Secret Nazi building

[Heresson]

Originally posted by Cort Haus

Why I am not suprised at that it was You who found it funny?

[Cort Haus]

Because you know I'm a fully signed up member of the MPPBF (Molly's Poly Pope-bashing Faction) whose sole aim is to wind you up.

[Cort Haus]

I'm sure Clyde-the-frog will sympathise with you though, Cartman.

[Japher]

There's a Pope-bashing faction?! Where do I sign up!

[Aeson]

Actually, installing solar panels is a good idea. They can even pay for themselves over time.

I'm flabbergasted that such a reasonable solution has been proposed... the only explanation is that they will make a new, more inflamatory design so that later on the solar panels can be trashed.

Pentagram building...

[Imran Siddiqui]

$600,000 in the Navy's budget isn't all that much, really. And it seems they are using some of it to add solar panels, which will reduce energy costs anyway. I'm thinking that they were planning on adding solar panels anyway and then this controversy came up and decided to use them to hide the swastika shape.

[Riesstiu IV]

This is where the government stores Hitler's brain and the Ark of the Covenant.

[VetLegion]

Originally posted by Bkeela
I love swastikas AND Nazis. I think it is great stuff.

[Wycoff]

Originally posted by Dracon II
Am I the only guy in the world who likes swastikas but hates Nazis?

No, though it would be much weirder if you loved Nazis and hated Swastikas.

[Wycoff]

Originally posted by aneeshm
No, you have more than probably two billion people all over Greater India.

What's "Greater India?" Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, and Ceylon?

The swastika- a symbol for Greater Germany (Grossdeutchland) and Greater India.

[Darius871]

Originally posted by Dracon II
I think we ought to rescue the Swastika from its unfortunate association with the Nazis.

QFT

[Tuberski]

Originally posted by Aeson
Apparently that base saw various construction from 1920-1970. So it's possible this building predates WWII. Can't find any reference to when it was built so far though.

I can't wait till some fundies find out that there are naked people on Google Earth...

This will help:

The Navy plans to spend $600,000 for “camouflage” landscaping and rooftop adjustments so that 1960s-era barracks at the Naval Base Coronado near San Diego will no longer look like a Nazi swastika from the air.

The resemblance went unnoticed by the public for decades until it was spotted in aerial views on Google Earth.

Navy officials said they became aware of it shortly after the 1967 groundbreaking, and had decided not to do anything.

“There was no reason to redo the buildings because they were in use,” a spokeswoman for the base, Angelic Dolan, said. She added that the buildings were in a no-fly zone that is off limits to commercial airlines, so most people would not see them from the air.

“You have to realize back in the ’60s we did not have the Internet,” Ms. Dolan said. “We don’t want to offend anyone, and we don’t want to be associated with the symbol.”

The Navy’s plans were reported Monday in The San Diego Union-Tribune.

The Anti-Defamation League in San Diego has objected to the shape of the buildings.

“We told the Navy this was an incredibly inappropriate shape for a structure on a military installation,” said Morris S. Casuto, regional director of the organization. He added, however, that his group “never ascribed evil intent to the structures’ design.”

Mr. Casuto praised the Navy for recognizing the problem and “doing the right thing.”

The $600,000 for the changes is included in the Navy’s approved 2008 budget.

ACK!

[Provost Harrison]

Re: Secret Nazi building

Originally posted by Barnabas



The USA navy will spend 600.000 dollars to modify the building so it no longer resembles a swastika when seen from above. It was detected by google earth users and the military aithorities have received complaints.

It is located in Coronado (California) and was built in the late 60´s

What do you think?

I think it is the bonus Wolfenstein levels off Doom 2

[Pekka]

Maybe they could have used that money to give some emergency surgery to someone or one of them hearts you need to transplant or few hip replacements for old people.

Silly me.

[Dauphin]

People complain about swastikas that can only be seen from the sky and it gets changed, people complain about a giant dildo building in the centre of London and it's called artistic. *shrug*. People are oversensitive if you ask me.