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Posted on 8th June 2023 |
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According to this BBC report, Australia has finally decide to ban Nazi symbols. It is about time! Many other nations, especially in Europe, have long had legislation against the display of Nazi symbols (see the list on Wikipedia), and in Australia some states already have their own bans. Australia is banning the Swastika and SS symbols, but not the Nazi salute (although it is banned in Victoria and Tasmania). The planned legislation will have exemptions for Swastika-like religious symbols (upon which the Swastika itself was based) such as those used in Hinduism. Sometimes the distinction between Nazi Swastika and some of these religious symbols is hard to see, so their might be some rather fraught court cases on this. I would like to welcome Australia to civilised society; their joining provides some counterbalance to the exits of the USA, Britain Poland, Israel and Hungary. | |