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> From: David Marshall[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Reply To: David Marshall
> Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 2:17 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: Re: Robert Cailliau: turncoat?
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> Sean Roach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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> > And the Irish were similary denied the ability to read, or to play thier
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> > traditional music. (Bards tended to sing songs counter to the english
> > policies.) Last I heard, the bagpipe was still considered a weapon.
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> Stop! Stop or I shall yell stop again and squeeze my bagpipe!
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>
Having just come back from a vacation in Scotland, I can add that
there, too, there were periods when Gaelic was
banned, as were bagpipes, kilts, and (I think) wearing tartan
(Scottish military regiments, oddly, were exempted from the
clothing and music restrictions).
Of course, it isn't just the Brits, and not just long ago - all power
structures will try to suppress symbols of opposition - in LA,
wearing 'gang colors', even innocently, can get you in trouble
with school authorities, as well as attract the attention of such
gangs as the Bloods, the LAPD, and the Crips.
In Israel, during the intifada, people got arrested for such things
as having red, yellow, and black hairbands
That's just two examples, but I could go on (and on, and on...)
Peter Trei
