’Swastika Trail’ street name to remain in Ontario township

[spaminator]

’Swastika Trail’ street name to remain in Ontario township
Canadian Press
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Published:
December 21, 2017
Updated:
December 21, 2017 9:59 AM EST
A giant Swastika-shaped foundation sits on construction site in Hamburg, northern Germany, Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2017 after it was discovered during construction works on a sport field the day before. The foundation was base of a statue during Nazi times and remained undiscovered for more than 70 years. (Christian Charisius/dpa via AP)
A street in southern Ontario will retain the name “Swastika Trail” after Puslinch Township council voted 4-1 against changing the privately owned street name during a meeting on Wednesday evening.
The matter arose last month when B’nai Brith Canada launched an online petition calling on the township about 75 kilometres west of Toronto to change the street name.
Nearly two months ago, members of the neighbourhood association held their own vote in which a slight majority of residents said they wanted to keep the name.
At Wednesday’s meeting, council members said they did not want to overstep the democratic actions already taken by residents.
Local residents in favour of keeping the name say Swastika Trail was named in the 1920s before the rise of Adolf Hitler in Nazi Germany, but others have argued the name is associated with hate and genocide.
Before the vote, Jewish groups urged councillors to vote in favour of changing the name, arguing the symbol is still used by neo-Nazi groups and continues to appear in antisemitic vandalism right across this country.
“It’s already a national shame that residents of your community are beholden to a name representing a symbol that was utilized in the murder of nearly 10 million people in concentration camps and more than 40,000 Canadian soldiers who went to fight the Nazis — not to mention over 100,000 Canadian soldiers who were injured during the war,” Avi Benlolo, president and CEO of Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies, wrote in an open letter.
http://torontosun.com/news/provinci...remain-in-ontario-township-after-council-vote

 

[Danbones]

Yet for Thousands and Thousands of years it meant "LIFE"

Funny they don't get all wound up about the little nazi aircraft symbol that makes youtube exit big screen...and who owns youtube?
Google...who is taking over the world.

They are going to put their UBER AI in charge of it all.

and machines are DEAD

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

This is good news. Jews, Indians, blacks, Latinos, Asians, should all remember at all times that there is a certain sector of the European community that hates their very existence, and will seize any opportunity to wipe them out.

 

[spaminator]

‘A NATIONAL SHAME’: Ontario town votes to keep ‘Swastika’ street name amid complaints
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Published:
December 21, 2017
Updated:
December 21, 2017 3:45 PM EST
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By Daniela Germano, THE CANADIAN PRESS
A small group of Ontario residents living on a street called Swastika Trail vowed Thursday to continue their fight to change the controversial name after local politicians voted in favour of keeping it.
Councillors of Puslinch Township, about 75 kilometres west of Toronto, made the decision to preserve the street’s name with a 4-1 vote during a meeting Wednesday night.
A major Jewish advocacy group in Canada demanded that a municipality in southwestern Ontario rename a street called Swastika Trail. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Jennifer Horton ORG XMIT: CPT116
Randy Guzar, one of four residents of Swastika Trail who led the effort to change the street’s name, said their work on the matter will not stop.
“Council’s decision ignores millions of people murdered, slaughtered, oppressed,” he said. “It’s unbelievable how anyone could come to this sort of decision.”
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Guzar, his wife and two of their neighbours contacted B’nai Brith Canada two months ago, asking for help persuading council to change the street name. The advocacy group then launched a national online petition that was presented to council Wednesday.
“We will move forward,” Guzar said of the vote, adding that those opposed to the street’s name are determining their next steps.
Swastika Trail was named in the 1920s before the rise of Adolf Hitler in Nazi Germany. Residents who support keeping the name have argued the symbol has a long history before the Second World War, but others argue it is still used by white supremacists as a symbol of hate.
The road was named long before this was an issue...Council believes that residents there are not using the word in any sort of hateful or discriminatory manner.
Puslinch Township Mayor Dennis Lever
Members of a neighbourhood association held their own vote on the issue two months ago in which the majority said they wanted to keep the street name by a vote of 25-20.
Puslinch Township Mayor Dennis Lever said council members did not want to overstep democratic actions already taken by residents.
“Township council decided not to get involved in changing the name,” Lever said in an interview Thursday. “The road was named long before this was an issue. … Council believes that residents there are not using the word in any sort of hateful or discriminatory manner.”
Regardless of its origins, the swastika will always be associated with the Nazis and the horrific genocide that resulted in the deaths of millions of people.
Avi Benlolo, Friends Of Simon Wiesenthal Center For Holocaust Studies CEO
B’nai Brith Canada CEO Michael Mostyn expressed disappointment with the decision, adding that council did not address many issues brought forward by residents.
“Under the Municipal Act, they had the power to change the street name,” said Mostyn, who attended the meeting. “Aside from that, they heard from many residents that there were problems with the process of the way that local association vote was held.”
He also said his organization would continue to help residents working to change the name.
Another Canadian Jewish organization, Friends Of Simon Wiesenthal Center For Holocaust Studies, called the street name “a national shame.”
“As we continue to witness the swastika being used to express hate against the Jewish community, as well as other minority groups, changing the name of the street should have been a obvious step to take,” Avi Benlolo, the organization’s president and CEO, said in a statement. “Regardless of its origins, the swastika will always be associated with the Nazis and the horrific genocide that resulted in the deaths of millions of people.”
Jennifer Horton, another Swastika Trail resident, said her husband applied to have the word “swastika” on a licence plate, but a letter from Service Ontario denied the request, citing human rights discrimination. Horton said her husband submitted the letter to make a point to council.
“That alone should have ended the debate,” she said, noting the irony that street residents are forced to have the word on their driver’s licence and health card.
“We’re not going to stop. We’re disappointed and bit surprised by council’s reaction and what they chose to ignore in all of this,” she said.
We in Puslinch are proud of the area we live in...and, unfortunately, this issue may have a negative influence on the way people perceive us
Puslinch Coun. John Sepulis
John Sepulis, the only township councillor who voted to change the street name, said the matter is going to continue to be an issue for council.
“We in Puslinch are proud of the area we live in … and, unfortunately, this issue may have a negative influence on the way people perceive us,” he said.
He brought forward a motion to change the street name, but also install a plaque that would explain the history of the street and the reason behind the original name, he said, noting the motion was voted down.
“I understand the respect for the historical significance of the word swastika, but currently it’s offensive to a lot of people,” he said. “To try to change everybody to our way of thinking would not work — it would be self-defeating.”

http://torontosun.com/news/national...-to-keep-swastika-street-name-amid-complaints

 

[petros]

The name "Main Street" offends me and I want all of them changed to Multi Street.

Oh and no 1st Ave. How about Everyone Avenue?

 

[Decapoda]

’Swastika Trail’ street name to remain in Ontario township

A giant Swastika-shaped foundation sits on construction site in Hamburg, northern Germany, Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2017 ....

A street in southern Ontario will retain the name “Swastika Trail” after Puslinch Township council voted 4-1 against changing...

I'm still trying to figure out how some building foundation in Hamburg has anything whatsoever to do with a council vote in Ontario.

 

[Johnnny]

This is good news. Jews, Indians, blacks, Latinos, Asians, should all remember at all times that there is a certain sector of the European community that hates their very existence, and will seize any opportunity to wipe them out.

You forgot Slavs....

 

[captain morgan]

The name "Main Street" offends me and I want all of them changed to Multi Street.

Oh and no 1st Ave. How about Everyone Avenue?

Perhaps Participation Avenue fits well as the numerical identifiers fosters unhealthy competition.

... Everyone should also get a ribbon and badge too

You forgot Slavs....

If memory serves, the nazis were not so fond of the Brits, French or Russians either.

 

[Johnnny]

If memory serves, the nazis were not so fond of the Brits, French or Russians either.

I'm sure they were but they weren't in their Lebensraum like the poles were mostly...

Himmler once said

All Polish specialists will be exploited in our military-industrial complex. Later, all Poles will disappear from this world. It is imperative that the great German nation considers the elimination of all Polish people as its chief task

Just sayin

 

[captain morgan]

i think that it's high time we started a Polish Lives Matter movement.

 

[DaSleeper]

I live on Birch Street in Kap and since Birch trees are white so everyone on my street must be racist...
Even the Black family living at the other end of the street

 

[B00Mer]

Did they have an old WWII military holding camp for German soldiers there or something??

 

[DaSleeper]

Did they have an old WWII military holding camp for German soldiers there or something??

Yup and this is their monument and cemetery at the time

https://www.google.ca/maps/@49.4159...4!1sGrkKyLVTJ_UdEki7ETvumA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

After the war some of the war, they were offered a trip back to Germany or a paying job at the local paper mill...
When I started to work in '62 I happened to work alongside one of those ex-prisoners.
He was also a drinking buddy of my brother-in-law who was a Canadian soldier in that war

B T W that cemetary is facing our local cemetary, on the other side of the highway

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

Perhaps Participation Avenue fits well as the numerical identifiers fosters unhealthy competition.

... Everyone should also get a ribbon and badge too



If memory serves, the nazis were not so fond of the Brits, French or Russians either.

Did they have an official policy of wiping them off the face of the Earth?

 

[Angstrom]

:roll:

 

[DaSleeper]

Such anger!!!!!

 

[B00Mer]

If memory serves, the nazis were not so fond of the Brits, French or Russians either.

...or Mexicans & Muslims

Hiel Hitler.

 

[Angstrom]

:roll:

 

[captain morgan]

Did they have an official policy of wiping them off the face of the Earth?

Maybe the memo from German High Command got lost somewhere, but he's an interesting interactive map of every bomg dropped on London.

The astonishing interactive map that show EVERY bomb dropped on London during the Blitz | Daily Mail Online

...One might begin to think that there was some kind of policy in place here

 

[Jinentonix]

Did they have an official policy of wiping them off the face of the Earth?

I notice how you deftly ignored Johnny's point about the Slavs.