my tats lol

loving those I have to say. Especially the swallows and rhcp lyrics

You know the Iron Cross was a Nazi symbol don't you?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Iron_Cross_-_2nd_Class.jpg

I dunno if that isn't how you intended it but thought you should know. It does have non-nazi connotations too but you might want to be careful as ppl may misinterpret it.

What do you mean? I just thought if he didn't know that he should probably be aware. Jeez, just trying to be nice.

My mate asked for the Chinese symbol for 'Money' to be tattooed on his arm.

When he visited Hong Kong a few people pointed and laughed at him. I can't remember what it said, but it definitely wasn't 'Money' ;D

People can do as they please, but a genuine question:

You know how people periodically change their clothes, haircut, car, bike, house etc at stages of their life? Well, what happens when you decide you want a change of tattoo?

Maybe it's because can't think of anything that I'd want etched on my arm for ever more especially as they seem to go green and smudged after a few years.

i had them on my car and nobs would say why have you got nazi things on your car ..... boring p.c. clowns the iron cross / maltese cross has been used in the chopper world for years, i'm not nazi but i am going to get a iron cross tat

The Iron Cross is about as 'Nazi' as the German flag.

It was a Prussian medal long before the Germans, was awarded in WW1 (when Nazi Germany didn't even exist), and continues in a simplified form as the symbol for the German armed forces.
Since displaying Nazi symbols is illegal in Germany, and I'm sure associating their armed forces with Nazi Socialism is the last thing they'd want to do, I very much doubt it has Nazi connotations.

Unfortunately, misguided people will be quite eager to claim otherwise.

It's clearly hot rod context here. There are people who are far better qualified to discuss the origins of the Iron Cross in hot rod circles - I believe it was something to do with Ed Roth but that's as much as I know.

what does the lyric say?

Sometimes called the Regeneration Cross because it has eight points. Eight symbolises regeneration for many religious ideas. It is the holistic number in Buddhism for the number of steps to end suffering. The number 8, like the lemniscate symbol for infinity , is a never-ending line. Tracing the shape of the 8 differs from the circle, square, triangle etc. in that the line crosses itself in the centre. This crossing symbolises death. But the line does not stop there; it carries on into a new life, just as the Christian cross symbolises new life. The eight therefore represents life, death, and rebirth. In Christianity, because Christ rose from grave eight days after entering Jerusalem, the number is associated with the rebirth of Christ and also baptism; the spiritual rebirth of a person