Boots recalled after users report swastika bootprints

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

http://www.wcvb.com/article/boots-recalled-after-users-report-they-create-swastika-bootprints/8595556

[driftdiver]

Couldn't actually find an article at the link.  Nothing but ads.    On my phone so maybe that's why.

[Suppressed]

Couldn't actually find an article at the link.  Nothing but ads.    On my phone so maybe that's why.

It's a video report.  Try http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/company-recalls-boots-man-discovers-swastikas-soles-article-1.2944293

[endicom]

For quality reporting, you can always count on the Daily Mail: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-4106996/There-SWASTIKAS-bottom-Boot-brand-forced-recall-footwear-customers-complain-soles-covered-inappropriate-symbols.html

[dfwgator]

Somebody's gonna get fired.

[Lando Lincoln]

Somebody's gonna get fired.

Oh... yes, they will.

[Free Vulcan]

"That's not a swasitka, that's an 'SS'!"

Oh wait...

Yep, someone's going to get fired.

[Sanguine]

How odd.  I looked at several of their boots on Amazon, and they had a different tread.  Would have had to retool the sole-making equipment in order to make swastikas.  I have no idea how hard that would be.

https://www.amazon.com/Polar-Fox-Modern-Boots-808565/dp/B017PNHCUA/ref=sr_1_5?s=apparel&ie=UTF8&qid=1484421430&sr=1-5&nodeID=679255011&keywords=polar+fox+boots+men

[endicom]

Somebody's gonna get fired.

That's a common symbol in Asia.

[dfwgator]

That's a common symbol in Asia.

True.  But 99% of the folks on the planet see it for something else.

[endicom]

True.  But 99% of the folks on the planet see it for something else.

Perhaps 99% in the Western nations. And perhaps not with younger people. Seventy years is a long time.

[Wingnut]

"That's not a swasitka, that's an 'SS'!"

Oh wait...

Yep, someone's going to get fired.

Edit:

"I saw that the boots were rated "nein out of ten"
and Good for marching into Poland!"

[Fishrrman]

"Polar Fox" boots.
Endorsed by the Desert Fox, himself!

[Texas Yellow Rose]

The History of the Swastika http://history1900s.about.com/cs/swastika/a/swastikahistory.htm

The Oldest Known Symbol

The swastika is an ancient symbol that has been used for over 3,000 years. (That even predates the ancient Egyptian symbol, the Ankh!) Artifacts such as pottery and coins from ancient Troy show that the swastika was a commonly used symbol as far back as 1000 BCE.

[Cripplecreek]

It's a video report.  Try http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/company-recalls-boots-man-discovers-swastikas-soles-article-1.2944293

The design on the tread doesn't look so much like a swastika but the print is pretty hard to miss. Its certainly plausible that its a mistake but its probably cheaper to recall the boots.

[uglybiker]

Edit:

"I saw that the boots were rated "nein out of ten"
and Good for marching into Poland!"

Or strolling into France. 

[Wingnut]

Or strolling into France. 

Someone had to pave the way for the muslims...

[bigheadfred]

Edit:

"I saw that the boots were rated "nein out of ten"
and Good for marching into Poland!"

Now I'm confuzed. Is it kick 'em in the heinie, or kick them with your heinie?

[bigheadfred]

Annnddd...with a pair you can toe the mark.