient sign of our ancestors, which had been stolen from them and treacherously used by other peoples,†said one of the witnesses for the defense quoted by RT, Russian television's English news channel.
According to the IA Regnum news agency, swastikas have been displayed at least twice before in Lithuania, both times without legal consequence – once on May Day, and the second time in front of the presidential palace in Vilna (Vilnius), the nation's capital.
Two years ago, on Lithuanian Independence Day, neo-Nazis marched down Vilna's central boulevard waving specially modified Lithuanian swastikas, and chanting “Juden raus!†(Jews out!â€). This year, the slogan was “Lithuania for Lithuanians!â€
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/137650
The Nazi swastika is apparently not considered illegal in the Lithuanian city of Klaipeda, despite former assumptions that the symbol was not to be displayed nationwide, a common legislative ruling in Eastern Europe.
A local court has ruled the sign is a centuries-old symbol that depicts the sun. The judge in the case, which lasted three months, justified his ruling by adding that the symbol is found on numerous historic artifacts.
The case involved four men who brandished swastikas at the city's national Independence Day parade.
“It is not a Nazi attribute, but a valuable symbol of the Baltic culture, an ancient sign of our ancestors, which had been stolen from them and treacherously used by other peoples,†said one of the witnesses for the defense quoted by RT, Russian television's English news channel.
According to the IA Regnum news agency, swastikas have been displayed at least twice before in Lithuania, both times without legal consequence – once on May Day, and the second time in front of the presidential palace in Vilna (Vilnius), the nation's capital.
Two years ago, on Lithuanian Independence Day, neo-Nazis marched down Vilna's central boulevard waving specially modified Lithuanian swastikas, and chanting “Juden raus!†(Jews out!â€). This year, the slogan was “Lithuania for Lithuanians!â€