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Date:      Thu, 12 Jun 2003 23:27:13 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Viktor Lazlo <viktorlazlo@telus.net>
To:        Narvi <narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee>
Cc:        freebsd-chat@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD Version Release numbers
Message-ID:  <20030612213152.I26939@njamn8or.no-ip.org>
In-Reply-To: <20030612162640.N24605-100000@haldjas.folklore.ee>

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On Thu, 12 Jun 2003, Narvi wrote:

> > Actually, in this case I am. Have you heard the latest? Militant
> > Hindu groups are training kids as "warriors" against Muslims,
> > Christians, etc. and presenting them with... tridents.
> >
>
> any non-fringe media reports? There is a (symbolic) reason why they might
> use tridents, except it doesn't bring up the image of an efficent modern
> weapon.

Various Hindu milita groups have been carrying them as symbols equivalent
to the Sikh kirpan knives at least since the Sikh massacres in the 80's if
not before.  I haven't heard of any dramatic new developments, someone in
the media may just have dredged up reports of these groups to provide
cheap copy.



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