`**Hi Tomer: While you may be very relaxed about this, I had not known about the existence of this until today. Imagine my shock when I see a swastika glaring down at me ``in warm greeting`` on my talk page, what was I being invited to I wondered. And then I see it's ``only`` Hinduism. Well let me tell you, if I received an invitation in the mail from ANYONE with that symbol on it, I would get VERY upset (putting it mildly) as I am sure many people would, not just Jews, but anyone who lived through or knows anything about World War II would know. I think it's just telling of the times that with the passing of ``the bravest/greatest generation`` as Tom Brokaw writes about them, people feel ``free`` to start using symbols and ideas that would never have been allowed a decade or two earlier in this context. Sure for articles it's fine, use any symbol you like, even the cows and snakes that people worship, but a swastika? That throws me big time and I don't think that you should wave it off with an academic excuse.    Please continue this discussion and post all comments at [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Hinduism#Use of Swastika Thank you.    `