Microsoft "accidently" included swastikas

Busby · Post by **Busby** » Fri Dec 12, 2003 11:05 am

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/biztech/12 ... index.html

SEATTLE, Washington (Reuters) -- Microsoft Corp. said on Friday that its latest version of Office software inadvertently contained a font featuring two swastikas, and said it would offer tools to remove and replace the offending characters from the program.

ROFL Microsoft included swastikas for a specific font. For those that are like "whatever" in Word 2003 choose "bookshelf symbol 7" as the font and hold shift and press the ~ key. It really works.

BillyGoat · Post by **BillyGoat** » Fri Dec 12, 2003 11:08 am

werent the swastickas a chinese religiuos emblem before the nazis turned them into a sign of hate? I remeber seeing something like that on the history channel

eGoCeNTRoNiX · Post by **eGoCeNTRoNiX** » Fri Dec 12, 2003 11:13 am

They sure were Bill, remember the robot thing from a while back? Wasn't it for coke or something? There's a post about it on the forums someplace.. That is pretty crazy though.. eGo

Pugsley · Post by **Pugsley** » Fri Dec 12, 2003 12:44 pm

yea i remember that robot. Again... who sits around and goes through every font and finds this crap? like the peorson that found that thing in wingdings about 9-11.

Badmojo · Post by **Badmojo** » Fri Dec 12, 2003 3:09 pm

Originally posted by BillyGoat
werent the swastickas a chinese religiuos emblem before the nazis turned them into a sign of hate? I remeber seeing something like that on the history channel

They were reverse and i thought it was a symbol(or star) for some form of luck.
But super sayians are another story(yellow hair and blue eyes) we should have that DBZ banned.

Executioner · Post by **Executioner** » Fri Dec 12, 2003 3:16 pm

OMG! The world is gong to come to an end because of this font. Jeez...

MrYogi · Post by **MrYogi** » Fri Dec 12, 2003 6:59 pm

Originally posted by BillyGoat
werent the swastickas a chinese religiuos emblem before the nazis turned them into a sign of hate? I remeber seeing something like that on the history channel

it is hindu religious symbol. nazis reversed it and used it as a sign of hate

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Sat Dec 13, 2003 8:42 am

Microsoft says that was included in the asian font set. Yes there's a Buhdist font that looks like a swastika.

People need to lighten up.

WiseÄss · Post by **WiseÄss** » Sat Dec 13, 2003 8:49 am

LOL

Invisible Evil · Post by **Invisible Evil** » Sat Dec 13, 2003 6:25 pm

I have a mark on my butt that looks like an ant.

Kakarot · Post by **Kakarot** » Mon Dec 15, 2003 9:27 pm

Originally posted by badmojo
They were reverse and i thought it was a symbol(or star) for some form of luck.
But super sayians are another story(yellow hair and blue eyes) we should have that DBZ banned.

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Microsoft "accidently" included swastikas

Microsoft "accidently" included swastikas

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