[lifthrasiir]

Unfortunately both Nazi and Asian cultures (among others) have used all possible orientations (left/right-facing and 0/45/90 degrees) throughout the history, making the distinction much harder. To this end Asian countries realized that it is much easier to not use swastika than to educate people. South Korean maps for example used swastika for Buddhist temples but now use pictorial symbols instead.

[eklavya]

That’s really really unfair. So first west fucked up our symbol and now west won’t educate itself about the actual symbol? Swastik is such an ingrained part of my culture and religion, can’t just give it up.

[lazide]

Of all the terrible things the Nazis did, this is probably one of the least terrible ones. shrug

[Delk]

You shouldn't.

IMO it's kind of understandable, at least on the individual level, that people don't know. I probably didn't know until I first travelled to Asia. However, it doesn't take a genius to realize that a map (or whatever) in an Asian country probably isn't full of Nazi symbols, or that there's probably some kind of an explanation for them.

[tomxor]

That may be so, but it would only make 45deg ambiguous - i.e 90deg can still reliably be identified as not-nazi.