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Council worker with offensive car sticker - what would you do?

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  1. jamesire
    Member

    Was cycling away from ASDA in Leith this afternoon when I saw a man wearing a City of Edinburgh Council vest getting into an Astra with a Nazi cross sticker on the back. Then drove off (smoking, I might add) with young kid in the car.

    I should point out that the cross symbol did not have a Swastika in the middle, so perhaps a mere sign of his keen interest in Germanic military history. But bigotry seems more likely.

    What would you do?

    Posted 6 years ago #
  2. ih
    Member

    If it wasn't a swastika, what kind of cross was it? Why was it specifically Nazi?

    Posted 6 years ago #
  3. unhurt
    Member

    Iron Cross?

    Now back in use: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Cross#Post.E2.80.93World_War_II

    Context and what (if anything) is in the middle are both kind of relevant mind...

    Posted 6 years ago #
  4. Baldcyclist
    Member

    I would do nothing. Whilst being extremely unpalatable, there is nothing in our law which makes the wearing or displaying of these symbols illegal.

    People are allowed to be an *rse on their own time, wheather liberally minded people agree with them or not.

    Posted 6 years ago #
  5. unhurt
    Member

    Not sure how you would know for sure it's his own car, either?

    Posted 6 years ago #
  6. ih
    Member

    Something called Choppers.com seems to use this symbol.

    http://www.choppers.com/iron_cross.asp

    Posted 6 years ago #
  7. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    I've got stickers on my car and they're nobody else's business. Same goes here.

    Posted 6 years ago #
  8. newtoit
    Member

    Maltese cross is also used by Malteser international, which is a German charity similar to the Red Cross.

    Posted 6 years ago #
  9. crowriver
    Member

    Nazi cross? No such thing.

    There is a cross which was/is awarded to the German military as a medal. Also the emblem of the current Luftwaffe.

    So, it may have offended you, but I dare to suggest you may have got hold of the wrong end of the stick (or cross).

    If I were you, I'd chalk this up to experience and perhaps do more research into symbolic imagery... :)

    Posted 6 years ago #
  10. kaputnik
    Moderator

    Yes. There's a whole heap of visually similar crosses that have multiple different meanings depending on if you're into Christian religion/Nordic paganism/motorcycling/white power or any other reasons. Some (lots of) people pick a tattoo design because they like it and no other reason and never bother to research what it might mean to someone else. While it may set off an instant alarm bell about the wearers beliefs and opinions, a cross on its own doesn't necessarily mean anything untoward.

    If a council worker turns up at your house or place of business or education or whatever in the course of their duties with something overtly racist/fascist for which there's no other good explanation, that's an entirely different matter.

    Posted 6 years ago #
  11. AKen
    Member

    Guy might have been Polish. Some of the traditional Polish crosses may set alarm bells ringing here but lack the same connotations in Poland.

    Posted 6 years ago #
  12. ih
    Member

    Some Poles may set alarm bells going too - see current political shenanigans in Poland.

    Posted 6 years ago #
  13. AKen
    Member

    Agreed. Politics taking a nasty turn there.

    Posted 6 years ago #

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