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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 10 Nov 1993.
Re: not nice symbol

Re: not nice symbol

In article <orion.752692628@cwis>, ori...@cwis.unomaha.edu (Jeff M. Beisch) writes:
> [..]
> Although a really nasty reponse, you are right.  I think it is at least the
> symbol of the North Star and peace for the Native Americans.  I recall it is
> also common to some other cultures but cant rem.

The Chinese used it, too. That is, I remember a chapter in "the rebels of
Liang shan po", where (golden) Swastika are mentioned as ornaments on the
robe and/or helmet of a Noble.

(as there was no picture, so i'm not sure about which chirality these had)  

CU L8TR,
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From: kre...@rbg.informatik.th-darmstadt.de (Steffen Kremser)
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Subject: Re: not nice symbol
Date: 10 Nov 1993 11:36:45 GMT
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