Whereas I can understand the revulsion caused by such a symbol amongst people who had to endure the consequences of it I think it is more important to prevent such atrocities from reoccurring. Hiding it will neither make it go away nor will it prevent such things happening again.
Obviously banning it is an attempt to prevent the resurgence of such political ideals but I don't think for a minute it would stop it and, looking at it completely objectively, isn't banning something like that an attempt to control peoples political beliefs and ideals which was what the symbol stood for in the first place?
I believe we should be open, honest and objective about our past, learn from such things and make every effort to ensure that they do not happen again. We must all face up to such symbols and deal with them responsibly, banning them will never let us do that. |