Not necessary. The eldest is 3 years old. It's the first 5 years that affect how you learn and such, but there is not much you can learn on an intellectual scale which would have lasting effects. It would be more the ages 6-10 that could shape things like beliefs or assumptions about the world as given by the parents.
In other words, if they were rehomed and renamed, they'd never know the difference. Now, this is hoping that anytime they fill out a legal document asking for their "given" name, that the legal name change would count and not the original name.
It still saddens me that the swastika, a Hindu symbol, would never be seen as anything but a Nazi logo in North America and Europe. By itself it is a neat symbol.
Also, as decades roll away from WW2, some context and timeliness is lost. As generations pass, the kids care less about WW1 and WW2. Same way we no longer care fervently about battles from centuries ago. For example, today if you dress up like Ghengis Khan (okay, I could have that spelled incorrectly) you would elicit laughs, not anger.
The repeated swastika, used as a border decoration, is still found on older buildings (it was also used by the North American Indians), and I recently saw a picture of the border design on an old large pot. In Jerusalem.
There are still living survivors of the Holocaust. It's way too early to say that it will never be seen as anything other than a Nazi logo; not enough time has gone by.
And if you look at the Greek "Key" pattern, it's incorporated there. And it shows up in Native American petroglyphs. And some Viking friends of mine say it's actually Norse, crossed lightning bolts... Yeah- the symbol itself has been around, and will be around,- for centuries. And Yes- give it a few centuries and it will lose the negative meanings currently associated with it. But until then, it's kind of a sore spot with a lot of folks.
I got my mother a scarf for Christmas that is made from a pre-WWII Japanese kimono. The seller pointed out a decorative swastika pattern on it—but honestly, it's so stylized and integrated with the design that you wouldn't notice it unless someone pointed it out. It was pretty, so I got the scarf for my mom anyway.
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Date: 2009-01-16 12:52 am (UTC)And how much juice do you get out of a single Zionist?
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Date: 2009-01-16 05:10 pm (UTC)In other words, if they were rehomed and renamed, they'd never know the difference. Now, this is hoping that anytime they fill out a legal document asking for their "given" name, that the legal name change would count and not the original name.
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Date: 2009-01-16 05:02 pm (UTC)Also, as decades roll away from WW2, some context and timeliness is lost. As generations pass, the kids care less about WW1 and WW2. Same way we no longer care fervently about battles from centuries ago. For example, today if you dress up like Ghengis Khan (okay, I could have that spelled incorrectly) you would elicit laughs, not anger.
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Date: 2009-01-16 08:28 pm (UTC)There are still living survivors of the Holocaust. It's way too early to say that it will never be seen as anything other than a Nazi logo; not enough time has gone by.
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