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My friend Jack made a video from India. It is amazing,,,

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2350896521290378697&pr=goog-sl

The swastika is an ancient Hindu, Jain, and Buddist symbol. As a Hindu symbol, it is one of the 108 symbols of Vishnu and represents the sun’s rays without which there would be no life. But how did the Nazi’s adopt it? A detailed history of the swastika can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika.

Way back, the Arayans moved from present day China to India and eventually to Europe. These ancient Arayans spoke what linguists have termed the Indo-European language. Essentially, it is the predecessor language to German and Sanskrit. This is why German sentence structure is identical to Sanskrit.  The swastika, from the Indo-European language, continued to be used by the Hindus, Jains, and Buddists in India. When Hitler was looking for a symbol for his Arayan race, he chose the ancient Indo-European symbol, and then perverted it. Interesting!

You may be asking what public bathrooms have to do with the caste system. Actually, its not just public bathrooms, its a sense of community. In India, there is no sense of community, like one would find in most places in the US. In its place, there is family. Most Indians do not donate money to charities, but wouldn’t think twice about giving their children money to buy a house. There are definite advantages to having stronger families. However, clean public bathrooms, or public areas in general, are not one of them. Since there is no sense of community, there is no reason to keep public areas clean. A walk thru any city or town in India will quickly show this. There is garbage everywhere. People defecate on the side of the street or the riverbank. Even in the nicest office building, the bathroom is putrid. The origin of this phenomenon is interesting: the caste system. Because one’s neighbor may be a member of a different caste, there would be no interaction. Therefore, no sense of community is fostered. Hopefully, as the effects of the caste system slowly disappear, so will its negative effects.