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Here's the link to the blessing from HI's website. It certainly doesn't offend me and represents the kamis beliefs.
http://www.himalayan-imports.com/faq/Ceremony.htm#Blessings and ceremonies
( Spiral is flat out DOOMED!)
Your statement is insulting, as extremist wackos do not represent Christianity.
Well, all I know is that I've seen several HI knives that are pure evil, and need to be cleansed completely! Nasty's Falcata for instance, and Deans neem special hanshee by Sher, and the first 17" SGT K Samsher I missed. Aardvarks yellow handled WWII, Andy's custom foxy folly that just sold on the Exchange, Mike's 25" horn handled malla, Dave Hahn's osage orange Junge and a whole pile by Sassas, including a pair of 20" 3 pin M43's (the only ones made). Can't forget that really evil Katana with the inlaid scabbard that Ted posted pics of (I'm pretty sure those Koster Tusk's of his are possessed as well!)
Of course Yvsa has several really unholy peices that are damning him straight to the nether regions, including several Foxy Follies and a special chainpuri that I seem to recall (the one that Gin's holding in her avatar.) Speaking of Gin, her daughter has a two-handed carved handled katana by Bura that is certainly bedeviled.
What else? Of course Dave's custom HI Bowie from Dan K, and of course his scrimmed 40" AK, Jimmy's SGK Khadka UBE and Bladite's copy of it, and just about everything Steve Ferguson has ever fixed up and posted pics of: ALL POSSESSED!![]()
Oh, sure, they may _seem_ OK, but that's just the Devil playing his little game, luring you in with "demon steel!"
(For that matter, not HI demons perhaps, but Spiral is flat out DOOMED!)
I wish I knew what to do about them; I'm sorry to say that unless they are sent to the proper authorities, that is someone that knows how to handle them with kid gloves, they will only bring their ghastly influences down onto the owners!![]()
Please know that, ever humble, I am always willing to help in my own small way.
Norm
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P.S. And you won't be losing out either. If the demon is too deeply entrenched (sadly, this is usually the case), I'll replace your satan knife with one of those $17 Indian kukris with the cho ground off, so it's win-win!![]()
Now if GM brought back the El Camino, all would be right in my world.
Well sure...but what if it were a *fencer wanna-be* .vs "Klingon wanna-be"...huh? Then what?
What about the Chevy 789 Wolf?:thumbup:![]()
It has a 400 horse Chevy V8 to boot, not only looks like $135,000.00 but goes like it as well.
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Cool! That looks like blue Batmobile (civilian version of course... no red light).
Martini,
You've said some important things in this thread. I appreciate them.
taliban? If we Christians convince all of you folks to voluntarily join us, that would not be the taliban's methods.
Again, I realize that in the name of Christ, those who have falsely taken his name have forcibly converted people. THAT would be like the taliban.
This thread has been entertaining, thoughtful, provocative, tolerant, on the edge, well reasoned, and just plain funny!
Seems like the Cantina is alive and well.
Hope some folks will drop by now and again, and remember how healthy it is here!
Tom
It's hard to know exactly what the author intended, but the way I read it, he was advocating that khukuri owners (or prospective owners) to modify their own instruments for safety reasons (demons have been demonstrated to cause cancer in lab rats). If he suggested that someone should grind the chos off other people's khukuris or impose restrictions on the kamis themselves, that would be Taliban-like (at least in my mind).Really this IS very much like the Taliban; their destruction of the giant statues of Buddha is infamous, less well known is their rampage through the museaums of Afghanistan. They demanded to be shown all holdings and have everything pre-islamic identified; these sculptures, writings, jewelry items were then destroyed.
What a person believes, and what he chooses to do based upon it, are two entirely different things. It's the difference between thought crime and actual crime. The Taliban is responsible for a lot of things, but it is their actions that make them responsible, not their beliefs; there are many people who share those beliefs, but few of them have perpetrated such acts. Of course, Christianity is a faith that prompts action, so I suppose it's a moot point in this discussion.This wanton destruction and the righteous certainty that he is right and everyone believing likewise is not only wrong, but DAMNED, make him very much like the Taliban in my opinion. Really the difference between him and them is one only of degree IMO.