Boat with Nazi symbols anchored near Jericho beach, dumping sewage near swimming area
 

WTF.....

Maybe it wasn't a Nazi symbol? Maybe a symbol for a religion?

The Nazi symbol is a swastika facing right... the Buddhism symbol is a swastika facing left. However, I think Hinduism uses a right-faced swastika as well...

Unless the boat is also adorned with iron crosses, SS logos, and a totenkopf its a very distinct possibility that Ian Robertson is a tool anxious for a soundbyte that'll get him re-elected.

900+ million Hindus aren't disgraceful.

Anyone got a photo?

haha why doesnt people just start shooting at that boat with the nazi symbol on it ...then watch it sink... :P

"The boat is within a 300 metre perimeter set up for swimming and is believed to be dumping sewage into the area."

I find this more disturbing.

I'm with you on that one. I'd rather be offended than covered in poop any day.

Hinduism, Buddhism use same symbols.

shit dumping sewage thats fucked

I couldn't help but lol @ thread title

http://www.gearthblog.com/images/images907/swastika.jpg

^ US Navy barracks in San Diego!

http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/ph...zi-symbols.jpg

Supposedly this is the boat in question.

Actually, come to think of it, I remember they're facing different directions...

are the people in the boat taking a shit off the side or something..?

wow it does have a swastika AND SS symbols

shoot a missle & be done w/ it

wow... thats fucked up

no way that must be chopped.

Nope, go to google maps, and search for San Diego. Once you're centered on San Diego, search for "navy barracks", then zoom in with satellite view...

Yeah I don't see why people are like

"OMFG NO WAI NO WAI WTF WHY HE HAS NAZI SYMBOL ON HIS BOTE"

when it could stand for, like mentioned, religious symbols

dumping shit into a swimming area doesnt stand for anything except fucking gross people, people should be more concerned with that then a swastika on the side of a boat

http://a123.g.akamai.net/f/123/12465...n?size=620x400

VANCOUVER - A week ago Vancouver Park Board commissioner Ian Robertson went public with his complaints that five sailboats, permanently moored off Jericho Beach, posed a health and safety threat to swimmers using the beach.

His ire - broadcast on radio and TV - was particularly directed at a green, dismasted sailboat that he said was the cause of sewage being discharged into the waters within 300 metres of the shore. Robertson said something ought to be done to have the boats removed.

Over the weekend the boat’s owner responded by painting a swastika on the side of his vessel, said Robertson.

“Showing his displeasure and drawing attention to himself by painting a swastika on the side of his boat is despicable. It’s disgraceful and shows just what a jerk this guy is,” said Robertson.

“I’ve asked staff to find out if there’s anything we can do to deal with the boat and that offensive symbol,” said Robertson.

He believes the boat was towed to its moorage from False Creek where it was one of the vessels evicted last year when the city had False Creek declared a permit-only moorage zone. The city made the declaration after a ramshackle collection of vessels had taken up permanent moorage interfering with ferry and boat access.

“It doesn’t have a working engine. And there’s an individual who lives on it. We believe there are people living on the other boats, too,” he said.

However, the False Creek exclusion zone doesn’t stretch as far as Jericho, said Robertson, and he has been unable to find a way to have the five sailboats removed.

“They are within the 300-metre water lot zone controlled by the parks board but apparently there’s nothing we can do to force them to leave. If someone puts up a tent in a park we can prevent it so I don’t know why we can’t do the same on our water lot. But I’ve been told there is nothing we can do,” said Robertson.

He said the law should be changed to prohibit vessels from causing pollution near a public beach.

“It’s not just the health issue that’s a concern. Lifeguards say people swim out past the boats and can’t be seen from shore - which is unsafe,” he said.

Robertson said he’s not sure what can be done about the swastika or the boats.

“I’m talking to senior staff to see if we can come up with a solution,” he said.

evey boat dumps sewage into the water...

It's only 5 boats. That's probably no worse than 10 or so dogs pooping in the water. Every ocean is full of poop.

I wonder if someone is going to simply douse the boats in gasoline at night and light them up.

wow 5 fricken sail boats and there worried about a little sewage. I can't stand this fucken goverment they should be more pissed off about all the cruise ships that dump sewage when before they dock.

Oh but the cruise ships bring in money so the fucken goverment is to pussy to say anything to them. We should get a prioritys straight here not to be concered about 5 sail boats that don't create a enviromental impact when dumping there little sewage when the real culprit here are the cruise lines dumping thousands of litres of crap into are water..