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

Re: not nice symbol

In article<296...@psilink.com>
p00...@psilink.com wrote:

>> >FROM:   Darin Reid <rei...@dsm.fordham.edu>
>> >
>> >No, I believe he was refering to the Native Americans.  The "negative"
>> >Swastika can be found in early Native American artwork.
>> 
>> I have also seen the -swastika used to mark Buddhist temples
>> on Japanese maps.
>> 
>> JFK
>> p00...@psilink.com
>> 
>> 
 I happned to read this article and don't
really understand what is talking about
the subject, though the symbole(the -swastika?)
is understood as the mark standing for 
Buddhist temples in Japan.

Ich...@icot.or.jp

P.S.
Please don't follow this article.
I may not read this newsgroup again.

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