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mog



Joined: 06 May 2004

PostPosted: Thu Jun 03, 2004 5:22 am    Post subject: Observations Reply with quote

Things I saw on my way to and from work:

Korean version of Biker chicks. They had black tank tops, jeans, and not so thin frames.

A swastika.

A full moon.

Shocked
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Zed



Joined: 20 Jan 2003
Location: Shakedown Street

PostPosted: Thu Jun 03, 2004 5:28 am    Post subject: Re: Observations Reply with quote

mog wrote:
Things I saw on my way to and from work:

Korean version of Biker chicks. They had black tank tops, jeans, and not so thin frames.

A swastika.

A full moon.

Shocked
I'm sure you must be aware that the swastika is actually the opposite to the nazi one and is a symbol used by Buddhists long before Hitler was a gleam in his father's eye.
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mog



Joined: 06 May 2004

PostPosted: Thu Jun 03, 2004 5:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah, I do. Unfortunate that it has that connotation to Westerners now. Still a noteworthy thing for me, who is new here, to see.
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mithridates



Joined: 03 Mar 2003
Location: President's office, Korean Space Agency

PostPosted: Thu Jun 03, 2004 7:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I remember going into the basement of a temple in Japan once that was pitch black. People go in there and feel their way around with just their hands and eventually emerge back out into daylight. After you get out they show you a map of the room you were in and it's a swastika (manji).
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