Re-touching history?

[Crossroads]

I think I understood you clearly enough and, in case there's any doubt, I agree with you completely.

I just got back to the US after spending 11 years in Germany. I can verify that display of the swastika is against the law there, and in Austria. Any Nazi symbology, like the SS runes is also forbidden. It's a crime there to buy, sell or own a copy of "Mein Kampf" and certain web sites are blocked, such as those selling German WWII memorabilia. In 2007 the German government proposed that these bans should be extended throughout the EU, but that suggestion didn't fly.

I'm aware that the Soviets (most especially Stalin) killed millions more innocent people than the Nazis. As it happens, I'm now reading "Stalin, The Court of the Red Tsar" by Simon S. Montefiore. I learned from that that in 1937, during the purges, the politburo even dispensed with lists of names. They simply sent allocations to the various regions for numbers of alleged wreckers and spies to be shot and deported.

I believe someone tried to ban the Hammer and Sickle in EU as well. What utter rubbish :( How can you ban history!

To read Mein Kampf is to travel to an era when racism was a standard for any nationalist country: my country is better than yours because I was born here. I have not read it, and am not planning to, but at least it is available should I want to study the thinking of a mad man.

Back to original poster:

Here's a pic of a Italeri Me-109 model kit :chin:
http://www.italeri.com/ProdImgs%5CPROD00072.jpg

Spot what's missing?

EDIT: Oh, for heavens sake! I used to build a lot of Airfix models as a kid. I thought it was just a few brands that have joined this farce, but Airfix is there as well.

I guess the German and Austrian markets are too big to ignore? Who cares about the historical facts when there's money at the stake?

Here's the Airfix Me-109:
http://www.airfix.com/airfix-products/ne...&sortorder=

So what about other swastikas out there? The Finnish Air Force model I remember I once built is replaced with a model with a post war insignia
http://www.airfix.com/airfix-products/ai...9g-a02029/

The Finnish Air Force used a light blue swastika since 1918 as the swastika was a common good luck omen. But with these modern historists: any swastika is a Nazi symbol, right?

Maybe the next step is to ban books such as these?
http://www.google.fi/imgres?imgurl=http:...CDEQ9QEwAw

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