Swastika poker chip

ks · #1 (**permalink**) 06-02-2005, 06:22 AM

this is weird.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...183958731&rd=1

FetishGirl · #2 (**permalink**) 06-02-2005, 06:27 AM

Dimes · #3 (**permalink**) 06-02-2005, 06:46 AM

Well, the Nazis destroyed any reasonable use of that old sign. A few companies changed their logos and even names. The internationally well-known beer producer Carlsberg previously used swastikas as a trade mark which is still present on the two old stone elephants at the brewery even today. Suddenly they stopped...

The Jaguar cars used to be called SS... and 'strangely' enough, the popularity of the first name Adolf also plummeted.

I don't think I would want any swastika chips even if they were completely alright when they were made. It would just be too difficult to explain. In theory we could have had a swastika as one of the four suits in a deck of cards. What would we have done then after WW2?

TT

Knish · #4 (**permalink**) 06-02-2005, 08:32 AM

Dont think I can come up with a single reason to own a chip like that just my opinion..

smoore · #5 (**permalink**) 06-02-2005, 11:26 AM

heh, nifty.

Being pagan, I understand what that symbol actually means, but once Hitler co-opted it, it's use was shunned.

I'd rather have chips with a boring old solar cross on it instead. Those are pretty interesting though.

dad604 · #6 (**permalink**) 06-02-2005, 11:46 AM

I think I will pass on that one.

Niagara_All_In · #7 (**permalink**) 06-02-2005, 11:49 AM

Those are some very interesting chips indeed. Although I dont feel the need for having to explain them in my collection.

One problem I notice is that ppl will lable someone for what they see around them not what the person is like.

FetishGirl · #8 (**permalink**) 06-02-2005, 11:50 AM

I wouldn't even buy those if I were blind !!

pager23 · #9 (**permalink**) 06-02-2005, 11:54 AM

Call me crazy, but I would only buy them in order to see that they were properly destoyed.

I didn't even feel that why about the Phil Hellmuth collector's set...

FetishGirl · #10 (**permalink**) 06-02-2005, 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by pager23

Call me crazy, but I would only buy them in order to see that they were properly destoyed.

I didn't even feel that why about the Phil Hellmuth collector's set...

haha, good old Phil... he's so full of himself he makes the average poker table feel twice as crowdy. Now don't get me wrong, I really love Phil. He's a great poker player and a bunch of fun to watch but I wouldn't want his chubby baby face on my poker chips!