American Fascism on the US Quarter

[Nylo]

Real anti-capitalists, for the most part, don't think that way. We hold dearly to the concepts of materialism and rationality; looking at the world for what it is and looking at the practical solutions for the problems we find ourselves in.

I'm a strong proponent of Capitalism, nationalism, and federalism. However at the end of the day I'm a democrat that differs greatly with the opinions of Republicans. I believe that these three things are essential to our government, and while I absolutely loathe communism sometimes I think the only hope for mankind achieving peace as a whole lie in a ratified, well-formulated form of socialism.

I think mankind is at it's best when he/she strives to achieve the best they can. But I will always keep my mind open to fresh ideas that, Godwilling, will help us work towards a common goal for all our benefit.

[shilling]

The original post was about symbols wasn't it?

Well, my tuppence worth is this: The swastika was used by Hitler for his time in power, but prior to that and during and after and even today, it is a sacred symbol for followers of Hinduism and Jainism.

The latter of which is SO obsessed with non-violence,that the extreme practice of includes sweeping the ground before you walk on it, so you don't advertently kill any insects and wearing a mask so you don't accidentally kill tiny living beings by breathing them in!

My point is that a symbol does NOT tell you enough about someone to decide that he or she is a this or that!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika

[Mark Bryan]

The Hebrew words have nothing to do with the word Britain.

It has EVERYTHING to do with it! Look it up in the Strong's Concordance!

The etymology of the name Britain is thought to derive from a Celtic word,

Thought not confirmed! Surely you can do better than that!
Since a RABBI confirmed to me the meanin' of brit'covenant,ish-man,I'd rather believe the words of a Jewish RABBI than that of Celtic PAGANISM!

[Oneironaut]

I'm a strong proponent of Capitalism, nationalism, and federalism.

And I am a strong opponent of the first two...

However at the end of the day I'm a democrat that differs greatly with the opinions of Republicans. I believe that these three things are essential to our government, and while I absolutely loathe communism sometimes I think the only hope for mankind achieving peace as a whole lie in a ratified, well-formulated form of socialism.

What's so bad about communism? Why is a class society superior to a classless society? Obviously Bolshevik-style "communism" never worked, but that doesn't discredit the idea that there might be some way to achieve a truly classless, stateless society in which all are equal and have equal access to the common wealth of society.

[Breukelen advocaat]

It has EVERYTHING to do with it! Look it up in the Strong's Concordance!


Thought not confirmed! Surely you can do better than that!
Since a RABBI confirmed to me the meanin' of brit'covenant,ish-man,I'd rather believe the words of a Jewish RABBI than that of Celtic PAGANISM!

The bible is not reliable source of information about anything but.....the bible!

I don't think that a cleric, such as a rabbi, that supports ritual male genital mutilation, superstition, and injustice, is a better source for your historical or literary information than academic scholars are. A rabbi is just another priest, and they are against almost everything that is life-affirming. It's a racket, and you're just buying into their lies. Hell, I'd trust an honest pagan over a priest, mullah, rabbi, or minister any day.

[birdgirl73]

This debate about the etymology of Britain interested me, and so I asked my dad, whose academic speciality is the history of our language/linguistics. He said your history through the Celtic word, Breukelen, is accepted among academic and scholarly circles as the correct etymology of that word.

The problem with the Hebrew word "brit" is that that's actually a Roman alphabet spelling of a word that's actually originally seen in the Hebrew alphabet, and so brit in our alphabet does indeed look and sound like part of "Britain," but in Hebrew the real spelling of that word looks completely different from the b-r-i-t and so it wouldn't have been converted into the Roman alphabet spelling early enough to correspond with the first use of that word in English/British history. The Celtic influence makes imminent sense, especially considering the geographic and linguistic influence of Celtic history on Great Britain. Professor Dad said, "Our language is one of the most infamous for appropriating words from other languages, but we've appropriated nearly all of them from Romance or Germanic languages with similar alphabets and phonemes." Hope that helps!

[Breukelen advocaat]

Thank you, Birdgirl, and thank your dad for me. :thumbsup:

Maybe your screen name should be "Bridget"? Or, let's not even go there!

[birdgirl73]

Why Bridget? I'm clearly not getting something. Explain, por favor . . .

[Breukelen advocaat]

Why Bridget? I'm clearly not getting something. Explain, por favor . . .

It's Celtic and Gaelic:
Bridget
(origin: Gaelic.) Brighid, "fiery dart." The name of the muse who was believed to preside over poetry in pagan times, in Ireland. Brighid, in the Gaelic, also signifies a hostage, a pledge of security.

Since we were discussing the pagan Celts, it just sounded enough like another good name, and has some of the same letters as "birdgirl" - which is also fine!

[birdgirl73]

Duh! Certainly that makes perfect Celtic sense. And you're right--the same letters! I just totally missed that association, which saddens me. My mind is too much on science these days and not enough on language.

I like the name Brigid/Bridget as well as BirdGirl. Or just Bird. Heck, call me anything. (Just don't call me late for dinner. . . .)