BOC: Gigs in M.E.262land (was: Dino-tours)

[Paul Mather]

Carl wrote:

>         The "swastika" is an ancient symbol of good luck, associated with
> Indo-European sky/thunder gods (i.e. Thorr/Tor) and that is precisely why
> the Nazis appropriated it.

...and inverted it (turning a good luck symbol into a bad luck symbol?)

>         In places where its meaning wasn't so grossly perverted, like India,
> it retains its original function.

Which reminds me of a plot element of an episode of _Kolchak: The Night
Stalker_ in which this knowledge came in very handy... ;-)

Cheers,

Paul.

obTape: Mississippi John Hurt, _The 1928 Sessions_

e-mail: paul at csgrad.cs.vt.edu                    A stranger in a strange land.