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2011-06-23 Bangladesh

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Posted by Fred 2011-06-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 I wonder if the increasing size and boldness of dacoit gangs indicates that there is some increasing level of organization about them, as in Thuggee days in India.

While sometimes characterized as a religion, the truth is more complex, comparable to how the Mexican drug gangs tend to embrace Santa Muerte.

The Thuggee could be said to be like as if all the drug gangs in Mexico were unified under the banner of Muerte. Their main occupation would still be drug production and smuggling, but the gleeful and indiscriminate homicide of civilians that crossed their path would be "in the name of" Santa Muerte.

The symbolism of both Kali and Muerte as goddesses of death should not be underestimated. The Kali worship continues today under the banner of Shiva, though they are regulated as to how they can "simulate" acts of murder at their temples.

Posted by Anonymoose 2011-06-23 09:27|| 2011-06-23 09:27|| Front Page Top

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