This week, The New York Times reported on the movement to "detoxify" the swastika, the ancient symbol of well-being and good fortune that was unfortunately co-opted by the murderous Nazi party. Now we ask you: Should the swastika be rehabilitated beyond the sins of the Nazis? Ja or nein?

Ja!

Before being adopted as the Nazi party's most potent icon of racial hatred, the swastika lived a noble life as an internationally recognized good luck symbol, adorning everything from Navajo blankets to Boy Scout badges. To forever banish the swastika because of its connection to the Holocaust is no different than forever banning the music of Limp Bizkit because of its connection to date rape. Set the swastika free!

Nein!

Thanks to the atrocities of the Nazis, the once-benign swastika is forever tainted, and should be placed on the shelf of regrettable history right next to Sambo's Restaurants and Ayds Diet Candy.

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