Wikipedia sued over Nazi symbols


	Wikipedia sued over Nazi symbols

belovedgardener

3-19-2009 6:13 PM

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censorship, media, internet, wikipedia, symbolism, symbols, nazi, swastika, education, politics

belovedgardener says:

Its funny how this woman contradicts herself in a single utterance, twice.

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