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From: clewis@mnetor.UUCP (Chris Lewis)
Newsgroups: net.nlang.india,net.nlang.africa,net.followup
Subject: Re: Terrorism and TWA 847
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Date: Fri, 12-Jul-85 09:37:07 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul 12 09:37:07 1985
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Summary: 

In article <351@sbcs.UUCP> mohan@sbcs.UUCP (Chilukuri K. Mohan) writes:

>In the year 1857, there were tremendous uprisings in several parts of India.
>British historians called the whole thing a `Sepoy Mutiny', and tragically,
>the idea that it was a mere act of indiscipline seems to be widely believed.
>I, would like to protest: in calling the 
>	FIRST WAR OF INDIAN INDEPENDENCE           
>a mere mutiny, history is being written to suit the ideas of colonisers.

I apologize to those people who may have been mislead by my posting to
believe that the ONLY reason for the Sepoy Mutiny (C. Mohan's "First
War of Indian Independence") was a "mere act of indiscipline"
(regarding pig fat etc.).  I was not rewriting history to suit the ideas
of the colonizers.  I know somewhat more about the war than that
(other than getting the year wrong - sorry). There were many other FAR
MORE IMPORTANT factors behind the war.  The Pig Fat incident was merely
one of the focal points (and had major influence solely on the Sepoy
regiments - not the rest of the participants.  Without this incident
MAYBE the Sepoys would have stayed with the British, but this, in
itself wouldn't have affected much - the war would still have happened,
just delayed a little longer.)  To people more familiar with European
history, the "Pig Fat" incident was similar in effect to the
assassination of Arch-Duke Ferdinand in 1914.  The latter was certainly
NOT the reason for WWI, but it was one of the major triggers.

My main point in posting the original posting was to point out that the
original suggestion of dumping animal parts and byproducts on Lebanon
was likely to have the opposite effect to what the original suggester
suggested.  Partially to show how little understanding there is of
the peoples involved on the part of some of the posters (sorta) supporting
such an action.  My personal views on Indian Independence and the wars 
were not the issue, and still aren't.  I'm not British either - so
I won't go into issues of possible bias or "history rewriting" on EITHER 
side.
-- 
Chris Lewis,
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